High School Musical creator Kenny Ortega comes Netflix’s Julie and the Phantoms, a delightful story of a teen who's lost her mom and her voice, and who finds hope with three teen ghosts from the ’90s who have unfinished business in the corporeal world.The series, complete with full-on original musical numbers and songs, is a light in the world when viewers can really use it.
Not only is the show uplifting, but it also offers visibility for Latinx, Black, and queer people. Julie and the Phantoms stars up-and-comer Madison Reyes in the lead and focuses on her Latinx family, her relationship with her best friend, Flynn (Jada Marie), and with the ghosts, Luke (Charlie Gillespie), Reggie (Jeremy Shada), and Alex (Owen Joyner), whom she meets.