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When I got the call that I booked High School Musical, it was the most exciting

thing ever. This summer at camp, I went on for the lead when she got low -grid

salmonella, so I'm ready. I was obviously ecstatic. I'm auditioning for

thing tomorrow, and nothing is going to stop me. I just started busting out

crying. Did I not tell you she's amazing?

She is amazing. You're amazing.

Literally, I was lost for words. I'm bummed that we don't have any

here. I never imagined that I would hit the jackpot. I'm dying.

I'm deceased.

Yes.

High School Musical was such a big part of me growing up. When I was eight years

old, the theater company was doing a production of High School Musical. So I

like, let's go. I'm going to do it. Bolton, you have a callback. I was in

a teen and a half. I remember having all the Tori and Gabriella Barbies. Wow.

That's nice.

I actually won tickets to go to the High School Musical 3 premiere, and I got to

meet all the current Disney stars. It was literally one of the best nights.

It's kind of surreal to think that that was me then, and look where I am now.

High School Musical movies were absolutely iconic.

I'm Zac Efron. Look who it is.

The lovely Vanessa Hudgens. And action.

They only had a month to make it. And they recorded the album in five days.

Then that little movie destroyed the status quo.

High School Musical has been seen by more than 116...

Nothing's hotter than a high school musical.

The sensation of Disney's high school musical.

The soundtrack is currently number one on the Billboard chart. You guys have

literally stopped traffic here.

Stadiums filled with 93 ,000 people.

At one point, it literally felt like we were the Beatles.

The crowd just stormed our vehicles, faces pressed up against the windows.

Congratulations, number one movie in the world.

That's amazing.

It's definitely going to be really exciting to see a whole new show that

references to something as big as High School Musical.

And here we are.

The start of something new.

The musical, the musical, the series is being shot at East High in Salt Lake

City, Utah, which is the original high school that they shot the movies at.

is where it all happened. This is where, like, the legendary high school musical

movies were shot. I can't believe we're going to be spending our day shooting

here. This is so exciting.

Guys, guys, guys.

What's up? Do you read a map?

Oh, I'm fantastic.

Guys, do it with us.

at Sharpay's Lockers.

News is auditioned.

about a group of students that go to East High. Where the original High

Musical was shot.

Wildcats! And they get a new drama teacher, Miss Jen.

Go Wildcats!

Miss Jen is not your average drama teacher.

She's basically like, you guys go to East High and you've never done a

production of High School Musical.

I was triggered as a millennial. And they decide to put on a production of

School Musical The Musical as their school play.

So it kind of follows their last... and all of the drama that ensues with the

drama kids. I've never been an understudy.

You'll have to tell me all about it. From auditions all the way to the final

curtain. He's going to get cast as who?

I want to audition for Gabriela.

Ryan, right? I think he'd rather play Sherpae.

That is so fresh.

And it's about the romances and rivalries. I love you. And drama.

We have our Gabriela and our Troy.

Buckle up, Wildcats.

It's very meta. We make a lot of references to the original movies.

This is my nightmare.

It's a whole different thing, but still kind of paying tribute to the original

thing. Still keeps the high school musical feel, but in a totally new way.

Some kind of joke?

Maybe we're being punked.

Maybe we're being filmed right now. Oh, shut up, Ryan!

Very first day filming this show, I get to film in the cafeteria, which is one

of the most iconic areas from the original movies.

So I showed up, saw the cafeteria, had some tears roll down my face. I'm

kidding. Wow. Our first scene was awesome. We play best friends, but we've

known each other for about a month now.

Not even. Like two weeks, barely.

We hate musicals. I just think it's weird when people, like, burst into song

the middle of the street.

Dude, that's a musical. The first day that we all filmed at East High.

I could not sleep.

I was like, this isn't happening. I'm going to wake up tomorrow and I'm going

be like, no, this is all a dream.

Gina, sophomore.

And we're back.

Time to sing.

So the studio session for recording those songs was crazy because it was my

first, like, legitimate session in the studio.

All right, here we go. Two measures in. I can't stop dreaming and thinking maybe

I could be. We recorded this song today.

You really have to bring your energy, bring all of the emotion to the song

you're going to have on the day of shooting.

