Showtime is the eleventh episode of Season 2 for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and the twenty-first episode overall. The episode first aired on July 23, 2021 on Disney+.
Synopsis[]
Its opening night, and Nini hypes up her anxious cast-mates for their performance in front of the judges, but no East High opening night is complete without unexpected visitors, second chances and big decisions about everyone's futures.[1]
Full Summary[]
TBA
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Joshua Bassett as Ricky Bowen
- Olivia Rodrigo as Nini Salazar-Roberts
- Matt Cornett as E.J. Caswell
- Sofia Wylie as Gina Porter
- Julia Lester as Ashlyn Caswell
- Larry Saperstein as Big Red
- Dara Renee as Kourtney Greene
- Joe Serafini as Seb Matthew-Smith
- Frankie A Rodriguez as Carlos Rodriguez
- Kate Reinders as Miss Jenn
- Mark St. Cyr as Mr. Mazzara
Guest Starring[]
- Alexis Nelis as Natalie Bagley
- Alex Quijano as Mike Bowen
- Kimberly Brooks as Michelle Greene
- Roman Banks as Howie
- Olivia Rose Keegan as Lily
- Jordan Fisher as Jamie Porter[2]
Songs[]
- Be Our Guest by The Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- Something There by The Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
Gallery[]
Main article: Showtime/Gallery
Trivia[]
- It was revealed that Ricky Bowen and Ashlyn Caswell broke their wrists when Ricky fell on Ashlyn in the previous episode The Transformation.
- Jamie Porter makes his debut in this episode which makes him the first character in the series to be a sibling of one of the main characters.
- It was announced three days before this episode premiered that Jordan Fisher is going to guest star as Gina Porter's older absent brother Jamie Porter.[2]
- Jordan Fisher who plays Jamie Porter is the third cast member in the series that has played Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. Roman Banks who plays Howie and Andrew Barth Feldman who plays Antoine have also played Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway.
- Ashlyn Caswell gives Big Red a big bouquet of flowers just like the one that Big Red gave Ashlyn Caswell on Opening Night for High School Musical in Act Two.
- Ricky's father Mike Bowen is the only guest that was at Opening Night for High School Musical that was a guest at Opening Night for Beauty and the Beast.
- E.J. Caswell and Big Red were the only main characters that had a role in Beauty and the Beast that didn't performed on stage.