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''Freaky Friday'' musical set for small screen debut

Based on Disney's recent stage version of Mary Rodgers' 1972 nove... Read More
Los Angeles, Sep 30 (PTI) The "Freaky Friday" musical is coming to small screen with Heidi

Blickenstaff

and Cozi

Zuehlsdorff

playing the lead roles. Based on the recent stage version of

Mary Rodgers

' 1972 novel of the same name, this TV musical will star Blickenstaff as

Katherine

and Zuehlsdorff as her daughter

Ellie

, reported

Entertainment Weekly

.

Directed and executive-produced by Steve Carr, the cast also includes Ricky He, Alex Desert, Jason Maybaum, Kahyun Kim, Dara R Moss, Jennifer LaPorte, Isaiah Lehtinen, and Sarah Willey. Pulitzer Prize-winning composers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey are working on the music and lyrics.

"Freaky Friday" has been made into two movies. The 1976 version starred

Barbara Harris

and a young Jodie Foster, while the 2003 version featured Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in the mother-daughter roles.

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