After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.
Acting
Sofia Carson commits to full melodrama queen—deliciously unhinged.
Practical Effects
Actual child dancers doing actual choreography, zero doubles.
Costume
April's villain-era lewks serve Broadway reject turned small-town terror.
Director
Elissa Down
Sofia Carson
April
Wolfgang Novogratz
Nick
Donna Lynne Champlin
Barb
Enrico Colantoni
Frank
Dennis Andres
Coach Buzz
Rex Lee
Wellington 'Welly' Wong
Brandon Kyle Goodman
Deco
Eva Hauge
Sarah
Lidya Jewett
Kari
Sadie Lapidus
Oona
Johanna Colón
Lucia
Shaylee Mansfield
Zuzu
Shiloh Nelson
Ruby
Justin Caruso Allan
Dicky
Carina Battrick
Michelle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Elissa Down also made 'The Black Balloon'—this is her UNHINGED pivot to Netflix comfort cinema.
This quietly became pandemic-era comfort rewatches because we all needed to believe in dance montages.
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