High School Musical is an Emmy award winning American television film. Upon its release on January 29, 2006, it became the most successful Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and the feature film High School Musical 3: Senior Year to be released theatrically in October 2008. It will be the first Disney Channel Original movie to have a theatrical sequel. A fourth installment, High School Musical 4, has been announced to be in the writing stages.

I know many of you have already watched it. It is either you love it or hate it. There are many who criticize that most of them cannot act but some sure can sing. (either edited version or not, we can only assume) I never intend to watch it but since working in Indonesia I have no live there and I though why not since I have been listening to tracks on High School Musical.

High School Musical started out with Troy Bolton (Zac Efron), a basketball star, and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) met during a New Year Eve’s party. They discovered chemistry between them and it all begins with the audition for winter musical auditions. Troy trying to juggle between 3 things – basketball, the winter musical and love but his friends were not convince as they never lost focus and singing was not his style. That is how it ended with all 3 packages in hand. This is a super short review as most people already watched it.

The sequel continues with Sharpay and Ryan Evans (Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel) plan to spend the summer at their family’s country club, Lava Springs (”Fabulous“). However, Sharpay’s summer plans also include breaking up Troy and Gabriella by getting Troy hired at Lava Springs, and making her move on him. Instead Troy managed to sweet his way into hiring the entire group of friends to work. 

While Troy continues to worry about obtaining a college scholarship, Gabriella is simply thrilled to be in one place over the summer; the first time in her life when she doesn’t move to a new city. Sharpay schemes harder than ever to make the Wildcats miserable, and win Troy, who has to choose between two worlds: his own with the Wildcats and Gabriella; or another, in which Sharpay’s family can offer him an easy way to college and other luxuries he has only dreamed about. It ended with the talent show with Troy solving the problems at the end of summer job.

High School Musical 3 due to release soon and here is a short preview on it. Now high school seniors, Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are facing the prospect of being separated from each other as they go off in different directions when graduating from East High. Joined by the rest of their Wildcat friends, including Sharpay Evans, Ryan Evans, Chad Danforth, and Taylor McKessie they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about the future.