{"id":13068,"date":"2017-10-02T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cast-set-disneys-freaky-friday-musical\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T10:00:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:00:39","slug":"cast-set-for-disneys-freaky-friday-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cast-set-for-disneys-freaky-friday-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast Set for Disney\u2019s Freaky Friday Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heidi Blickenstaff (&#8220;Freaky Friday&#8221; stage production) and Cozi Zuehlsdorff (<em>Dolphin Tale<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Liv and Maddie<\/em>) have come on board to star in Disney Channel&#8217;s musical update of\u00a0<em>Freaky Friday<\/em> from director and executive producer Steve Carr (<em>Daddy Daycare<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The contemporary musical update is based on Disney Theatrical Productions&#8217; stage adaptation of the novel by Mary Rodgers and Disney&#8217;s feature films of the same name. <em>Freaky Friday<\/em> is expected to begin production this fall for a 2018 debut as part of the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise. Blickenstaff will reprise\u00a0her role of Katherine from the \u201cFreaky Friday\u201d stage show, while Zuehlsdorff will play Ellie.<\/p>\n<p>Among the additional cast members are newcomer Ricky He, Alex D\u00e9sert Jason Maybaum, Kahyun Kim, Dara R. Moss, Jennifer LaPorte, Isaiah Lehtinen and Sarah Willey. The teleplay was written by Bridget Carpenter, who also wrote the book for the stage musical. Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning composers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, who penned the music and lyrics for the stage version, are also on board the movie. Emmy nominee David Lawrence will compose the score. Susan Cartsonis and Thomas Schumacher, president and producer of Disney Theatrical Productions, are executive producing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A classic story like <em>Freaky Friday<\/em> has a magical capacity to engage multiple generations\u2014whether it&#8217;s in the form of a book, a theatrical film, a stage show\u2014or all of the above!&#8221; said Gary Marsh, the president and chief creative officer of Disney Channels Worldwide. &#8220;Working with our partners at Disney Live Theatrical, we&#8217;re thrilled to bring this classic story to life in a whole new form\u2014a music-driven movie for television\u2014that will be enjoyed by tens of millions of\u00a0kids and families around the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heidi Blickenstaff (&#8220;Freaky Friday&#8221; stage production) and Cozi Zuehlsdorff (Dolphin Tale,\u00a0Liv and Maddie) have come on board to star in Disney Channel&#8217;s musical update of\u00a0Freaky Friday from director and executive producer Steve Carr (Daddy Daycare).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":13069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3098,111,716,3099,3100],"class_list":["post-13068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cozi-zuehlsdorff","tag-disney-channel","tag-disney-channels-worldwide","tag-freaky-friday","tag-heidi-blickenstaff","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cast Set for Disney\u2019s Freaky Friday Musical - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cast-set-for-disneys-freaky-friday-musical\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cast Set for Disney\u2019s Freaky Friday Musical - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heidi Blickenstaff (&quot;Freaky Friday&quot; 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