High School Musical: Last News

Disney+'s is staging a mini reunion with several original cast members for season 4, which kicked off production in Salt Lake City, Utah, earlier this week. Original franchise stars Corbin Bleu, Lucas Grabeel and Kaycee Stroh -- all of whom have previously appeared on the musical comedy series — are returning for the upcoming season, where they'll be joined by Monique Coleman, Bart Johnson and Alyson Reed.The reunion is fitting, considering the new season centers around an East High production of 2008's big-screen movie,  Of course, plans go awry when Principal Gutierrez announces that Disney has decided to make the long-awaited movie on location at the beloved high school. Season 4 will feature songs from the franchise, as well as original music.Bleu, who recurred on season 3; Grabeel, who guest starred in a season 1 episode; and Stroh, who made a cameo in the freshman season; all return to play heightened versions of themselves, while also resurrecting their characters, Chad Danforth, Ryan Evans and Martha Cox, respectively.

soarin’, flyin’.Former Disney star Zac Efron revealed in a new interview that his “The Iron Claw” co-star poked fun at him by belting out a “High School Musical” song on set. “I sung [some of ‘Breaking Free’] to Zac when I was playing my music scene. That was definitely a life experience that I’ll never forget,” Stanley Simons told People during a live Q&A event.

. But the Disney+ show was missing two familiar faces — Zac Efron, who played basketball playing heartthrob Troy Bolton, and Vanessa Hudgens, who played brainy singer Gabriella Montez, in the original films. Despite the return of several original cast members including Corbin Bleu (Chad Danforth), Monique Coleman (Taylor McKessie), Lucas Grabeel (Ryan Evans), and KayCee Strong (Martha Cox), Efron, Hudgens and co-star Ashley Tisdale (Sharpay Evans) did not make cameos in the finale season of the spinoff series.

come out as gay in the Disney+ series based on the iconic franchise.“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” dropped its fourth and final season on Wednesday and there is a scene where some of the original Disney Channel stars are filming “High School Musical 4.”The TV series’ showrunner Tim Federle told TV Line recently that he called Grabeel, 38, to tell him the news of Ryan’s sexual orientation.“Lucas, like, cried on the phone and said, ‘This would mean so much to people who grew up with this movie,'” Federle recalled.He went on and noted that the “Switched at Birth” star had told him: “It’s what they were always kind of missing from this character.”The TV show’s scene featured Ryan kissing his partner, portrayed by Pentatonix member Scott Hoying.“High School Musical” premiered on Disney Channel in 2006 and subsequently had two sequels released in the following years.

“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” — and he’s ecstatic to be back.While the 33-year-old isn’t starring as his character Chad Danforth, he’s actually playing a very exaggerated version of himself.Bleu recently opened up to People about how coming on the show felt like coming home “in many ways.” “I really went on an emotional roller coaster,” the “Jump In” star said. “When this season was coming to an end, I had a moment where I was just watching all of them perform, and it just hit me.”“HSMTMTS” currently stars a slew of young actors including Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie and Matt Cornett.“It hit me like a ton of bricks where I’m seeing the impact that the original movies had,” the Brooklyn native added.

Vanessa Hudgens will always be synonymous with. It's been nearly 15 years since the sequel hit theaters and fans can't stop singing some of the film's best hits, and the 33-year-old's reminded it of that every day.Hudgens spoke to ET's Lauren Zima ahead of her hosting gig at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards and she revealed being blown away how time has flown by since premiered in August 2007. Hudgens, who played the lovable Gabriella Montez, said that part of her life feels like a lifetime ago but there's a new generation keeping that part of her life vividly alive.«The fact is kids are still watching it,» Hudgens tells ET.

 without Vanessa Hudgens?! It almost happened. Hudgens opened up about how she nearly auditioned for  ahead of auditioning for the role of Gabriella in the early aughts classic, during Tuesday's episode of .«I grew up doing theater, and this has always been a passion of mine, and you were on , and you won, and I was like, 'That's it, I'm going on, and then that next week, I got an audition for  and booked it, so then I was like, 'Well, never mind,'» she told Clarkson.

Ashley Tisdale is all about the mom life these days! The 36-year-old Disney Channel alum opens up to ET's Deidre Behar about how her life has changed since welcoming her daughter, Jupiter, four months ago with husband Chris French. «Jupiter's amazing,» she tells ET of her little girl. «She's so, so great.

Larry Saperstein came out as bisexual on TikTok! The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star, 23, took to the social media platform on June 1 and shared a video that featured the actor reclined and looking at his camera. The song “International Super Spy” played over audio, as Larry bobbed his head along to the beat.

Actress Vanessa Hudgens recently met her High School Musical’s former co-star and longtime BFF Ashley Tisdale, and her baby girl! Hudgens, who starred with Tisdale in the High School Musical franchise, has been friends with Ashley through the years.

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star Joshua Bassett surprised fans by admitting during a Q&A with Clevver News that he thinks Harry Styles is totally “hot.” After making that absolutely correct assertion, Joshua followed it up by very casually saying, “I guess this also my coming out video.”

Disney+.“Tim Federle, the showrunner, gave me a call right before we started filming,” Bassett, 19, tells The Post. “He said, ‘We have this spot for Ricky and he sings this song and I really would like it if you could actually write it yourself.’ And he kind of gave the premise.

Dec. 1 on NetflixA spinoff of the 2017 series “Toys That Made Us,” this docuseries focuses on the behind-the-scenes stories of classic holiday films including “Elf” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” “Toys That Made Us” narrator Donald Ian Black returns for this followup.Dec.

Vanessa Hudgens is ready for the start of something new! ET's Katie Krause spoke to the 31-year-old actress, who gushed over co-star Ashley Tisdale's baby news.Tisdale revealed back in September that she and her husband, Christopher French, are expecting their first child. A month later, the actress shared that she has a daughter on the way.«Oh my gosh, it's so exciting,» Hudgens said.

Zac Efron is set to star in a remake of the famous 80s film Three Men and a Baby for streaming platform Disney+.

Blame it on the WiFi. Apparently, that's what should be saying to all the fans who were that he didn’t participate in the singing portion of the cast’s virtual reunion on the Disney Family Singalong special that aired last week.In case you missed it, , , Corbin Bleu, and the rest of the East High Wildcats virtually reunited for the special and sang “We’re All in This Together.” Efron only appeared separately to introduce the song.

Zac Efron didn’t sing during the virtual High School Musical reunion held as part of the Disney Family Singalong on Thursday night.

When ABC and Bob Iger asked “High School Musical” director Kenny Ortega to participate in the April 16 special, “The Disney Family Singalong,” he was immediately on board.

People across the world have taken a break from their social lives by isolating themselves to avoid coronavirus and Vanessa Hudgens has found the best way to pass her time amid the outbreak. The 35-year-old actress is busy creating silly videos on TikTok and in her latest video, she had a virtual reunion with her High School Musical trilogy co-star Ashley Tisdale. The two came together to sing their first film’s hit track We’re All in This Together. And it is a treat! 

Vanessa Hudgens fired back at social media trolls who targeted the star over her latest tattoo.