Teens of any age are likely to find the same qualities rather enjoyable if they can get past that word "Musical" in the title. The series, titled High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, focuses on the newly enrolled set of East High Wildcats putting together a production of High School Musical. Shortly after the success of the original novel, Disney announced that a book series, entitled Stories from East High, would be published in February 2007 with a new book being published every 60 days until July 2008. Disney re-released this movie on December 5, 2006 in High School Musical: Remix - 2-Disc Special Edition.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics, [10] with praise for its cast and music but criticism for its sentimentality; it was more positively received by audiences.Jocks, bookworms, and punks are each mutually exclusive and each student's actions are confined by the expectations of their peers. The plot includes: The high school team captain discovers that the girl next door has changed a lot over the summer. The movie is far from perfect and filled with contradictions (the characters sing and dance about the lameness of singing and dancing and the animosity between "hip" and singing is never fully explained), but that shouldn't be unfamiliar to any fan of musicals. More work than expected has gone into the disc's menu design, though not as much as Disney's most lavish productions.

The network included Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure, a High School Musical spin-off, in its lineup instead. It also aired on Disney Channel South Africa, the latest Disney channel at that time in the southern hemisphere. With most of the Wildcats recruited to the Spring Musical, which will present the students' final days at East High. As they reach for the stars and follow their dreams, everyone learns about acceptance, teamwork and being yourself.The show contained elements and songs from both the original film and its sequel, High School Musical 2, and now features a special preview of High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Development for the film began after Disney network executives wanted to replicate the critical and viewership success of standalone musical episodes in their television series Even Stevens (2000–2003) and That's So Raven (2003–2007). Despite this, a song that was written for the movie titled "Rainy Season" ( 梅雨季), received positive reception.

It turns out that they're both pretty good, something they've both known but kept to themselves to escape the judgment of their peers. Based on the book Battle of the Bands, the films were produced for theatrical release, and had eight new songs produced for the film. it's difficult to imagine even the most die-hard fan of musicals finding anything here worth embracing. Both theatrical versions include "Hummuhummunukunukuapua'a", a song cut from the film but included on the DVD. I think it's been since June that I've seen the trailers and so fourth on Disney Channel, and I've been phsyched up for it ever since.

Taylor worried Gabriella can not focus on the academic game; protagonist popular candidate Pei and Rennes are also worried about the status of sapping. Think of it as a G-rated Grease, only concerned with the internal workings of high school rather than the external social life. One could pin the movie's success on its heavy promotion, but The Disney Channel hypes most of its productions and while Zenon, Halloweentown, and Cadet Kelly were hits, none have come anywhere close to High School Musical's success.

Home video releases of High School Musical, High School Musical 2, High School Musical 3: Senior Year and Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure. The soundtrack for the film was released on January 10, 2006, and debuted at number 133 on the Billboard 200, selling 7,469 copies in its first week. In 2009, Feld Entertainment also produced a touring music show featuring songs and dances from all three movies, titled High School Musical Summer Celebration. The inclusion of both versions is a big marketing point for the release, much to the satisfaction of viewers like my little cousin who recently lamented The Disney Channel's fondness for airing the Sing Along rather than the original. It's not hard to imagine High School Musical becoming a semi-staple for high school groups to perform themselves.Darbus also announces that she will select one student for a Juilliard scholarship, with Sharpay, Ryan, Kelsi, and Troy under consideration. These are ’old school’ Disney TV movies through and through, even down to the 4:3 aspect ratio [of the first two movies], don’t try widescreen it widens them till they resemble dwarves [mind you it is funnier; especially if you play the sing-along version].