Julie's Greenroom

Julie's Greenroom is a 2017 American, live-action, puppetry, educational, musical series that premiered on Netflix in its entirety. It was co-created by actress Julie Andrews (who also stars), her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, and Judy Rothman. It was produced by The Jim Henson Company.

Plot
Ms. Julie is a performance arts teacher who runs a theatrical academy. A group of a few kids aspire to be a part of the performance acts field and attend there. Throughout the series, they learn all about the various aspects of theatre and the process of all that it takes to put together a show successfully.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The concept behind this is beneficial to anybody who wishes to learn about the performance arts industry and aspire to join it.
 * 2) The writing of the episodes' storylines are written in such a way that it makes the show designed to be in a continual format, so it's not too repetitive. The way the stories are written are done just about flawlessly, nothing is convoluted, and how they all come together making for a satisfactory set-up.
 * 3) It has characters who are not only likable, but lovable, great, and memorable enough.
 * 4) The puppet/muppet kids and animal mascots are well-designed, and distinguished, from other muppets from other muppets-related projects.
 * 5) The theme song is a nice rap and the musical numbers are spectacular as well.
 * 6) Both the regular acting and the puppetry/voice-acting look, and sound, great abundantly to be believable, which makes it all the truer to what one of the points of the series's theme is all about exactly.
 * 7) Dialogue that's cleverly written.
 * 8) Each episode features a renowned person in the field, such as Idina Menzel, who makes an appearance, short biographies on them are given, and they visit the theatre to help out the kids, such as giving words of advice and encouragement.
 * 9) Some comedic moments provided by the animal characters, Toby the Dog and Hugo the Duck, especially the latter.
 * 10) Positive messages like gaining confidence and having faith in oneself.
 * 11) The diversity of the kids is as pleasing as anything else featuring diversity.

Trivia

 * Veteran puppeteer Joey Mazzarino wrote, executive-produced, and directed this.
 * In "Send in the WOW", Peri Mentions Bill Irwin's character, Mr. Noodle, from Sesame Street.
 * In the last episode, "Mash-Up: The Musical", the puppeteers of the kids/students appear on-screen as family and friends who attend, and watch their stage show.

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