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Today marks the 15th anniversary of “High School Musical,” which means the time is now or never to revisit our favorite showtunes from the TV movie that started it all.
That’s right it’s been a whole decade and a half (!) since basketball guy Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and freaky genius girl Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) were brought together by destiny and the karaoke gods at a ski lodge on New Year’s Eve.
Since then, prolific director Kenny Ortega’s cinematic masterpiece of a Disney Channel original movie has spurred multiple sequels, stage productions, countless memes and even a spinoff series for a new generation on Disney+ that has recently taken on quite a cult following of its own.
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High School Musical? Kenny Ortega s TV movie was once simply a
Romeo & Juliet retelling where two separate high schoolers with two different personalities fell in love through their mutual appreciation and talents for theater. It had a quiet release amid the channel s other programming in early 2006. But soon enough, it became the most commercially successful Disney Channel Original Movie ever, generating a whopping 7.7 million viewers and a very devoted fanbase.
It wasn t long before a sequel was made, then one for theaters, and it elevated the careers of all its principal performers, particularly Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, and Corbin Bleu. Now, the