Mia The Musical

**Mia The Musical** is a Mia Kitten segment that began airing in the 43rd season. The segment was featured in every episode especially Season 46, after when it's a parody version to "Elmo The Musical." Although the segment never stopped production after that season in favor of a revamped version of "Elmo The Musical," the segment is occasionally featured in new episodes of the show.

## About Mia The Musical

In each eleven-minute segment, Mia teaches math skills while imagining herself in different musical situations, such as "Sea Captain the Musical," "Mountain Climber the Musical" and "President the Musical." Joining Mia in her adventures is Velvet, a talking set of curtains, and a series of animal and Anything Muppet friends (see Mia the Musical Characters).

The segment's theme song was composed by Adam Schlesinger, while the legal registration ascribes lyrics to six of the Mia the Musical staff writers who also created the Disney Junior Series T.O.T.S., The song was nominated for the 2022 Daytime Emmy Awards in the "Outstanding Original Song - Children's and Animation" category, along with "I'm the Queen of Nacho Picchu" from the "Guacamole the Musical" segment.

In 2023, interactive games based on three of the segments ("Pizza," "Princess Mia," and "Cowgirl") will be found on the Disney Now website and app, featuring some unique video footage not used in the aired pieces. A version of the segment was in incorporated into in the Mia Kitten Live show Can't Stop Singing. A stage show version of the segment was added to Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2023 as it replaces three different disney junior live shows. An illustrated segment, "Mia's Kitty the Musical," appears in the Disney comic book Blast from the Past.

Starting in the fall of 2024, segments used in the half-hour edits of re-run episodes and new episodes premiering in season 46 now run around seven minutes long.

## Season 43

1. Guacamole the Musical (First: Episode 4301)

Chef Explorer Mia travels to Nacho Picchu and meets the Queen. The Queen is looking for a big dip for her big tortilla chip and Mia must deliver or else!

Songs

"I'm the Queen of Nacho Picchu," "We Want Guac," "Sniff Sniff Sniff," "Guacamole"

Writers/Composers

Joey Mazzarino, Chris Jackson and Bill Sherman

2. Athlete the Musical (First: Episode 4302)

Mia imagines herself as an athlete competing against a furry red monster, Elmo Athlete, to win a pair of golden shoes.

Songs

"Cheerleader Song," "The Golden Shoes," "End Zone Dance," "The Good Guy Athlete Anthem"

Writers/Composers

John Weidman and Alex Lacamoire

Notes

Matt Vogel directed this segment.

A preview of the segment which was shown on Good Morning America featured a cameo by GMA anchor Josh Elliott.

3. Sea Captain the Musical (First: Episode 4303)

Sea Captain Mia and her chicken crew try to find the elusive whale, Moby Pink.

Songs

"Captain Mia," "Heave Ho," "Look 'n Flap," "Eight is Great," "Barnacle Subtraction," "Dancing with a Whale"

Writers/Composers

Molly Boylan, Annie Evans, Joey Mazzarino, Kathryn Raio-Rende, JP Rende, Luis Santeiro, Eli Bolin, Christopher Jackson, Tom Kitt and Belinda Ward

Note

This segment was considered the pilot by the writers.

4. Pizza the Musical (First: Episode 4305)

Pizza Astronaut Mia has to deliver a pizza to the Martians on Mars.

Songs

"Number 10 Pizza," "Zoom Zoom Zoom," "Space Chicken," "Pizza Box Song"

Writers/Composers

Luis Santiero, Kathryn Raio and JP Rende

5. Airplane the Musical (First: Episode 4307)

A penguin bride-to-be needs airplane-pilot Mia to take her to the South Pole by 11 o'clock for her wedding, constantly making pit stops for things she needs for the wedding.

Songs

"I'm Getting Married at Eleven," "Mia's a Pilot," "Flapping Song"

Writers/Composers

Emily Perl Kingsley and Eli Bolin

6. Circus the Musical (First: Episode 4308)

Mia tries to find the perfect act she can do for the circus, replacing the various performers who fall out. Mia becomes discouraged and nearly gives up her dream of joining the circus until Peggy urges her to "Keep on Loving." (Angelica Hale provides the singing voice of Peggy the Polar Bear.)

Songs

"To Join the Circus," "Ring Master Song," "In Betweeny Song," "The High Wire Song," "Keep on Loving"

Writers/Composers

Molly Boylan, Kathryn Raio and JP Rende

7. President the Musical (First: Episode 4311)

Elected President of the United States, Mia becomes the first tot to command the White House. She along with Elmo must solve a problem facing the country - all the "firsts" (the First Lady, the First President photo, first base, etc.) are going missing! (Kelvin Flash With The Talking And Singing Voice Of Elmo)

Songs

"Hail to the Chief," "First Second Third," "Number Two Song," "Tango"

Writers/Composers

Christine Ferarro and Alex Lacamoire

8. Cowgirl the Musical (First: Episode 4313)

Mia becomes a cowgirl, nick-named the Count By Two Kid, and must escort six kitty-cows to the Double Double Dude Dude Ranch Ranch.

