Review: ‘The Prom’ is filled with ‘tenderness, sarcasm and humor’
Katy Cotten (left) and Arielle Mitchell star in “The Prom” playing now through Sept. 17 at Playhouse on the Square in Midtown Memphis. (Courtesy Playhouse on the Square)
Žak Ozmo
Žak Ozmo is a cultural connoisseur, music director, scholar, and specialist in the clinical application of music. He feels privileged to write about the culture of our remarkable city. He is on the faculty at Rhodes College and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
“If you feel that inclusion, acceptance and kindness are something we’ve been lacking as of late, please go and see this funny, relatable show. The world might just become a better place.”
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