Officials at Cedar Grove High School in Essex County, New Jersey planned to cancel a student production of The Prom – which sees a lesbian student try to bring her same-sex date to a school prom – but were forced to backtrack after opposition from the community.
The district’s superintendent Anthony Grosso told those concerned in a statement issued on October 14th that the play would not be canceled, but that students would perform a “High School Edition” of the play.
The Prom actor Josh Lamon shared a statement on social media, saying that the cancellation was “infuriating and deeply homophobic,” and that there is “nothing inappropriate in or about the show.”
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