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.

Ryan Murphy’s star-studded adaptation of The Prom lands on Netflix this week ... Jo Ellen Pellman as highschool outcast Emma and Ariana Debose as popular girl Alyssa who is secretly dating ...

Ariana DeBose will return as the host of ... Before her 2022 Oscar win for West Side Story, and film roles including The Prom and Argylle, DeBose began her career in theater.