Trailer for Kristen Bell's Disney+ Series ENCORE! Takes You Back to High School Theater for a One Week Performance
Two years ago, I caught this special on TV where Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) facilitated a group of adults who were once high school theater geeks to get back together, and in one week re-learn their lines, blocking, choreography, music, and everything else that goes into a musical to put on the show Into the Woods at their old high school. I loved it! I was a high school theater kid, and I could totally picture myself doing this show. It was really fun to watch.
Well, that one-off episode has turned itself into a series that will be available on Disney’s streaming service, Disney+ when it becomes available on November 12th.
Executive Producer Kristen Bell brings together former castmates of a high school musical, tasking them with re-creating their original performance in a high school reunion like no other. Emotions run high as the former students face faded friendships, former flames, self-doubt, and killer choreography. Through it all, these unlikely groups of friends—with the help of Broadway's best—just might pull off a standing-ovation-worthy performance of beloved musicals like "The Sound of Music," "Beauty and the Beast," "Annie" and more.
Check out the trailer released for the series below, and let me know if this looks good to you! Also, let me know if you did theater, and what was your favorite show or role? Mine was playing the Wicked Witch of the West! I was really good, if I do say so myself.