Ariana DeBose is one of Broadway’s rising stars who appear in Netflix’s new musical, The Prom. She’s just opened up about the vital reason she chose to take on queer character Alyssa Greene.

Emma Nolan wants to attend the school's prom with her girlfriend Alyssa. While she successfully secures the permission of Principal Hawkins, Mrs. Green, the head of the PTA, adamantly refuses to ...