Libby and Nate take the opportunity for a secret road trip to the Big Apple. That problem finds a solution when Nate’s parents (Broadway stars and real-life couple Michelle Federer and Norbert Leo Butz) go away for the weekend. Of course, the teens actually have to be in New York City for the audition. But his best friend, Libby (Aria Brooks), soon offers him a better opportunity: to audition in an open casting for the Broadway musical of “Lilo and Stitch.” (In the book, it was the musical version of “E.T.” - but this is a Disney+ production and E.T. Nate Foster (Reuby Wood in his screen debut) is dejected (to put it mildly) when he is not cast as the lead - or even as the understudy - in his middle school play. Based on Federle’s 2013 young adult novel, this family film will speak - or rather, sing to - any queer theater kid. A Pittsburgh seventh grader’s Broadway dreams are at the heart of out gay writer/director Tim Federle’s plucky musical, “Better Nate Than Ever,” available April 1 on Disney+.
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