56 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestEleven years ago, high school classmates from Pacifica Christian High School in Santa Monica, California performed the Broadway classic "Ragtime." Now, the cast returns to reprise the roles of their youth with the help of Broadway professionals.
Kristen Bell is giving one high school musical cast from 20 years ago the chance for a nationally televised Encore!
Acting
Kristen Bell's genuine emotional investment in random strangers' lives.
Production
Rapid-fire five-day reunion-to-stage spectacle logistics.
Writing
Surprisingly sharp editing that finds real arcs in reality chaos.
Creator
Jason Cohen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kristen Bell personally pitched this to Disney+ after years of wanting to reunite her own high school cast, making her investment uncomfortably authentic.
The show premiered in Disney+'s launch window and was quietly buried alongside other ambitious originals, becoming a cult footnote of streaming's 'too nice to survive' era.
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