High School Musical

The talented young performers (ages 8 – 18) of the Helen Hayes Youth Theatre present the stage adaptation of Disney’s High School Musical, based on the international smash hit Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical: a combination of backstage action and Grease without the unwholesome habits.

Troy has a chance meeting with Gabriella when they share a karaoke song. Lo and behold, when school resumes, they discover that Gabriella has just transferred to Troy’s High School, a campus divided into tight cliques of jocks, cheerleaders, brainiacs, and skater dudes. Eager to recapture the magic they’d discovered during karaoke, Troy and Gabriella consider auditioning for the school’s upcoming musical, much to the dismay of the school’s frost queen/theater goddess, Sharpay and her brother, Ryan. Problem is, Troy is also the star of the basketball team and Gabrielle is being recruited to compete in the Scholastic Decathlon. Will they give up their cliques to start something new, or will they do as the show’s first big anthem urges and “Stick to the Status Quo”? Well, this is a Disney show, so maybe the sacrifices won’t be that hard, and even the hints of romance are mild.