Fil-Am Broadway actor Joshua dela Cruz to host Nickelodeon’s ‘Blues Clues’ reboot

Filipino-American Broadway actor Joshua dela Cruz is the new host of the reboot of the iconic Nickelodeon show "Blue's Clues."

Nick Jr. introduced its newest host on its Facebook page and shared Josh's journey on how he became the new face of the upcoming show, now titled "Blue's Clues & You."

Original host Steve Burns helped out in choosing his successor and met Josh during the auditions.

"My journey to get here was really wild. When I auditioned for Blue's Clues Steve was in the room and they were just kind of like, 'Hey Steve, do you have anything for Josh?' and like, 'Oh yeah, this is Steve.' and I was like 'Whaaaat was happening?'," Josh recounted.

Josh said he was at first starstruck seeing Steve in real life, the guy he watched on TV growing up.

"I was starstruck but immediately it felt comfortable with him, he was just so generous with his time, with his energy, it was a huge huge moment for me to meet the person that I was watching on TV growing up and to find out that he was cool."

As someone who has done it for years, Steve had a few tips for Josh: "Actually finding somebody on the other side of that lens to talk to, and to wait for their answer, and you don't know what the answer is, so to actually listen," said Josh.

What Josh is most excited about the reboot is the handy dandy notebook, which he said will be back on the show but "may not be the way you remember."

For Josh, being the new host for the show is a "wild dream" come true.

"It's a wild wild dream, one day I'll wake up I don't plan on doing that any time soon because this is amazing to be part of such an iconic show I am over the moon happy and cannot share what we work on to all of you guys."

Josh was part of the original Broadway cast of Disney's Aladdin. — Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/BM, GMA News