Category: High School Musical (Disney)

Breakdown of songs in the stage version of Disney’s High School Musical. Most character parts are referenced by the page number they occur in the MTI piano/conductor score. Main roles (Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan) are not listed by song. This page is for reference during HSM rehearsals.
SINGING ROLES:
Drum Major (spoken intro)
Guys, Girls (SATB split)
Troy
Gabriella
Sharpay
Ryan
Auditions – 8 soloists
Zeke – p. 11, 75, 78. 81, 117, 156
Taylor – p. 11, 73, 78, 117, 123, 157, 158
Chad – p. 11, p. 74, 78, 117, 154, 156, 158
Martha – p. 75, 78, 84, 117, 123, 156
Ripper – p. 87
T,G Friends – p. 87
4 soloists – 50 Megamix

KELSI
21 – What I’ve Been Looking For – Play Piano
22 – Cellular Fusion p. 77
34 – Boom Box/Theater – Play Piano start on measure 5
40 – All In This Together – p. 156
46 – Kelsi Tries – p. 170 Play Piano

NOTES: Thespians – add vocalists to fill out sound?
23 – Fill out 97-99 with more vocals (only cliques/rebels)

ALL CAST SONGS
1 – Wildcat Cheer p. 2-5
2 – Start of Something New p. 11-19
3 – Cellular Fusion p. 76-80
40 – We’re All In This Together p. 155-
47 – Breaking Free p. 196-210

JOCKS (3-part T1, T2, B)
11 – Get’cha Head in the Game p. 29-41
12 – Get’cha (Playoff) into Lab
23 – Stick to the Status Quo – p. 82
30 – Counting on You – p. 118-128
32 – When There Was Me and You – p. 135-141
40 – All In This Together – p. 158
42 – Bop to the Top
47 – Breaking Free p. 187-191
50 – We’re All in This Together (Reprise) p. 196

THESPIANS
18 – Auditions p. 51-61
Group 1, Group 2, Also Girls/Guys split
SOLOISTS – James, Susan, Cathy, Alan, Cyndra, Kid 1-2-3,

BRANIACS
23 – Stick to the Status Quo – p. 84-86
30 – Counting on You – p. 118-128
32 – When There Was Me and You – p. 131-141
40 – All In This Together – p. 158
42 – Bop to the Top
47 – Breaking Free p. 187-191

SKATERS
23 – Stick to the Status Quo – p. 87

REBELS
23 – Stick to the Status Quo – p. 89, 92-94, 96

CLIQUES
23 – Stick to the Status Quo – p. 94, 96

CHEERLEADERS
29 – Wildcat Cheer (Reprise) p. 115

1 – Wildcat Cheer
Drum Major, Girls Guys (SATB split)

2 – Start of Something New
Troy, Gabriella – Part One
All Cast – countdown
Chad, Taylor, Sharpay, Ryan, Zeke – Part Two

3 – Start of Something New (Playoff)
Music Only

4 – Homeroom
Music Only

5 – Gabriella’s Phone
FX Only (cellphone ring)

6 – School Bell
FX only (school bell)

7 – Announcement Transition 1
Music Only

8 – Hallway
Music Only

9 – Announcement Transition 2
Music Only

10 – Basketball Practice
Music Only

11 – Get’cha Head in the Game
Troy, Jocks, 2 solos

12 – Get’cha (Playoff) into Lab
Troy, Jocks

13 – Sharpay Dials
FX only (cellphone dialing)

14 – The Plot Thickens
Music Only

15 – Announcement Transition 3
Music Only

16 – Detention
Music Only

17 – Announcement Transition 4
Music Only

18 – Auditions (Bop to the Top/What I’ve Been Looking For)
Thespians, 8 soloists

19 – What I’ve Been Looking For
Ryan, Sharpay

20 – School Bell
FX only (school bell)

21 – What I’ve Been Looking For (Reprise)
Troy, Gabriella, Kelsi

22 – Cellular Fusion
Taylor, Zeke, Chad, Martha, Ryan, Sharpay
Girls/Guys split

23 – Stick to the Status Quo
Zeke, Martha, Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan
Jocks, Braniacs, Skaters, Rebels

ACT TWO
24 – Entr’acte (Stick to the Status Quo)
Music only

25 – Rooftop Garden
Music only

26 – I Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You
Troy, Gabriella

27 – Sharpay’s Locker
Music only

28 – Study Hall
Music only

29 – Wildcat Cheer (Reprise)
Cheerleaders

30 – Counting on You
Chad, Taylor, Zeke
Jocks, Braniacs

31 – Taylor’s Cell
FX only (cellphone ringer)

32 – When There Was Me and You
Gabriella, Troy
Braniacs, Jocks

33 – Boom Box Rehearsal
Music only

34 – Boom Box / Theater
Kelsi – piano

35 – Gabriella’s Cell
FX only – cellphone ringers

36 – Start of Something New (Reprise)
Troy, Gabriella

37 – Study Hall
Music only

38 – Announcement Transition 5
Music only

39 – Sorry, Troy
Music only

40 – We’re All In This Together
Chad, Zeke, Kelsi, Martha, Taylor
All Cast

41 – Bumpy Ride
Music only

42 – Bop to the Top
Sharpay, Ryan
Braniacs, Jocks

43 – Meltdown
FX only – circuit breaker and generator failure

44 – In the Lab
Music only

45 – In the Theater
In the Theater

46 – Kelsi Tries
Music only – Kelsi piano

47 – Breaking Free
Troy, Gabriella,
Full Cast

48 – Game Buzzer
FX only – Game buzzer

49 – Wildcat Vamp
Music only

50 – We’re All In This Together (Reprise)
Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan
All Cast

51 – High School Musical Megamix
4 soloists
All Cast

52 – Exit Music (Bop to the Top)

Rumor mill, accuracy of this info not validated.

