Season 1 of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series was officially announced on February 15, 2019 and production began on that same day. Production wrapped on June 30, 2019. The first episode of the season premiered on November 8, 2019 on ABC, Disney Channel, and Freeform. It premiered on Disney+ on November 12, 2019 and ended on January 10, 2020.
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Plot
In the fall of 2019 East High School gets a new drama teacher Miss Jenn who was shocked that the High School where High School Musical was filmed has never staged a production of High School Musical: The Musical. Miss Jenn decides to change things by putting on East High School first production of High School Musical: The Musical.
History
Production
TBA
Cast
Main
- Olivia Rodrigo as Nini Salazar-Roberts(10/10)
- Joshua Bassett as Ricky Bowen (10/10)
- Sofia Wylie as Gina Porter (9/10)
- Matt Cornett as E.J. Caswell (10/10)
- Larry Saperstein as Big Red (10/10)
- Julia Lester as Ashlyn Caswell (10/10)
- Dara ReneƩ as Kourtney Greene (9/10)
- Frankie A. Rodriguez as Carlos Rodriguez (10/10)
- Kate Reinders as Miss Jenn (10/10)
- Mark St. Cyr as Mr. Mazzara (7/10)
Recurring Cast
- Joe Serafini as Seb Matthew-Smith (9/10)
- Alex Quijano as Mike Bowen (8/10)
- Alexis Nelis as Natalie Bagley (5/10)
- Michelle Noh as Dana Salazar-Roberts (4/10)
- Valente Rodriguez as Principal Gutierrez (4/10)
- Jeanne Sakata as Malou (4/10)
- Beth Lacke as Lynne Bowen (3/10)
- Nicole Sullivan as Carol Salazar-Roberts (2/10)
- Deepti Gupta as Y.A.C. Dean (2/10)
Episodes
- The Auditions
- The Read-Through
- The Wonderstudies
- Blocking
- Homecoming
- What Team?
- Thanksgiving
- The Tech Rehearsal
- Opening Night
- Act Two
Gallery
Season 1 Soundtrack
- I Think I Kinda You Know/Nini Version - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini)
- Start of Something New/Nini Version - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini)
- I Think I Kinda You Know/Ricky Version - Joshua Bassett (Ricky)
- Start of Something New/E.J. Version - Matt Cornett (E.J.)
- Start of Something New/Gina Version - Sofia Wylie (Gina)
- I Think I Kinda You Know/Duet - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini) and Joshua Bassett (Ricky)
- Wondering/Ashlyn & Nini Piano Version - Julia Lester (Ashlyn) and Olivia Rodrigo (Nini)
- Stick to the Status Quo/Rehearsal - Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- A Billion Sorrys - Matt Cornett (E.J.)
- What I've Been Looking For - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini) and Matt Cornett (E.J.)
- All I Want - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini)
- Born to be Brave - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini), Dara ReneƩ (Kourtney) and the Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- Truth, Justice and Songs in Our Key - the Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- When There Was Me and You - Joshua Bassett (Ricky)
- Out of the Old - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini)
- Role of a Lifetime - Kate Reinders (Miss Jenn) feat. Lucas Grabeel
- Just for a Moment - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini) and Joshua Bassett (Ricky)
- Get'cha Head in the Game - Joshua Bassett (Ricky) and the Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- Stick to the Status Quo/Performance - Joe Serafini (Seb) and the Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- Breaking Free - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini), Joshua Bassett (Ricky) and Matt Cornett (E.J.)
- We're All In This Together - the Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- Bop To The Top - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini) and Dara ReneƩ (Kourtney)
- Wondering - Julia Lester (Ashlyn) and Olivia Rodrigo (Nini)
- We're All In This Together/Curtain Call - Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- I Think I Kinda You Know/Acoustic Video Version - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini) and Joshua Bassett (Ricky)
- Wondering/Acoustic Video Version - Julia Lester (Ashlyn), Olivia Rodrigo (Nini), Dara ReneƩ (Kourtney) and Sofia Wylie (Gina)
- Born to be Brave/Acoustic Video Version - Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- We're All In This Together/Acoustic Video Version - Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- The Medley, The Mashup - Joshua Bassett (Ricky), Joe Serafini (Seb), Matt Cornett (E.J.), Olivia Rodrigo (Nini) and the Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- We're All In This Together/Wildcat Chant - Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- Bop to the Top/Instrumental - Randy Peterson and Kevin Quinn
- Stick to the Status Quo/Instrumental - David Lawrence and Faye Greenberg
- I Think I Kinda You Know/Instrumental - Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
- Wondering/Instrumental - Josh Cumbee and Jordan Powers
- A Billion Sorrys/Instrumental - Jeannie Lurie and Gabriel Mann
- All I Want/Instrumental - Olivia Rodrigo (Nini)
- Born to be Brave/Instrumental - Tova Litvin and Doug Rockwell
- Truth, Justice and Songs in Our Key/Instrumental - Jeannie Lurie and Gabriel Mann
- Out of the Old/Instrumental - Josh Cumbee and Jordan Powers
- Role of a Lifetime/Instrumental - Jeannie Lurie and Gabriel Mann
- Just for a Moment/Instrumental - Joshua Bassett (Ricky), Dan Book and Olivia Rodrigo (Nini)
Trivia
- Gina Porter, Kourtney Greene, and Mr. Mazzara are the only characters that didn't appeared in every episode in Season 1.
- Ahead of the second season premiere on Disney+, the entire first season will air on Disney Channel, on May 8, 2021 as a five hour marathon.[1]
- Seb who is a recurring character was in more episodes than Mr.Mazzara who is a main character
