{"id":28167,"date":"2024-08-30T08:50:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T12:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:06:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:06:48","slug":"kindergarten-the-musicals-michelle-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/kindergarten-the-musicals-michelle-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Kindergarten: The Musical\u2019s Creator Michelle Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for back-to-school, the brand-new series <em>Kindergarten: The Musical\u00a0<\/em>is set to premiere on Disney Jr. and Disney Channel on September 3, with an initial batch of ten episodes to become available on Disney+ the next day. The series, which follows 5-year-old Berti and her new friends as they navigate the experiences that come with starting school for the first time, features an array of Broadway-style song and dance numbers in each episode and a mix of 3D and 2D animation. The songs are written by Michelle Lewis, Kay Hanley and Dan Petty, the team behind the original music in\u00a0<em>Doc McStuffins<\/em>, along with Tears for Fears\u2019 Charlton Pettus.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6361203573112\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\n                    loop autoplay\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this interview, Lewis, creator and executive producer of\u00a0<em>Kindergarten: The Musical<\/em>, speaks with\u00a0<em>TV Kids Weekly<\/em>\u00a0about what inspired the series, the journey to getting new IP across the finish line in today\u2019s market and the art of grabbing children\u2019s attention by respecting their intelligence and musical tastes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Lewis, creator and executive producer of\u00a0Kindergarten: The Musical, speaks with\u00a0World Screen Newsflash\u00a0about what inspired the series, the journey to getting new IP across the finish line in today\u2019s market and the art of grabbing children\u2019s attention by respecting their intelligence and musical tastes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3087,"featured_media":28168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[9825,9925],"class_list":["post-28167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-kindergarten-the-musical","tag-michelle-lewis","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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