{"id":46295,"date":"2019-12-31T11:12:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=46295"},"modified":"2019-12-19T21:09:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T02:09:07","slug":"the-prom-a-novel-based-on-the-hit-broadway-musical-by-saundra-mitchell-with-bob-martin-chad-beguelin-and-matthew-skylar-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-prom-a-novel-based-on-the-hit-broadway-musical-by-saundra-mitchell-with-bob-martin-chad-beguelin-and-matthew-skylar-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical by Saundra Mitchell with Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, and Matthew Sklar [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46300\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Prom-Saundra-Mitchell-BookDragon-549x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Prom-Saundra-Mitchell-BookDragon-549x800.jpg 549w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/12\/Prom-Saundra-Mitchell-BookDragon.jpg 633w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><strong>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nTwo star-crossed seniors just want to dance together at prom. Emma lives with her grandmother since her parents rejected her when she came out, but the bullying at school has never stopped. She and student council president Alyssa\u00a0are in love, but Alyssa\u2019s fear of disappointing her reigning PTA queen mother keeps Alyssa firmly closeted. Homophobic detractors insist on keeping prom on the straight-and-narrow, until a pair of Broadway stars (escaping a recent flop) arrive in town, poised to wave their magic wands.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a recent time, Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, and Matthew Sklar created their Tony-nominated musical, <em>The Prom.<\/em>\u00a0Saundra Mitchell (<em>All the Things We Do in the Dark<\/em>) \u2013 with the creative trio \u2013 adapted the Broadway hit into a YA novel, which has now gone aural featuring four of the original Broadway cast: Caitlin Kinnunen as Emma (yes, she even reprises \u201cDance with You\u201d) and Isabelle McCalla as Alyssa voice the majority of the six-hour production; Beth Leavel and Joshua Lamon are their reluctant, de facto fairy godmothers, Dee Dee and Barry. Veteran narrator Tara Sands is plenty convincing in her minor roles as interviewer\/journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Lucky listeners even get a bonus interview with Martin, Beguelin, and Sklar, with Lamon asking the Qs. Take this from an anti-musical curmudgeonly reviewer: <em>The Prom<\/em>\u00a0is irresistibly duhhhhhlicious rainbow cotton candy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/The-Prom-Mitchell-Saundra\/pid=9729660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist Online<\/em>, December 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW Two star-crossed seniors just want to dance together at prom. Emma lives with her grandmother since her parents rejected her when she came out, but the bullying at school has never stopped. 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