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MAZZARA: Previously on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series...

Nothing works up an appetite like a countdown to opening night.

Do you wanna get risotto with me sometime?

And though sometimes a song can say things that words can't...

(SINGING) Oh

In a heartbeat in a heartbeat I'd choose you

It's a shame that nobody asked for my expertise

in their attempt at musical magic.

Kourtney got the original Broadway plans from Howie.

Girls want us to meet them in an hour.

We're gonna save our show.

And while it warms my heart to see the youth work together...

Y'all, this is some Broadway stuff.

You guys, we're actually gonna win.

Sometimes everything falls apart.

-(RICKY SCREAMS) -(EXCLAIMS)

(ASHLYN YELLS)

Hey! Happy opening night.

Hey, good luck.

Happy opening. See ya.

Hey, card for you.

Can't forget about you. Happy opening.

(CHUCKLES)

A little note for good luck.

I'll take what I can get.

You guys feeling all right?

-Fit as a fiddle. -Operating at full capacity.

We're screwed.

The thing they don't tell you about theater is that

when your co-star falls on you,

that's just something you have to live with.

I think after "High School Musical,"

Miss Jenn got a little gun shy about understudies. So...

We don't have any.

But the show must go on.

And these can't come off.

So when The Beast was dying, was she holding him up like this? Or...

It was like a Renaissance painting. I have no idea how they did it.

Is this because of North High's show last night?

'Cause it was impressive, but...

It was like if James Cameron and a circus had a baby.

Howie was so good as The Beast,

I'm actually rooting against myself tonight.

Ashlyn, time to bedazzle your wrist.

(SIGHS)

Hey, and for the record, I have a good luck note for you.

-I just gotta sign it. -Oh! Yep! Same.

Ha! Honestly, it wasn't easy

summing up our entire emotional journey up to this point.

But I think I finally got it right.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I nailed it.

(SIGHS)

You're good. You're good. Very provincial.

Love the baguettes.

Kourt, my hero.

Don't open this till later, okay?

Oh, thank you for the second-sweetest card I'm gonna get tonight.

(LAUGHS) I think you're the only one who's feeling better after seeing North High.

(ALL LAUGH)

-It's been 12 hours of... -KOURTNEY: He's a star.

The boy's a star. Howie is a shining star.

And he's coming to see me?

Kourt, I think you might be the show's first-ever flying teapot.

(ALL LAUGH)

I can't wait to see my girls up on that stage, shining again.

(EXCLAIMS) Well, look for the shortest fork and you'll find me.

Well, mothers always come prepared.

No way!

-Bye-bye. -Bye, Mom.

(BOTH SQUEAL)

Ah, there they are! Duster and the bluster!

Don't open these till we get to Slices tonight, okay?

Oh.

Is there a problem?

I mean...

We're actually not going to the after-party because...

We're having risotto.

It was supposed to be a couple weeks ago but then someone broke the harness.

And Ricky broke Ashlyn.

And it's all been a little crazy.

So, we rescheduled for tonight after the show.

No, I wouldn't use the D-word.

It's just good clean fun, all alone with someone I dig... a lot.

What do you wear on a date?

Card for the cup and the candle.

Thank you, Nini.

Carlos also says thank you.

Is he with us?

He got a little freaked out when he realized

the North High Lumiere was actively on fire the entire show.

Hey, hey, nobody's more fire than you, Carlos.

(SEB AND NINI CHUCKLE)

He says, "Good one."

Okay, half hour call!

-(ALL EXCLAIMING) -Wildcats! Villagers!

My friends and allies.

As you know, there is a judge out there in the audience tonight

who is very important to the future of this theater program.

He is going to score every performance,

our music, our sets, Lord help us, even me.

And in two weeks at the Menkies, we could win (WHISPERS) $50,000.

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

So tonight, we are going to put the "U" in Utah!

(CHUCKLES)

And to Ricky and Ashlyn, some words of inspiration.

My deep and shameful disappointment in your recent accident

has mellowed to a sort of numbness, so there's that.

Oh, were those the words of inspiration?

Yes, they were!

Okay. Where is LeFou?

Sorry I'm late. Just some dry heaving.

Dude!

Dry.

ASHLYN: Um...

Biggie, I got you a little something for your big debut.

There's a card and everything.

Oh, wow.

(RETCHES)

He's ready.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(ORCHESTRA TUNING UP)

MAZZARA: Mr. Caswell.

