Film & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsWatch the first trailer for Ryan Murphy’s The Prom musical adaptationMeryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, and more star in this camp rendition of the Broadway musicalShareLink copied ✔️October 23, 2020October 23, 2020TextGünseli Yalcinkaya Not long after the release of Ratched, Ryan Murphy’s prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the American Horror Story creator is back again, only this time, he’s headed to prom. The first trailer for Murphy’s musical adaptation of Broadway musical The Prom, starring the likes of Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Kerry Washington, is finally here. Arriving on Netflix on December 11, the musical comedy follows a group of washed up Broadway actors who help a lesbian go to prom as part of a PR stunt. Streep plays Dee Dee Allen, a two-time Tony Award winner who joins Barry Glickman (James Corden) in a musical about First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt that’s a total flop. After receiving career-killing reviews, they decide to revive their reputations by embarking on a charity event. They’re joined by veteran Broadway chorus girl Angie Dickinson, played by Kidman, and out-of-luck actor Trent Oliver (Andrew Rannells), in helping Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman), a high-school senior who’s barred from taking her girlfriend to the prom. Elsewhere, Murphy is working on a series about the real-life serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Titled Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, and will mostly be told from the perspective of the killer’s victims. Touching on the topic of white privilege, it will show at least 10 instances where Dahmer was let go after being apprehended. Watch the trailer for The Prom below. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREGetting to the bottom of the Heated Rivalry discourseMarty Supreme and the cost of ‘dreaming big’Ben Whishaw on the power of Peter Hujar’s photography: ‘It feels alive’Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military villageMeet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood Sentimental Value is a raw study of generational traumaJosh Safdie on Marty Supreme: ‘One dream has to end for another to begin’Animalia: An eerie feminist sci-fi about aliens invading MoroccoThe 20 best films of 2025, rankedWhy Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature film is a must-seeJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s surreal, star-studded take on fameWatch: Owen Cooper on Adolescence, Jake Gyllenhaal and Wuthering Heights