Laura Benanti's HOMESCHOOL MUSICAL: CLASS OF 2020 Drops First Trailer for HBO Max Documentary
2020 has been a rough year for everyone. Well, earlier this year, when the COVID-19 pandemic was starting, Laura Benanti (Supergirl) started #SunshineSongs for teens whose spring musicals had been canceled and still wanted to perform. The actress was surprised by the responses she found and now she’s created a documentary special with HBO Max called Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020. This documentary follows several teens across America with unique challenges they’ve been facing who will get to perform a musical number to express their experience.
Told in a self-shot documentary style, “Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020” shines a light on the personal experiences and incredible musical talent of teens across America that have been confronted with the many unique challenges of 2020. Each teen will perform a well-known song which organically expresses their emotions about their experience as high school seniors faced with their world turned upside down. Along with their musical numbers, we’ll hear directly from them in interviews that showcase their unique perspective, their wide range of emotions, hurdles, laughs and resilience that they’ve experienced during the past year. Inspired by Tony® Award winning actress Laura Benanti’s (“My Fair Lady” and “She Loves Me” on Broadway, “Younger,” “Supergirl,” “Nashville”) online movement #SunshineSongs, in which she offered to be an audience of one for the students around the country whose spring musicals were cancelled because of COVID-19, this television event will give students the opportunity to sing and dance like the stars they are, from the safety of their homes.
Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020 will be available to stream on HBO Max starting December 17.