Big man on campus.

I suppose if you're a second semester senior that this is your...

This is my last opening night at East High. Yep.

Is your whole family here?

My dad is in the third row, if that's what you're asking.

I bet he's proud.

Yeah. We've had some good conversations these last few weeks.

Good.

Hey, you really did me a favor by helping me out with everything.

It's not a favor. It's just doing what you can.

Gaston, let's check your body mic.

Thanks, Mr. M.

Hi! You look nice.

And you do too.

Making the rounds. Doing some final checks.

There's no scoreboard out there, right?

You're in the theater now.

The theater! Yes.

-Uh, Jennifer... -Hmm?

Maybe you should find a quiet place and just breathe for a minute.

I can be quiet, or I can breathe, but I can't do both.

MIKE: Jennifer!

Michael Bowen!

Is it me or do we always seem to run into him?

It's like clockwork.

-Hi! -MIKE: Hello.

Uh, sorry, I didn't mean to break the fourth wall or whatever.

I just wanted to drop these off to Rick.

I'll make sure he gets them.

Here we are again.

Yeah! I never thought I'd get to have this whole feeling twice.

You mean seeing Ricky in a show?

That's definitely what I meant.

-Are you walking out? -After you.

(SINGING SOFTLY) And when we touched, she didn't shudder at my paw

Peek-a-boo!

-Lily! -Hi.

Did we forget to build a moat around the school? Or...

I just came by to support my favorite actor at East High.

Uh...

Oh.

Yep. I mean, you, Ricky. I hope that's okay.

I don't make the guest list,

but your show last night was kinda amazing.

I mean, everyone was talking about the wolves

and the very talented humans.

Honestly, your advice really helped me turn things around with my cast.

Being nice, what a concept. (CHUCKLES)

-That's good. -Yeah.

Maybe we could talk more sometime

over a slice of pizza, an advice slice, LOL.

(MISS JENN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Yeah. I don't know how that would go over, um, around here.

Loyal to the last.

This is nice.

Then again, I, uh... I'm learning that loyalty can be complicated.

MIKE: Lilac. It's lilac.

You know, Ricky, when my dad got remarried,

I couldn't look at the new wife for a month.

Now she is literally the only sane member of my family.

(CHUCKLES)

-And that is including you? -(CHUCKLES)

Prince Adam. Five minutes. Lily, scram.

-Cast and crew, this is your places call. -Sorry, I should, uh...

Get'cha head in the game?

(ORCHESTRA PLAYING HAUNTING MUSIC)

Once upon a time, in a faraway land,

a young prince lived in a shining castle.

Although...

(EXCLAIMS) I've never had a part with a name before.

(LAUGHS) Everyone gets to say that exactly once.

-Have fun out there, okay? -Okay.

But then, one winter's night,

an old beggar woman came to the castle

and offered him a single rose

in exchange for shelter from the bitter cold.

Repulsed by her haggard appearance,

the prince sneered at the gift, and turned the old woman away!

But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances,

for beauty is found within.

And when he dismissed her again,

the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress.

If he could learn to love another

and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell,

then the spell would be broken.

If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time.

(CROWD CHEERING)

(CHEERS)

Wildcats!

This is going fine.

I am mostly proud.

And I heard Big Red has not thrown up in over 20 minutes.

She heard wrong.

Every great performance needs an X factor.

Something special that puts it over the top.

A little birdie has just told me where our Menkies judge is sitting,

and I'm thinking that with just a few minor adjustments,

we can make this gentleman feel every bit as welcome

as the intruder that my mother clubbed over the head when I was a girl.

I thought she just hog-tied him.

She just hog-tied him.

When the next song begins,

I have directed Benjamin Mazzara and his lighting-ists...

They're called grips.

...to spotlight our judge.

And then I need you all to make him feel

especially and uniquely welcome.

(BOTH WHISPERING)

Any questions?

Many questions.

Should we just do what we rehearsed?

Doesn't that feel a little desperate?

It feels that way for a reason, Sebastian.

Besides, Carlos is a seasoned professional who can roll with anything, right?

He says, "Help!"

(SINGING) Ma chère Mademoiselle

It is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure

That we welcome you tonight

And now we invite you to relax

Let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents

Your dinner

Be our guest!

Be our guest!

