TikTok announces first musical called \u2018For You, Paige\u2019: How to watch TikTok: danielmertzlufftTikTok has revealed that it\u2019s commissioned its very first musical titled \u2018For You, Paige\u2019 as part of #ProjectBroadway \u2014 here\u2019s everything you need to know about it. Short-form video platform TikTok has a somewhat surprising history with musical theater. In 2021, Emily Jacobson created the song \u2018Remy\u2019 inspired by Disney\/Pixar\u2019s Ratatouille which, with the help of Daniel Mertzlufft and a huge team of creatives, became a full-blown musical that was wildly successful. Now Mertzlufft is leading a new project, this time actually commissioned by TikTok, with a musical titled, \u2018For You, Paige\u2019 (a play on words based on the app\u2019s popular For You Page). On April 6, the app announced that they had commissioned the musical as part of #ProjectBroadway, \u201cwhich celebrates and supports all things theater, musicals, and Broadway.\u201d Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load What is \u2018For You, Paige\u2019 about? TikTok explained that the story of \u2018For You, Paige,\u2019 is inspired by real creators from the platform. Regarding the plot, they said: \u201cTeenage music nerd Landon (played by Roman Banks) collaborates with his best friend Paige (played by Sri Ramesh) on a TikTok song inspired by her favorite book series. Landon\u2019s TikTok goes viral, thrusting him into the spotlight \u2014 and leaving Paige behind. \u201cWhen a producer offers Landon the opportunity to adapt the book series into a musical, Landon discovers that the glory of doing it all himself isn\u2019t worth the stress and enlists the help of Paige and the TikTok community to turn the show into a huge success.\u201d Click here if TikTok doesn\u2019t load The show will also reportedly feature references to viral TikTok trends, and includes original songs such as, \u2018Playing in My Key,\u2019 \u2018Out of My Mouth,\u2019 and \u2018Beyond the Dome.\u2019 How to watch \u2018For You, Paige\u2019 \u2018For You, Paige\u2019 will only be available to watch live via TikTok\u2019s official account on April 14 at 7pm ET\/4pm PT. The show will be performed live from a theater in New York City. Daniel Mertzlufft has been documenting the journey of putting this project together since January 2022, and on his TikTok profile he has revealed several behind-the-scenes clips at rehearsals which have garnered a lot of attention on the app. Whether it is as successful as the Ratatouille Musical remains to be seen, but viewers won\u2019t have to wait long to find out exactly how this project will turn out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok announces first musical called \u2018For You, Paige\u2019: How to watch TikTok: danielmertzlufftTikTok has revealed that it\u2019s commissioned its very first musical titled \u2018For You, Paige\u2019 as part of #ProjectBroadway \u2014 here\u2019s everything you need to know about it. Short-form video platform TikTok has a somewhat surprising history with musical theater. In 2021, Emily Jacobson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}