Sony Music Masterworks has released Tonight Belongs to You, the first single from Netflix’s forthcoming musical ‘THE PROM’, directed by Ryan Murphy and based on the hit Broadway musical from Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, and Matthew Sklar.
Originally making its debut as the featured track in the film’s teaser trailer, Tonight Belongs To You is an uplifting, ensemble number with vocals from some of the star-studded cast that includes Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Kerry Washington, Andrew Rannells, Keegan-Michael Keyb, as well as newcomers Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose.
With music by Tony and Emmy Award-nominated composer Matthew Sklar and lyrics by six-time Tony nominee Chad Beguelin, , whose work includes ‘The Prom’, Disney’s ‘Aladdin’, ‘The Wedding Singer’, as well as Broadway musical ‘Elf’, Tonight Belongs To You is available everywhere now – listen here. The full soundtrack of ‘THE PROM’ will be released later this year via Sony Music Masterworks.
Dee Dee Allen (three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep) and Barry Glickman (Tony Award winner James Corden) are New York City stage stars with a crisis on their hands: their expensive new Broadway show is a major flop that has suddenly flatlined their careers. Meanwhile, in small-town Indiana, high school student Emma Nolan (newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman) is experiencing a very different kind of heartbreak: despite the support of the high school principal (Keegan-Michael Key), the head of the PTA (Kerry Washington) has banned her from attending the prom with her girlfriend, Alyssa (Ariana DeBose). When Dee Dee and Barry decide that Emma’s predicament is the perfect cause to help resurrect their public images, they hit the road with Angie (Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman) and Trent (Andrew Rannells), another pair of cynical actors looking for a professional lift. But when their self-absorbed celebrity activism unexpectedly backfires, the foursome find their own lives upended as they rally to give Emma a night where she can truly celebrate who she is.
Directed by Ryan Murphy, ‘THE PROM’ is the spectacular, big-hearted film adaptation of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical. Screenplay by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin.