High School Musical 2 (proposed title may change) is the sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical, planned for release on January 19 2007. Bill Borden, producer of High School Musical, said the film is signed for as a three-part telefilm (as its predecessors Zenon and Halloweentown were). Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens , Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman have been confirmed to return for the sequel, as well as the director and choreographer, Kenny Ortega. Cast Zac Efron as Troy Bolton Vanessa Anne Hudgens as Gabriella Montez Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie Kay Panabaker as Allyson Garfield.

As of yet, all that has been revealed is that Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad, and Taylor are organzing a talent show at the local country and golf club to which Sharpay, Ryan, and their family belongs to and where Troy is a life guard as a summer job. But during his summer job, Troy meets Allyson, a girl who is crazy over him. The producer for High School Musical reported to a recent online newspaper that the plot is currently being edited and has not been finalized as of yet.

“Currently we are in the process of making the final changes to make High School Musical, the sequel, even better then the first.” Rumors speculate that Sharpay and Ryan will be causing chaos in an attempt to restore the “natural order” that came forth by the nerds gaining popularity with the Jocks and give them their own social high back. High School Musical 2 will test the character’s true feelings and trust for each other.

Director Scott McDade gives the first instructions to our cast of High School Musical. “Observe others and what they do, and be CONSCIOUS of that fact.” That is the artists special blessing and curse. To watch others not just as in a passing Parisian cafe, but to dissect what they do and embody elements of those actions into your own expression.

High School Musical takes place at a current-day high school. Actions need to be natural as if really at school, not as if on a stage. The facade of the juvenile nature of the show is betrayed in the challenge to preserve it’s simplicity.

First assignment of cast members:

1) Observe ten things people do while walking down the hall at school. Be prepared to demonstrate, or act, those ten things with realism.

2) Observe ten things people do while sitting in class. Be prepared to demonstrate, or act those ten things with realism.

3) Observe ten things people do while talking to each othe rat school. Be prepared to act and demonstrate.

Cast will not be allowed to explain what they are doing or to make noise. They just have to do it.

10 mistakes found in Disney’s movie version of High School Musical.

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1 – Mistake Revealing: When Troy says “I’ll sing with her,” Ms. Darbus turns around “in response” to his voice before he even says anything.
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2 – Mistake Continuity: In the cafeteria scene Sharpay and her brother are watching from above. Towards the end of the song, after the pause for Gabriela’s line, Sharpay starts to walk toward the stairs. Then the camera pans out, but she and her brother haven’t moved and are still standing in the old spot up above. Back to an instant close-up of her and she’s halfway down the stairs.
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3 – Mistake Factual error: When Troy and Gabriella swap cellphones to give each other their number, they take a picture and put in a number. Both Troy and Gabriella put in less than 6 keystrokes, while the US standard for cellphone numbers is 7 digits.
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4 – Mistake Audio problem: In “What I’ve Been Looking For”, when Sharpay sings the last verse the first time around (“.I finally found, what I’ve been lookin’ for”), listen closely as Ryan takes away the microphone. Her voice remains the same volume, and does not get any quieter or disappear as Ryan pulls away the microphone. Only when the mike is about 10 inches away does her voice disappear.
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5 – Mistake Other: As people file out of Ms. Darbus’s class the day after winter break, the kid with the yellow undershirt and the blue jacket comes out of the classroom twice: once when he says to Troy “She’s crazy.” and another time when the camera switches back to Gabriella as she’s explaining her mom’s transfer.

6 – Continuity: During the song ‘start of something new’ as the shot changes from close up of Troy to a full shot of him, his microphone jumps repeatedly from his hand to the stand and back again. This is in the middle of the song and goes for about 20 seconds. (Timecode available)
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7 – Mistake Continuity: When Troy tries to ditch Chad to go to the musical audition, he is wearing a belt (as seen when he is going down the school stairs) and white tennis shoes (as seen when he is almost caught by his dad when he rests against the side of the building). However when he makes it to the audition he is now wearing navy blue tennis shoes and no longer wearing a belt (as seen when he “volunteers” to sing with Gabriella).
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8 – Mistake Continuity: When Troy gives Kelsi the “play ball” he is wearing his basketball jersey, but as they start dancing, he is in his warm up gear.
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9 – Mistake Other: In the cafeteria scene, when Gabriella slips in the spilt milk, her tray is not only shot up, but tilted as well. However, after the camera cuts back to Gabriella, there is a cup of “sauce” yet it doesn’t slide or tip off the tray.
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10 – Mistake Continuity: When Troy is avoiding practice to go to the auditions, he makes several shoe changes, all during the period when he’s supposed to be evading a lot of people. When he’s being chased by Chad, he’s wearing blue Adidas sneakers. In the part where he’s avoiding his father, he’s wearing casual white Asics shoes. When he gets backstage, he’s wearing black Adidas shoes.

Source: MovieMistakes.com – Visit their site for more mistakes found in movies.

Here’s a High School Musical website with audio and video clips, games and fun stuff. Go to Disney HSM Activies.

We’ve finished callbacks for Disney’s High School Musical and are awaiting the director’s decisions. I’ll do a post coming up about the audition and callback process.

So until we hear the director’s decisions….tick – tock – tick – tock……..