Film & TV NewsWatch Heidi Blickenstaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff Perform a Number From Freaky Friday Movie MusicalThe two stopped by GoodMorningAmerica ahead of the Disney Channel premiere.
By
Ryan McPhee
August 06, 2018
Heidi Blickenstaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff
ABC/Heidi Gutman
Before Freaky Friday lands on the small screen August 10, get a tease of the Disney Channel movie musical in the performance below. Broadway favorite Heidi Blickenstaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff performed the number "At Last It's Me" on Good Morning America August 6.
Blickenstaff (who reprises her performance from the stage musical's world premiere) and Zuehlsdorff star as Katherine and Ellie, a mother-daughter pair who spend a day in each other's shoes.
The TV adaptation is based on the Tom Kitt-Brian Yorkey stage musical, which debuted in October 2016 at Virginia's Signature Theatre (the show is based on Mary Rodgers' 1972 novel and the various screen adaptations that followed). The Disney Theatrical Productions project subsequently played La Jolla Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, and Houston's Alley Theatre.
The Steve Carr-helmed movie also features a score by David Lawrence, plus a screenplay penned by the musical's book writer, Bridget Carpenter.
The comedy will air at 8 PM August 10 on Disney Channel, and will also be available earlier (12:01 AM PT) on DisneyNOW and 12:01 AM ET/PT on Disney Channel VOD.
Wicked, injecting a new backstory onto the classic tale The Wizard of Oz, debuted on Broadway in 2003 and continues to be an audience favorite at the Gershwin Theatre.
Starring David Harewood, Toby Jones, Caitlin FitzGerald, Vinette Robinson and Luke Treadaway, the production be screened across the UK, US, Australia and selected international territories.
