JDC: Everything is done with the kid in mind to make sure that they are benefiting from this material. SK: Do you have to perform in a specific way to get kids to pay attention to you? As a parent, I want to know if there’s some skill I can learn to do that too! Because when you get to set, everybody has to be quiet, so even if it’s funny, nobody’s laughing, and you just have to trust it. I was able to have the audience in my head and feel their energy, bounce off their energy and really work on my timing and trusting myself and my instincts.
JDC: Aladdin did me such a service, because I was able to play with the audience. SK: Was there something about being in Aladdin that prepared you to talk to kids on the show? You’re invited to celebrate Blue’s birthday this Friday at 11a/10c on ?Ī post shared by Nick Jr. I’m so grateful for it, but I feel like I want something more, something else… And then my agent sent me an audition for Blue’s Clues. Then one day I was starting to think, I still love work. I was fortunate enough to book my first Broadway show, Aladdin, and I was with the show five years and I loved every single day. Josh Dela Cruz: I don’t know that I ever thought I would be in children’s television, especially Blue’s Clues, was such a big part of my childhood, because I watched it with my little sister.
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SheKnows: How did you wind up the host of Blue’s Clues? Did you know children’s TV was something you wanted to do? Before the big day, SheKnows caught up with Dela Cruz to find out how he connects to our kids so well, and whether we can use some of his secrets to entertain them too. In a special episode airing this Friday, Samantha Bee, Rachel Dratch, Laurie Hernandez, Alexa PenaVega, Carlos PenaVega, Kal Penn and Pete Wentz are all appearing on the show to wish Blue a happy birthday. Those two also created Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Super Why and Creative Galaxy before returning to Nickelodeon for this reboot.
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Of course, credit also goes to series creators Traci Paige Johnson (who voices Blue) and Angela Santomero. With his striped shirt, a notebook (which is now a tablet) and guitar, he navigates a two-dimensional world and follows the clues his puppy dog friend leaves behind, asking viewers for their help along the way. One of the reasons is the captivating, expressive face of new host Josh Dela Cruz, who left a career on Broadway (he was the Aladdin understudy for five years) for this important post. Considering how many fast-paced, flashy viewing options kids have these days, it seems miraculous that a simple, relatively quiet show that looks almost exactly like the original Blue’s Clues of 1996 can hold children’s attention, but it really does. In fact, I was shocked to discover my 7-year-old glued to the show, which is aimed at the 5-and-under set. So, do today’s children still enjoy the thrill of having a TV star break the fourth wall? Considering the high ratings of the new Blue’s Clues & You!, the answer is yes. For your kids, it was probably a family member on Facetime.