Anyone who knows the Murphy crew knows that we LOVE musical theatre in our house. The girls love being a part of productions at our local community theatre, and we are constantly belting out showtunes around our house.
One of our current obsessions is The Prom. While we haven't seen the live production (yet!), Netflix has a movie adaptation that we all love. The songs are catchy and it's just the right amount of camp.
If you're not familiar with the story, The Prom is about a teenage girl named Emma who wants to take her girlfriend as her date to her high school's prom. Rather than allow inclusivity, the PTA (led by the mom of Emma's girlfriend, who doesn't know her daughter is in a relationship with Emma) decides to cancel the prom for everyone. While this is happening, two Broadway stars with less than stellar reputations star in a Broadway flop. Looking to mend their reputations as selfish, out-of-touch celebrities, they look for a cause to fight for. Which brings them, along with some friends, to Emma's Indiana town to help her fight the PTA. It's emotional and campy and fabulous, all at the same time.
We started the night by doing our make-up and getting dressed up. The girls all got make-up for Christmas, so this was a great opportunity for them to play with it. (also, Maddy is wearing the dress I wore to my rehearsal dinner almost 18 years ago!!)
Our next item on the agenda for the evening was making corsages. I bought a variety of fake flowers, and thick hair ties to glue them to in order to make the corsages.
I let the girls choose dinner - they opted for "fancy" pizza and pasta from one of our local restaurants. We put on comfier clothes to eat and start the movie. After dinner, the girls also worked on their own prom queen tiaras (headbands, ribbon, and glue on jewels), and designing a prom dress for a Barbie.
To end the night, Molly worked on her best prom dance moves, and we sang our hearts out!
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