WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!! 2021 marks the 15th Anniversary of a groundbreaking musical phenomenon that just the beginning of of getting this generation into the world of performing arts….. ONCE UPON A TIME…… long before Glee…. there was Disney’s High School Musical. This powerful story of love, community, and going after your dreams still lives on. After earning a huge worldwide following thanks to its legendary TV movie on the Disney Channel, it earned a huge franchise featuring top-charting hits, several sequels, books, comic strips, video games, a critically acclaimed stage musical, and now….. a spin off TV series on Disney+.
The TV series entitled HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES is considered as a spin-off / mocumentary. Set and filmed at the real East High School (where the original film was shot), this series follows a group of teenage Theater enthusiasts. In the 1st season, they put on….. you guessed it….. the original HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. Currently in Season 2, they put on another fellow notable Disney musical….. Beauty and the Beast. Created by Oscar nominee and Broadway’s very own Tim Federle, it features an unbelievable high energy cast that already are becoming household names. The cast is led by…..
Broadway favorite Kate Reinders (Broadway’s Good Vibrations, WICKED, Something Rotten, and Beautiful – The Carole King Musical) as new Drama teacher “Miss Jenn”,
newbie pop singing sensation Olivia Rodrigo as Musical Theater enthusiast “Nini Salazar-Roberts”,
Joshua Bassett as guitarist and skateboard dude “Ricky Bowen”,
Matt Cornett as jock and theater fan “E. J. Caswell”,
Sofia Wylie (TV’s So You Think You Can Dance) as Theater transfer student “Gina Porter”,
Julia Lester as aspiring songwriter “Ashlyn Caswell”,
and more.
There are also several recurring appearances by…..
Jimmy Award winner Andrew Barth Feldman (Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen and recently in Ratatouille the Musical) as foreign exchange student “Antoine”,
Celebrated dancer and performer Derek Hough (Dancing with the Stars) as ex-boyfriend and High School drama club rival “Zack”,
Acclaimed stage and screen favorite Nicole Sullivan TV’s MADtv and The King of Queens) as “Carol”,
Emmy Award winner Olivia Rose Keegan as competitive performer “Lily”,
and
so much more.
There are some appearances from several notable cast members from the original HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL as themselves including Lucas Grabeel (original “Ryan Evans”) and KayCee Stroh (original “Martha Cox”).
The series soundtrack features a combination of original songs along with some of the notable fan favorites from HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL including START OF SOMETHING NEW, BREAKING FREE, WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, and so much more, In SEASON 2, you will also hear new renditions of songs from BEAUTY AND THE BEAST including BELLE, BE OUR GUEST, and its Oscar winning title song.
Doesn’t this series inspire you to GETCHA HEAD IN THE GAME?!!!