Today we're filming a scene from episode three. Thanksgiving episode. This

episode is going to be a goodie. My favorite thing about the show is the

connections between the characters.

We have a lot more time to explore so people can really get to know the

characters. We're back in after lunch. Let's go.

The dancers are incredible. The view here is awesome. You are awesome.

This is East High's homecoming dance.

It's like the nicest homecoming I've ever seen.

It's crazy getting to film our own dance numbers in such an iconic space. Being

able to do everything I love at once with the title of High School Musical.

I'm crying. I don't know why I'm crying.

It's just like the best.

There will be a whole new generation of Wildcats that will come out of this

show.

Hi, I'm Lucas Graviel. I played Ryan in all of the original High School

Musicals.

I'm back.

I'm coming back to the High School Musical, the musical TV show, to do a

I'm not playing Ryan this time. I'm playing myself.

All the roles will be played by the drama students of East High.

Do you see why we love the theater, people?

Well done.

High School Musical is so important to me in my life. It's something I'm so

grateful for, and I'm so happy to relive some of those memories, go back to the

school, see some of the new faces that are going to bring a new audience into

the next generation of High School Musical.

Be true to your school, right?

It was amazing getting to meet Uzges and work with him. These kids are

incredible. They're just so eager. They're so excited. They so want to

this torch into a new generation.

Break a leg.

We were asking him all these questions, you know, about the originals and, you

know, what it was like shooting and what the inside scooped to a lot of things,

and it was cool to kind of have him there.

It's kind of a nice bridge between the original movies and the new series.

Yeah, well, I'll take that as a compliment.

When I was trying to give them words of wisdom, it was just to enjoy the moment.

Obviously, we had no idea that High School Musical was going to become what

became. You just never know what tomorrow will bring. And so today is

need to focus and to cherish the moments that are right in front of you.

When Lucas showed up to set, I like internally screamed. I would have

out loud, but he might have been scared, so.

It definitely screamed inside. Have you seen the YouTube video with Ashley and

Lucas singing What I've Been Looking For? No.

You haven't seen it?

Lucas did this, like, amazing rendition. I hope you guys like the little changes

that we made. It's so good.

Thank you. I mean, he's very talented. It's hard to believe that I couldn't see

You were always there beside me

Let's be honest, okay?

It's been 10 years. We can totally talk about this now. We hated each other.

Like, I'm not kidding.

No, we didn't get off on the best foot. We didn't. I have to say, like, after we

wrapped, though, it was just, I've always had a love for you. You're

like my twin brother.

I love you, too.

The two of them as a pair, like, that's so iconic.

They're very iconic.

I think Gina carries a lot of Sharpay, but I think Carlos has

maybe, like, a hint, like a little skosh. Yeah, well, he knows what he

Sharpay definitely knows what she wants. She wants to be on Broadway. Yeah.

Is there somewhere you're supposed to be?

Broadway. I cannot wait until 15 years from now when we get to do a cover on

YouTube of Born to be Brave.

And talk about how much we hated each other. I'm so excited for that. It's so

far from the truth. I love you so much. I love you, too. You mean so much to me.

Stop. Stop. I'm going to cry.

Ten. Nine.

Eight. Okay, stop. I will cheer up.

This is Zach's camera giving you a behind -the -scenes look during the

of The High School Musical.

I guess they gave Zac Efron his own BTS camera when they were shooting the first

High School Musical, and boy, did he use it. There's all kinds of stuff that

goes into making a movie. Look at all these battery things.

Oh, my God.

It's a tack of the giant air -conditioning tubes.

The behind -the -scenes producers on our show decided they wanted to give me a

Josh cam.

Josh cam! How's it going?

Hi, I was wondering if I could ask you a couple questions.

Oh, by the way, you're on Zac cam. Zac cam!

Zac cam.

Say hi to Josh Cam.

What up, Josh Cam? Hey!

Taping myself has always been a small passion of mine.

It's a part of my life.

Can I say?

Sorry.

This is going to be cool. This is stick to the status quo.

See,

I even got this song stuck in my head.

Everybody gather round!

They all think I'm funny because I'm taping myself, but it's okay because I'm

doing it for you guys.

