High School Musical

[jackjackjack]

For anyone who thinks anything is better than nothing, The Disney Channel provides us with the TV movie "High School Musical".

From what I can gather the plot is around the auditions for a high school musical, but it has original musical numbers in it. Very teen appeal, but it was apparantly huge in the US, with the soundtrack album actually charting. Not sure how much truth there is in that.

Saturday June 10 6.30pm, Disney Channel

James

[Sally]

jackjackjack said:

Not sure how much truth there is in that.

From what I heard last night, a LOT of truth ;D

[nadine]

Well Kenny Ortega directed it who is also directing TBFO so it is worth watching. Well that and the fact the soundtrack has brought in a truckload of money

[Buff]

I also post at musicals.net and hearing there about the "dramas" (excuse the pun) involved with their high school productions, I might have to find someone with Disney Channel.

Buff

[Buff]

I saw this on MTI's website while I was looking at something else.

TO BECOME AVAILABLE
FOR LOCAL PRODUCTIONS THIS FALL

Disney Theatrical Productions (DTP) announced that it will release a version of Disney Channel's wildly successful HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL for local productions beginning this Fall through Music Theatre International (MTI).

Steve Fickinger, Disney Theatrical Productions Vice President responsible for the DTP/MTI relationship, said, "The response to HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL has been phenomenal. Television audiences are connecting with the show and its music on an unprecedented level. We wanted to make the rights available for local productions across the country."

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL set viewership records when it debuted on Disney Channel on January 20, 2006 and to date has been seen by over 34 million unique viewers.

The HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL double platinum certified soundtrack from Walt Disney Records also made its mark topping the Billboard Hot 200 album chart and being the #1 selling album on iTunes for three weeks. The single "Breaking Free" made the largest jump in the 48-year history of the Billboard Hot 100, catapulting from #86 to #4 in just one week. Seven other singles from the soundtrack also debuted on the Hot 100. The soundtrack has also generated one platinum single ("Breaking Free"), and four gold singles ("What I've Been Looking For," "We're All in This Together," "Start of Something New," and "Get'cha Head in the Game").

Thomas Schumacher, President of Disney Theatrical Productions said, "I'm thrilled that we are able to have HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL join Beauty and the Beast, Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, and our other Disney Collection titles available through MTI."

Developed through a unique collaboration with Disney Theatricals, MTI's Musicals from the Disney Collection also includes musicals developed especially for students. Aladdin Junior is a 60-minute show appropriate for middle-schoolers to perform. Cinderella Kids, 101 Dalmatians Kids, and The Jungle Book Kids are 30-minute stage versions of classic Disney films aimed to introduce elementary school children to the joys of putting on a live musical.

"The response to The Disney Collection has been overwhelming," Schumacher said. "In fact, Disney's Beauty and the Beast was the most successful first-year licensing launch in history, and Disney's Aladdin Jr. has been performed by over 1,000 schools across the country."

More titles will be added to the Junior and Kids Collections in the coming year.

For more information on the live stage version of Disney's High School Musical, click here: www.mtishows.com/show_home.asp?id=000304

MTI Customers interested in licensing HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL may complete a FAST-TRACK NOTIFICATION Form at www.mtishows.com/app_fasttrack_hsm.asp.


Buff

[Sally]

Oh my god. LOVED it. So cheesy/corny/predictable, but in the good, FUN way And the songs are incredibly catchy. And hey, there's even a bit of a message