Put our service to the test

Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cherie

And we'll provide the rest

Soup du jour, hot hors d'œuvres

Why, we only live to serve

Try the gray stuff, it's delicious

Don't believe me? Ask the dishes

They can sing, they can dance

After all, Miss, this is France

And a dinner here is never second-best

Go on, unfold your menu

Take a glance, and then you'll be our guest

Oui, our guest, be our guest

We tell jokes!

I do tricks with my fellow candlesticks

ALL: And it's all in perfect taste that you can bet

Come on and lift your glass

You've won your own free pass to be our guest

CARLOS: If you're stressed, it's fine dining we suggest

ALL: Be our guest! Be our guest! Be our guest!

CARLOS: Life is so unnerving

For a servant who's not serving

He's not whole without a soul to wait upon

Most days we just lay around the castle

Flabby, fat, and lazy You walked in and oops-a-daisy

KOURTNEY: It's a guest! It's a guest!

Sakes alive Oh, I'll be blessed

Wine's been poured, and thank the Lord

I've had the napkins freshly pressed

With dessert, she'll want tea

And, my dear, that's fine with me

While the cups do their soft-shoein'

I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing

I'll get warm, piping hot

Heaven's sakes! Is that a spot?

Clean it up! We want the company impressed

We've got a lot to do!

Is it one lump or two?

For you, our guest!

She's our guest!

ALL: Course by course

One by one

Till you shout, "Enough! I'm done!"

Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest

Tonight you'll prop your feet up

But for now, let's eat up

Be our guest!

Be our guest!

Be our guest!

Please, be our guest!

(MUSIC STOPS)

NATALIE: Ladies and gentlemen, this is a 15-minute intermission.

If you don't buy at least $20 worth of concessions,

you do not support art.

(CROWD CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY)

Thank you.

Hey!

You absolutely dusted that stage and Be Our Guest, amazing.

Stop it! Say that again.

Yeah, well, I hope all that singing helped you work up an appetite

because I hear the squid ink risotto at this place can be a little rich.

G?

Sorry. Um...

It's official. My mom's not coming again.

Oh, I...

But she said she sent me a surprise instead.

-More chocolates? -(CHUCKLES)

JAMIE: I think she meant me.

Jamie?

Don't you think it's weird that The Beast only has until he's 21

to find true love?

First of all, in the movie he looks at least 30.

(SIGHS) Well, you know what they say, "Beast don't crease."

Plus, I hear the fur adds like 10 years.

Literally feels like I've aged 10 years since the day I got this part.

Yeah. But that day was the best.

I'll never forget the look on Ashlyn's face

when she got the lead over that mean girl with the eyes.

(CLICKS TONGUE) Her name's Lily,

and, um... I'm not sure she's as mean as we thought.

I don't know, man. Ash has some pretty strong feelings about her.

(BIG RED GROANS)

I just hope she feels better by the end of the night.

Dude, maybe you're pushing yourself a little too hard

with this side hustle project in the south hallway?

No, it's fine. I'm almost done.

I just need constant electrolytes and a whole new stomach.

I've been saying that for years.

NATALIE: Members of the company, this is your 10-minute call to Act Two.

Please, everyone remain in the same role you started in.

Big Red? Has anyone seen Big Red?

Looking for Big Red!

Does anyone have eyes on Big Red?

Do y'all where know Big Red is?

-HOWIE: Hey. -Howie! Hey!

I was just going to get some air.

Air is okay. We allow air. (GIGGLING)

Um, did you see me performing up there?

I did, yes.

-Um, did you enjoy it? -Very much.

Okay, well, enjoy your air.

I will. Thanks.

Okay. (CHUCKLES)

KOURTNEY: Air.

-I need air. -NINI: What happened?

Howie was being super weird just now,

and I'm dangerously close to doubting myself here, Neen.

Hey, no, look at me.

-Number one, you're Kourtney. -Fact.

Number two, we don't do it for them. Okay? We do it for us.

-Also fact. Thank you. -Mmm-hmm.

I need starting pitches for Something There.

(PLAYS PIANO)

Okay, I'm thinking of adding some riffs to the song. Like...

(SINGING) I wonder why I didn't see him there before

Like that.

Okay. Why?

Because Lily did it last night, and it was gently glorious.

Ash, listen to me.

You are the best Belle I've ever seen, and I've been in the show before.

Thank you. Okay. Really?

Okay.

Have you seen Big Red, though? He literally lowers my blood pressure.

I heard he was chugging Pepto Bismol in the boys' bathroom.