Playing the role of Nini was super fun because I got to sing, dance, act.

one of my favorite things about filming this project is getting to combine all

of my love into one project.

on social media, and that's totally something that I do in my real life.

don't make sense, but they will soon.

She inspires me as a songwriter. When I first really met Olivia, she was reading

for the role of Nina.

Why aren't you in costume? We're on stage in five minutes. The producers

out and said, hey, can you guys put together something? We just didn't want

hear you sing together.

We had maybe three minutes to figure something out, and I started playing

because I had already known this song, but she barely knew it. She was perfect

pitch, just flawless, and from then on, she's...

Blown me away. Two, three, four.

Josh is an amazing musician, an amazing songwriter, an amazing singer. He is

constantly playing music all the time during rehearsal, during breaks, and

in the makeup trailer.

It's a lot. Like, every time we walk into a place and there's a piano, we're

like, all right, Josh, go ahead. This is in your element.

Yes, it was in tune.

We already write music on our own, and once the producers kind of got word of

that, they told us that we might have an opportunity to write together for the

show, which is...

unheard of the second he walked away we were like let's go literally the second

yeah we'd send each other voice memos i come up with something send it to her

vice versa the second we weren't working we would talk about it or see if we had

any other ideas maybe

about a week or two to hear back, I think. Maybe longer, yeah.

I just remember it being really long, but maybe it was just in anticipation it

felt longer, I don't know. Yeah. One of the best things about this job is you

get to make people's dreams come true. Today I get to deliver the very amazing

news that their song was chosen. You guys have your song chosen, and it's

Just for a Moment. It's going to be a giant hand.

Congratulations.

It was one of the most surreal moments that I've had as an artist and really in

my life. Having this opportunity where you're writing something and you know

that there are going to be people who are listening to it, it made me feel

a real songwriter. Yeah, I'm an official songwriter, like officially.

excited for people to hear the new music we're doing kind of half and half with

the music half original music half like recreated i love the classic songs from

the original movies but i have been so obsessed with the new songs from our

series i relate to the song a lot i just feel like it's really

empowerment and plus it doesn't hurt that it gets you moving

Wondering. It is absolutely fantastic.

People that I've shown, they've just been obsessed with this, and they're

oh, it's going to be in my Spotify playlist when it comes out.

I definitely have a special place in my heart for I Think You Can Do You Know.

It's a really special one, and I think that people are really going to love it.

going to have to guess the song and the movie that it comes from.

High School Musical was going to be High School Musical, the musical, the

series. I know the fans have been, like, asking for something for years.

I saw the pilot. I loved it. I've been raving about it, and I'm so excited for

you all. It was fantastic. I was laughing my head off. The performances

strong. The direction was beautiful.

It was so fresh.

There is an electricity, there is a chemistry, there's an enthusiasm, and

there's a talent that lives in each and every one of the people that are in this

production. And all I can say is that I think that fans of High School Musical

and fans that weren't even High School Musical fans are going to find something

really bright, really special, really entertaining about this new project.

So the cast reveal is coming up, and it's terrifying.

Cast reveals, and they're going to reveal all of our characters.

and all of our character names and people that play them.

I mean, we're about to walk on stage in front of thousands of people and say,

we're the new cast of Heist the Musical.

I might need like three shirts to cover the sweat. I'd be lying if I didn't say

I was a little bit nervous.

We'll be putting on a live performance of We're Almost Together.

It's kind of a celebration of all of the hard work that we've done. This is when

we give this project to the world. I can't believe we're about to perform for

thousands of people.

You said thousands.

This crowd of thousands is just the beginning, and the world is about to see

this show and see what we've done. I can't believe everything we've done,

everything we've made this whole year is about to be revealed.

It is my great pleasure to introduce to you for the first time the cast of High

School Musical, the musical, the series.

to continue because I think that the world is going to fall in love with

new characters.

This is not the end.

It's actually the start of something new.

Well, I just think it's going to be so much fun and I can't wait for everyone

see it and love it just as much as I did.

Every ending, there's a new beginning. I'm really excited for all of the things

that the series is going to do.

This is big.

Y 'all, this is big.

A

message

to my future self, never forget the relationships and the love that we've

shared.

It's been the time of your life, and cherish it while you can, and yeah,

stay humble.