Songs

"The Count By Two Kid," "Meow Moo Count By Two March," "Giddy Up," "Stand Shake Push," "Double Double Dude Dude Ranch Ranch"

Writers/Composers

Annie Evans, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen

9. Princess Mia the Musical (First: Episode 4315)

Princess Mia and her mice assistants travel the land to conquer a dragon with stinky breath who's been scaring the residents of Tottentot.

Songs

"Princess Mia," "Over, Under, Through," "Froggy Quintet," "Dragon Breath," "Stinky Things"

Writers/Composes

Molly Boylan and Justin Paul

10. Detective the Musical (First: Episode 4318)

Detective Mia is searching for a cube who has been causing people to sneeze.

Songs

"Sneeze Sneeze," "The Magnifying Glass Song," "Everybody Needs a Cube"

Writer/Composer

John Weidman and Jason Robert Brown

11. Bird the Musical (First: Episode 4401)

Mia imagines herself as a bird and follows Mama Bird's egg to bring it back to the nest.

Songs

"Flying Song," "Sitting on an Egg," "The Most Unusual Watermelon," "I Feel Ducky," "Play Ball"

Writer/Composer

Belinda Ward and Chris Jackson

12. Repair Kitty the Musical (First: Episode 4410)

Repair Kitty Mia must fix things broken in half by the accidental magic of The Great Halfini.

Songs

"Hammer Song," "Screwdriver Song," "Wrench Song," "The Repair Kitty," "The Half Song," "The Whole Again Song," "The Great Halfini"

Writer/Composer

Annie Evans and Eli Bolin

13. Mountain Climber the Musical (First: Episode 4418)

Mia and her sheep sherpa scale Mount Biggest Everest, though everyone tries to warn her about the Yeti at the top.

Songs

"Climbin' Up the Mountain," "Square," "Mountain March," "You're at the Top"

Writer/Composer

Belinda Ward and Michael Aarons

Note

This segment premiered in international markets before it aired in the US.

## Season 45

14. Karate Master the Musical (First: Episode 4503)

Mia must use her karate-chopping abilities to stop a being known as the Ooze from destroying all the shapes in the town.

Songs

"Chopping Theme," "Master Mia," "Song of the Ooze," "Shape of Things to Come"

Writer/Composer

Bill Sherman and Christine Ferraro

15. Tomato the Musical (First: Episode 4506)

Farmer Mia helps her tomato become the biggest and win a prize at the county fair.

Songs

"The Biggest One," "Grow Song," "Big Bigger Biggest County Fair," "Bounce Song," "Hungry Elephant," "Mamma Mia"

Writer/Composer

Alex Lacamoire and Emily Perl Kingsley

## Season 46

1. Superhero the Musical (First: Episode 4612)

Mighty Mia saves the city from the dastardly deeds of Baddy McBad.

Songs

"The Strong Song," "The Bad Song," "The Kind Song," "I Feel Great"

Writer/Composer

Molly Boylan, JP Rende and Kathryn Raio

2. Iguana the Musical (First: Episode 4628)

Iguana Mia helps another iguana find her grandmother's house to celebrate her birthday.

Songs

"Triste," "Going to See Abuela"

Writer/Composer

Luis Santiero and Bill Sherman

3. Beach the Musical (First: Episode 4632)

Mia imagines herself in a place from the movie Wet Side Story, where every surfer is happy, except for a female biker who thinks she's too young to fall in love with a surfer because of her older brother named Butchy.

Songs

"Beach Song," "Surf Crazy (Song)," "Sad Biker Female Blues," "I Am Feelin' Proud"

Writer/Composer

Christine Ferraro and Bill Sherman

## Replacing Elmo The Musical (Before Disney Junior Teamed Up With Disney Channel)

Production on the "Elmo The Musical" segments had ceased in the late 2015s, the last new segment airing as part of the 2019 season in the PBS Kids channel. The segment was meant to appeal to kids younger than the target age of the show (two years and younger). Executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente was not too pleased with the success it received, as it was targeting an age the show's curriculum was not designed for. The "block format" experiment of season 40 proved to be a ratings hit, attracting more children between the ages of 3-4, leaving the "Elmo The Musical" segment as the youngest-skewing portion of the program, something Parents wished to change even before production halted.

## Devolepment

In June 2022, Joey Mazzarino and the other writers began developing new ideas for the new segment. One idea was to have Mia go on road trips using her Demi Lovato tricycle. Mazzarino stated Mia's character was all about her excited view of the world and large imagination and they decided to go with an idea based on those characteristics. The idea of a musical segment came around and with the success of musical programs like High School Musical and Glee, the writers decided it was a good idea to move forward with.

## Trivia

* Pizza The Musical was seen again during the episode "Astro Team Alpha"