I'm a lucky girl.

Ash, sound needs to check your mic before Act Two.

Break a leg.

GINA: What are you doing here?

I'm just trying to make up for lost time.

Has anyone asked for your autograph?

-We don't get many celebs in Salt Lake. -Oh, a celeb? (CHUCKLES)

That's a good one.

Come on, everything you touch turns to gold these days.

You're like a legit music producer.

Yeah, well, I'm still waiting to see

my name headlining one of those tracks one day,

but, you know, Mom always says,

-"Just keep pushing." -Keep pushing.

(BOTH LAUGH)

So you grew about a foot, huh?

Yeah. (CLICKS TONGUE) You didn't.

-Not much. -Nope!

(BOTH LAUGH)

You're really crushing it up there tonight. Seriously.

Mmm. I learned from the best.

NATALIE: Cast and crew. This is your places call.

Places for Act Two.

-And that's your cue. -Yeah.

Listen, I don't want to spoil the night,

but I'm gonna have to slip out before curtain call.

Last flight to LA tonight. I gotta meet a promising new artist

-who needs a mentor... -They found the right guy.

I know you're used to me leaving you high and dry, and I don't...

I'm just really happy to see your face.

I'm really proud of you, Gigi.

-All right. -(LAUGHS)

Break a leg.

(UPBEAT MUSIC STARTS)

(SINGING) There's something sweet and almost kind

But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined

And now he's dear, and so unsure

I wonder why I didn't see him there before

She glanced this way, I thought I saw

And when we touched she didn't shudder at my paw

No, it can't be, I'll just ignore

But then she's never looked at me that way before

New, and a bit alarming

Who'd have ever thought that this could be?

True, that he's no Prince Charming

But there's something in him that I simply didn't see

Well, who'd have thought?

Well, bless my soul

CARLOS: Well, who'd have known?

KOURTNEY: Well, who indeed?

And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?

CARLOS AND KOURTNEY: It's so peculiar, wait and see, a few days more

There may be something there that wasn't there before...

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

I'm sorry, who is this?

CARLOS: (SINGING) Perhaps there's something there

that wasn't there before

(SINGING) There may be something there that wasn't there before

What, Mama? What's there?

-(MUSIC STOPS) -(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

(CHEERS)

Yeah! Eat it, Zackey Roy!

(SINGING INDISTINCTLY)

Hey, you're, uh... You're EJ, right?

We didn't properly meet before.

I got to say, I'm a little starstruck right now.

Dude, no, it's...

I'm just the man behind the music, you know, no big deal.

Oh, no. I actually meant because you're related to Gina.

-But no offense. -Oh.

That's amazing.

Man, my mom was right about you.

Meaning?

That you're very charming.

She thinks you walk on air.

(CHUCKLES)

Look, we're all just really glad that Gigi has a big-brother figure in her life.

Even if it's not me. Maybe especially if it's not me.

Is that what Gina said about me?

I never really nailed the whole sibling thing.

I suppose sometimes the family that you choose

is better than the one that you get.

That make sense?

Yeah. I understand.

-Vaguely. -Oh, yeah, I gotta go.

-It was great to meet you, bruh. -Yeah.

Uh, great show, by the way.

(SIGHS)

(SCOFFS)

(ORCHESTRA PLAYING DRAMATIC MUSIC)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

It's weird, right?

It's like a normal harness.

Like, it's like, I don't know, this big.

You guys, the orchestra hasn't vamped this much since Bop To The Top.

I know it's here. I preset it.

-What's wrong? -My harness is missing.

The new one for the transformation.

What? No, no, this can't be happening.

-It was here. -What else can I use?

For heaven's sake, can't you just jump off something high?

-(CHATTER STOPS) -(GIRL GASPS)

Nope. Forget I said that.

I will be not here.

I knew something would go wrong.

-You believe me, it was here. -No, I do believe you.

Hey, hey, you guys!

All of you! Stop it.

Richard, let's just spin you around without the harness,

you can toss the mask into the wings.

-Okay? Just like rehearsal. -Right! Which I never got right once.

And now I'm supposed to do it with one hand.

Sorry. Second acts haven't traditionally been my strong suit.

(SIGHS)

First time for everything, right?

-I can spin the table. -I can throw snow.

-And I'll catch your mask. -Okay.

Our judge is literally doing sudoku.

I'm pushing you on stage. Aim for my face.

(MUSIC CRESCENDOES)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)