GREAT SHOW! Very funny. Wonderful opportunity to show off the acting/singing/dancing abilities of your students. Set can be as minimal or elaborate as you desire. Only one character is actually a Zombie, so you won't have to strain your budget on monster makeup. It's set in the 1950s and is very over-the-top in style. Similar to the tone of "Rocky Horror" and "Little Shop...", "Zombie Prom" is written to make fun of monster movies and the training films ("Duck and Cover") of that era.
There are two versions: The full-length off-Broadway production and the "Atomic Edition" that is cut down for length. Both are licensed through Sam French.
The music is fantastic with some opportunities for very complex vocal harmonies to show off your chorus singers. I always listen to the cast recording before I read the libretto. If I get the story just from the songs, then it usually is a very strong show worthy of my time. This show does that.
The only thing to be aware of is the song "Expose''" - it gets a little risqué as the principal of the school and the journalist talk about their "backseat encounter" when they were in high school. It's PG-13 (maybe PG), but it's nothing that audiences don't get in "Grease."
Break a leg!
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Josh Ruben, M. Ed.
Fine Arts Head
Northwest Whitfield HS (dba, The Northwest Theatre Co.)
Tunnel Hill, GA
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-08-2017 09:30
From: Gene Flaharty
Subject: Zombie Prom the Musical
I have some students asking about it. Has any one done it? I have not seen it. Can you give me some information about it. Size of cast, easy score, age appropriate, etc.