High School Musical 4
On April 8, 2008, Disney Channel Worldwide President Rich Ross stated that script was being written for the fourth installment of High School Musical. However, he refused to divulge the storyline or number of cast members who will be making a comeback in it.[23]
Spin-off
High School Musical: El desafio (Argentina)
High School Musical: El desafio (Argentina) is a spin-off of the American movie High School Musical for the Argentine market, based on the book Battle of the Bands. The movie arrived in Argentine theaters on July 17, 2008.
On stage performances
Concert tour
The "High School Musical: The Concert" tour started on November 29, 2006 kicking off in San Diego, California. The tour continued until January 28, 2007 performing in major cities around the United States, Canada and Latin America. The concert featured all of the original cast members except for Zac Efron, who was busy shooting Hairspray. Efron was replaced by Drew Seeley (whose voice was blended with Efron's during the movie). The concert featured the original songs from the movie, as well as displaying songs from Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, and Corbin Bleu.
Stage musical
On August 1, 2006, Playbill announced that the Stagedoor Manor summer theater camp, featured in the movie Camp, would be the first venue to produce High School Musical on-stage.
North Shore Music Theater in Beverly, MA had a stage production of High School Musical running until the end of July 2007, featuring Broadway actor Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Kate Rockwell, a semi-finalist on Grease: You're the One that I Want!, as Sharpay. Pacific Repertory Theatre's School of Dramatic Arts staged the California premiere in 2007 (which it revived in 2008), and will present the West Coast premiere of High School Musical 2 in January 2009.[24]
Theater of the Stars in Atlanta, Georgia was the first professional company to put on High School Musical.
Ice tour
"Feld Entertainment" produced global tour titled, High School Musical: The Ice Tour which had its world premiere in New York city on September 29, 2007.[25] The cast included 2004 World Junior Bronze Medalist Jordan Brauninger and 2004-2005 Australian national champion Bradley Santer. The show contained elements and songs from both the original movie and its sequel, High School Musical 2.
Book series
In June 2006, Disney Press published High School Musical: the Junior Novel, the novelization of the successful film. This novel hit number one on the New York Times best-selling list and remained on the list for sixteen weeks.[26] As of August 2007, the novel has sold more than 4.5 million copies, with 1 million copies of the novel's follow-up, High School Musical 2: The Junior Novel, being shipped to American retailers.[26] "High School Musical 3: Senior Year: The Junior Novel" came out on September 23, 2008. 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. It also came to England, at the O2.
Video games
The game is about the High School Musical friends traveling across America in a competition, hoping to win the "The American Amateur Musical" title. With the help of Troy and the others, they will show that they have what it takes to win the competition. The release date was originally set for August 14, 2007 for the Nintendo DS, Wii, and Playstation 2. The release date was later delayed to November 7, 2007. Another game was released in 2007 called "Makin' the Cut!" only for DS. Other games; High School Musical 3: Senior Year DS and Dance is coming October 21, 2008.
Reality series
ABC broadcast a new reality series titled High School Musical: Get in the Picture, which started on July 20, 2008.[27] Nick Lachey is the series host.[28]
On July 20, 2008, ABC premiered the reality series to poor ratings, with the show coming in fourth place in its time. [29]
Parodies
- A 2008 episode of South Park titled "Elementary School Musical" dealt with the High School Musical fad's popularity at South Park Elementary, and included musical numbers parodying those seen in High School Musical. The plot of the episode is a reversal of the plot of the movie, with a Zac Efron-lookalike forced by his father to sing and dance wishing to join the basketball team.
- A 2006 MADtv skit also titled "High School Musical" showed the MADtv cast playing the HSM characters with more realistic teen issues including bulimia, child abuse, homosexuality, etc.
- Saturday Night Live has parodied HSM twice.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | |||
| Billboard Music Award | Soundtrack Album of the Year | Won | |
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Choreography | ||
| Teen Choice Award | Television - Choice Breakout Star (Zac Efron) | ||
| Television - Choice Chemistry (Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron) | |||
| Television Critics Association Award | Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming | ||
| American Music Award | Best Pop Album | Nominated | |
| Billboard Music Award | Album of the Year | ||
| Emmy Award | Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special | ||
| Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special | |||
| Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics ("Get'cha Head in the Game") | |||
| Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics ("Breaking Free") Source: www.wikipedia.com |
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