“Because they have to record sound, everyone has to be quiet, regardless if the joke is funny or not. There are a lot of jokes that are written into the show and at that point, I had always been used to having the audience to react,” he said. It was very jarring to be on set for the very first time and to roll in the first tape. “I would say the biggest thing that I use from my Broadway career is the timing. He’s able to put his musical background to use and has been given a guitar to play for the closing song once the mystery has been solved.įilming the first season, which took place in Toronto, was a leap for the stage actor, who thrived on the live energy and audience reactions inside a theatre.
Instead of being outfitted in Steve’s green striped shirt or Joe’s colorful long sleeve with squares, Dela Cruz wears a blue striped shirt with jeans and sneakers. The premiere episode was aired in November 2019 as an introduction to Josh, a younger “cousin” to Steve and Joe who’s now Blue’s human companion. “They have a magic that is so unique to them and to try to copy that would be a waste because I’m never going to achieve that.” Josh with his predecessors, Joe (Donovan Patton) and Steve (Steve Burns). I’m never going to be Donovan Patton,” Dela Cruz said. “That gave me the permission to not be so worried about how people are going to receive me as the new host because I’m never going to be Steve Burns. In preparing for hosting “Blue’s Clues & You!,” which involved playing out possible scenarios and revisiting old scripts, Burns pulled Dela Cruz aside and told him to explore what he brought to the table and to let go of the pressure of having to live up to his or Patton’s work. He then became part of the ensemble for the original Broadway cast of Disney’s “Aladdin.” In 2017, he stepped into the lead character for a limited engagement before being chosen in his current role. Over two decades later as a reboot was imagined, Burns returned as a consultant and helped pluck Dela Cruz out of over 3,000 candidates.ĭela Cruz, who has a degree in musical theatre from Montclair State University, moved to New York and appeared in the off-Broadway musical, “Here Lies Love,” based on the life of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos.
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It was the first children’s cable show of its kind built on interactivity.īurns departed the series in 2002 as his character was going off to “college,” and was replaced with his “younger brother,” Joe (played by Donovan Patton) for the remaining two years. In the half-hour episodes, he guided the preschool-aged viewers in solving the mini-mystery, and along the way, would check-in on the various characters brought of life inside the small yellow house with a red roof. The show, which debuted in 1996 and ran for six seasons, started with Steve Burns as the host, clad in a striped green long sleeve and khaki pants. The Fil-Am actor, who was born in Dubai and grew up in New Milford, New Jersey, recalls watching the first generation of “Blue’s Clues” with his younger sister and singing along to the musical numbers, which in part, spurred his budding interest in choir and then acting. We have Blue, Magenta, the Shaker family, all of our characters coming back but tiny little updates to bring it to 2020.” “I remember being 7 years old and watching that episode with my little sister and it was a cup. Drawing the very first clue on set was a cup,” he said. | Photo courtesy of Nickelodeonĭela Cruz, who last appeared in the Broadway staging of Disney’s “Aladdin” as the titular role, swapped the genie for the iconic blue canine as a sidekick, who has now been enhanced in CGI animation. I’m just Josh and I also am Filipino.” Josh Dela Cruz stars as “Josh” in the Nickelodeon reboot, “Blue’s Clues and You!” featuring Blue and her band of friends. “I never saw myself reflected in a positive way - it was either the foreigner, the villain, or the joke. “Growing up, I never saw anyone on screen that I connected with,” the 31-year-old actor told the Asian Journal.
On top of that, the new generation of Filipino Americans watching “Blue’s Clues & You!” would see someone who resembles them on screen. Not only were they reminded of the blue puppy, the talking objects and “skidooing” into another world, the lyrics to the catchy songs - from “Mail Time” to “We Just Figured Out Blue’s Clues” - came rushing back to consciousness. WHEN stage actor Josh Dela Cruz was announced as the new host for the “Blue’s Clues” reboot, a wave of nostalgia kicked in for kids who grew up watching Nickelodeon in the ‘90s.
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