A romantic, radioactive musical comedy
Zombie Prom
(2007)
The American High School Theatre Festival
Church Hill Theatre, 6 August 12:15, 7 August 20:15, 9 August 10:15, 11 August 14:15 (1hr30)
This fun musical is set in a 1950’s American High School and shows how true live can survive, even after death!
The action takes place in 1958 at Enrico Fermi High School. The costumes are simple but totally authentic for the period; all the boys are wearing slacks, shirts, ties and sweaters and the girls are wearing blouses and skirts. No denim jeans or sweatshirts. Then new pupil Jonny Warner appears, wearing a leather jacket. He’s an orphan, a rebel and an outsider. He and a girl named Toffee immediately fall for each other and pledge undying love. Unfortunately, Toffee’s parents are less than keen on Jonny and tell her to break it off, which she does. Jonny immediately commits suicide by throwing himself into a pool of toxic waste at the local nuclear power plant. Toffee is heartbroken. She asks “can love survive when your boyfriend’s buried in a lead-lined coffin at the bottom of the sea?”
The answer, of course, is “yes” and Jonny returns from the dead, though in not quite the same state as he had been. Jonny and Toffee are reunited and Jonny is determined to rejoin his class and, most importantly, take Toffee to the Senior Prom. The principal, Miss Strict, refuses Jonny on the grounds that he is dead and threatens to cancel the Prom if he attends.
Can true love survive? Will Jonny make it to the Prom? Needless to say, everything ends happily in this enjoyable musical. The production, acting and singing are all extremely good.
[Alan Chorley]
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