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{{Infobox play
| name = The Awesome 80s Prom
| image = Awesome 80's Prom.jpg
| caption = Official Logo
| writer = [[Ken Davenport]] and the Class of '89
| premiere = {{Start date|2004|09|10}}
| place = [[Webster Hall]]<br />New York, NY
| orig_lang = English
| genre = Interactive Theater
| web = http://www.awesome80sprom.com
}}

'''''The Awesome 80s Prom''''' was an interactive [[off-Broadway]] show at [[Webster Hall]] in the style of ''[[Tony n' Tina's Wedding]]'' and ''[[The Donkey Show (musical)|The Donkey Show]]'' set at Wanaget High's Senior Prom. It was co-created by [[Kathy Searle]].<ref name="zinoman">{{Cite web |last=Zinoman |first=Jason |date=2004-10-23 |title=Prom Night in the 80's? It Was, Like, So Totally Rad |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/theater/reviews/prom-night-in-the-80s-it-was-like-so-totally-rad.html}}</ref>

Prom characters are inspired by 1980s movie favorites from the Captain of the Football Team to the Asian Exchange Student, from the Geek to the Head Cheerleader. Everyone is competing for Prom King and Queen and the audience decides who wins.

The original production transferred from [[Webster Hall]] to The Wall in July 2013 before closing on November 2, 2013.<ref name="champion">{{Cite web |last=Champion |first=Lindsay |title=The Party's Over! The Awesome '80s Prom Sets Off-Broadway Closing Date |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/171790/the-partys-over-the-awesome-80s-prom-sets-off-broadway-closing-date/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=Broadway.com |language=en}}</ref> While the Off Broadway production ended, ''The Awesome 80s Prom'' has played in many U.S. cities, including Chicago,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=18368&seenIt=1|title = Chicago's Complete Business News Resource}}</ref> Boston,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awesome80sprom.com/awesome-80s-prom-boston.html |title=Boston Awesome 80s Prom Tickets, Bachelorette Parties, Bachelorette Party |accessdate=2009-07-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619133805/http://www.awesome80sprom.com/awesome-80s-prom-boston.html |archivedate=2009-06-19 }}</ref> and Baltimore.<ref>http://www.wbaltv.com/video/5198647/index.html{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>

== Cast ==
The original 2004 workshop cast featured Sheila Berzan, Alex Back, Adam Bloom, Anne Bobby, Courtney Balan, [[Mary Faber]], Emily McNamara, Troy Metcalf, Jenna Pace, Amanda Ryan Paige, Mark Shunock, Josh Walden, Noah Weisberg, Brandon Williams, Simon Wong and Fletcher Young, many of whom went on to star in the production when it opened on September 10, 2004.<ref name="simonson">{{Cite web |last=Simonson |first=Robert |date=2004-07-23 |title=Everybody Wang Chung Tonight at The Awesome '80s Prom Off Broadway |url=https://playbill.com/article/everybody-wang-chung-tonight-at-the-awesome-80s-prom-off-broadway-com-121012}}</ref>

In May 2010, the cast was expanded to feature [[Dustin Diamond]] who played [[Samuel "Screech" Powers]] in the popular television program [[Saved by the Bell]].<ref name="screech">{{Cite web |date=2010-05-21 |title=PHOTO FLASH: Dustin Diamond Joins Cast of Awesome 80's Prom - TheaterMania.com |url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/photo-flash-dustin-diamond-joins-cast-of-awesome-80s-prom_27604/ |access-date=2024-09-27 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Notes==
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== External links ==
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040717044559/http://www.awesome80sprom.com/ |title=Official website |date=mdy}}

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