High School Musical (film series)

The High School Musical franchise consists of three Disney musical romantic comedydrama films directed by Kenny Ortega and created by Peter Barsocchini. It stars Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman. The original film was released simply as a Disney Channel Original Movie, but after its huge success, it was followed by a television sequel. The third film received a theatrical release. Tisdale and Grabeel reprised their roles as Sharpay and Ryan Evans in a spinoff on the series titled Sharpays Fabulous Adventure, it was a direct to video film. Numerous international versions have been created, plus stage musicals and video games have been released, among other things.

The film follows star athlete Troy Bolton Zac Efron and shy, smart Gabriella Montez Vanessa Hudgens. Troy and Gabriella meet while vacationing at a ski lodge over Christmas Break and inadvertently participate in a karaoke contest together Start of Something New. When school starts in January, drama queen Sharpay Evans Ashley Tisdale makes a dramatic entrance at East High, Troys school. At this point, Gabriella is revealed to be a new transfer student to the school she and Troy reconnect. Later that day, the pair are seen talking at the signup sheet for the Winter Musical by the Drama Clubs copresident, Sharpay. Her fraternal twin brother and copresident Ryan Lucas Grabeel notices Troy constantly coming back to the sheet. Doing her research, Sharpay finds out that Gabriella was a top student at her old schools and convinces Scholastic Decathlon captain Taylor McKessie Monique Coleman to invite Gabriella to the team as a distraction from auditioning. Troys best friend, Chad Danforth Corbin Bleu, is concerned that Troys mind seems to have wandered away from basketball despite being varsity team captain and struggles to keep his attention.As the day of auditions quickly approaches, and Troy and Gabriella are too shy to come forward after watching Sharpay and Ryan perform their own flashy arrangement of a love song What Ive Been Looking For. Kelsi Nielsen Olesya Rulin, the composer and writer of the musical, objects, but is ridiculed by Sharpay. Following the audition, Troy and Gabriella pluck up the courage to come forward but drama teacher Mrs. Darbus Alyson Reed declares it too late to audition, and they are left crestfallen. As they are about to leave, Kelsi trips and drops her music. After helping her pick it up, they listen to her play the intended version of the song. Mrs. Darbus overhears Troy and Gabriella singing and invites them to a callback. ........

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