The 'Sound of Music' actress will star on and produce a children's program titled 'Julie's Greenroom' featuring puppets who are learning about the performing arts.
- June 3, 2016
AceShowbiz -
Acting vet Julie Andrews is sharing her talent for a new children's program on Netflix. The Academy Award-winning actress will produce and star on "Julie's Greenroom", a 30-minute pre-school series from The Jim Henson Company that features "an all-new puppet cast of kids learning about the performing arts."
The "Mary Poppins" actress will play Ms. Julie, a teacher and director at the Wellspring Center, a school for the performing arts. With the help of her assistant Gus (Giullian Yao Gioiello), she teaches arts workshops in the theater and its "Greenroom" to a diverse group of kid puppets, known as The Greenies.
Andrews also created the series along with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton and Judy Rothman-Rofe. She announced the new series in a video that also introduces the puppet characters. A bunch of renowned celebrities such as Alec Baldwin, Sara Bareilles, Joshua Bell, Tituss Burgess, Carol Burnett, Chris Colfer, Robert Fairchild, Josh Groban, David Hyde Pierce, Bill Erwin, Ellie Kemper, Idina Menzel, Tiler Peck and Stomp have been booked to guest star.
In a statement, Andrews said that "this project represents the fulfillment of a long held dream to educate children about the wonder of the arts. I am thrilled to be partnering with my daughter and long time co-author, Emma, to bring this show to life along with our co-creator, Judy Rothman-Rofe. We could not be more honored to be working with the extraordinary Jim Henson Company. We are equally delighted to be premiering as a Netflix original production."
Filming will begin this May in Long Island, New York. The 13 thirty-minute episodes will be available on the streaming service in early 2017.
