When called upon to perform at their senior prom as a last minute replacement, Springfield High Songleaders Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy, rally together to entertain their classmates in four-part harmony.

at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Bean was asked to write a new musical for their intimate black box space, the Stackner Cabaret.

With limited backstage space, Bean needed to write a script in which the actors could remain onstage through most if not all of the show.

The original production directed by book writer Roger Bean opened at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in 1999.

The show starred Laurie Birmingham (Betty Jean), Jaquelyn Ritz (Cindy Lou), Becky Spice (Missy), and Bets Malone (Suzy).

It starred Julie Dixon Jackson (Betty Jean), Kristen Chandler (Cindy Lou), Kim Huber (Missy), and Bets Malone returning to play Suzy.

The creative team included Michael Carnahan (sets), Bobby Pearce (wigs and costumes), Jeremy Pivnick (lights) and Cricket S. Myers (sound).

An off-Broadway revival opened on April 28, 2016, with Sally Schwab (Betty Jean), Jenna Leigh Green (Cindy Lou), Christina Bianco (Missy), and Kathy Brier (Suzy).

The UK Premiere production ran at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London from April 9, 2019, with Sophie Camble (Missy), Louise Young (Betty Jean), Kara Taylor Alberts (Suzy) and Rosie Needham (Cinder Lou).

Each are in their respective colors: Missy – tangerine, Suzy – blue, Cindy Lou – pink, and Betty Jean – green.

After the song, Suzy and Missy explain to the promgoers (audience members) the events which led to them providing the entertainment that evening.

It turns out that the boys from the glee club were supposed to perform, but the lead singer, Billy Ray Patton, was suspended from school for smoking ("Tobacco can kill, and make you ill."), so Mr. Lee called on The Marvelous Wonderettes to take their place.

In her giggly excitement, Suzy announces that her song is for her prom date, Ritchie, and then begins to sing "Stupid Cupid".

Next up is Betty Jean, who sings "Lipstick on Your Collar", during which the audience discovers that her boyfriend, Johnny, has been cheating on her with Cindy Lou.

After returning Mr. Lee to his seat, an announcement is made over the loudspeaker that it's time for the talent portion of the Prom Queen competition.

The girls ask her three questions, and through Suzy's answers discover that she has, to no one's surprise, chosen her prom date, Ritchie Stevens.

Since she won, Suzy gets to sing a spotlight song, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me", which swells at the end when the other girls join in.

The girls gather around and congratulate Suzy, except for Cindy Lou, who reaches out to touch the crown as the lights fade and intermission begins.

Despite her insistence that she put it in her purse that morning, Missy can't find it, so she decides they'll just ask each other the three questions that Suzy answered after winning Prom Queen.

Mr. Lee is brought back up on stage and the girls join Missy in singing as the happy couple celebrate.

Missy says that it is Betty Jean's birthday as she takes the stage to relate what she's been up to since high school; she has been working at the neighborhood hardware store with her husband, the boy who used to cheat on her with Cindy Lou.

It's Cindy Lou's turn to perform next and she apologizes to Betty Jean as best she can before talking about her lack of luck in Hollywood, which resulted in her moving back to Springfield and falling in love with Billy Ray Patton, the rebel whose suspension from school 10 years earlier had led to the girls' performing.

In the end all is well again; Cindy Lou and Betty Jean are friends, Missy and Mr. Lee are getting married, and Suzy has reconnected with her husband.

It was produced by Jeffery Lesser, Philip Chaffin, Roger Bean, David Elzer and Peter Schneider.

The show includes all four girls and sets them at Harper's Hardware, the store that Betty Jean has worked in since high school.