Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Is a Musical Superhero Show, With a Very Personal Twist
"For me, the most important thing is that I always want to be true to the characters and the emotionality of the show and what feels real, and I don't want to take this show to such a heightened place that it stops feeling grounded and relatable," Winsberg says."I think ultimately, it's about a girl trying to figure herself out, and how she fits in the world, and how she communicates and relates to other people.
Winsberg created the show alongside Emmy-winning choreographer Mandy Moore. She and Winsberg met a decade ago when she choreographed a dance number for the wedding of one of his good friends. Winsberg was already a fan of Moore at that point since he was a"huge reality TV junkie" who lovedand remembers trying to hold back his"fan crush" while she was teaching the dance. Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist"The first call I made was to Mandy saying like, 'Pipe dream...
"I'm super lucky that in those initial pilot moments, we would just sit and hash out dance, like how does dance live in this world," Moore said. "We spent days in a room, in a dance complex, watching music videos or movie moments where we want it to be more like this and less like this," Winsberg said.
Dance is as much a part of the show as the singing is. One of the sets even has risers already built into it, meaning it's primed and ready for a musical number at any second, and Winsberg says he and Moore are a dream team.
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