High School Musical

About High School Musical

A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.

High School Musical (2006) is a comedy music film directed by Kenny Ortega. The film is filed under lighthearted, basketball, teenage romance, and singing.

Zac Efron stars as Troy Bolton, Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez, Ashley French as Sharpay Evans, and Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans. It runs 98 minutes and was released in January 2006.

The screenplay is by Peter Barsocchini. In the United States it streams on Disney Plus and Hulu.

10 Things I Hate About You, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and Bring It On make useful companions to High School Musical, all filed under coming of age and high school. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 4,878 votes and it carries a G rating.