High School Musical (2006)
Directed by Kenny Ortega
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.
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To underline the point, screenwriter Peter Barsocchini includes a Romeo and Juliet (er, West Side Story?) balcony scene for "jock" Troy and "Einsteinette" Gabriella.
To underline the point, screenwriter Peter Barsocchini includes a Romeo and Juliet (er, West Side Story?) balcony scene for "jock" Troy and "Einsteinette" Gabriella.
The songs are a bit on the generic side of the teen pop idol equation, and yet they sizzle, these catchy tunes that are tailor-made to get stuck in your head and keep you humming along; director/choreographer Kenny Ortega (who previously helmed "Newsies" and served as choreographer "Dirty Dancing") makes the music jump with big, bouncy dance numbers that are such a delight to watch; and the cast is filled with youngsters who can do the singing and the dancing, yes, but they're also charming as can be.
Still, the direction by Ortega (who also helmed Newsies for Disney) and the choreography by Ortega, Charles Klapow and Bonnie Story are plucky and energetic, from the basketball-enhanced "Get'cha Head in the Game" to the Grease-esque cafeteria-set chorus number "Stick to the Status Quo."
The songs are a bit on the generic side of the teen pop idol equation, and yet they sizzle, these catchy tunes that are tailor-made to get stuck in your head and keep you humming along; director/choreographer Kenny Ortega (who previously helmed "Newsies" and served as choreographer "Dirty Dancing") makes the music jump with big, bouncy dance numbers that are such a delight to watch; and the cast is filled with youngsters who can do the singing and the dancing, yes, but they're also charming as can be.
As it turns out, the 1992 offering was the first feature-length film directed by Kenny Ortega (“High School Musical” 1-3) and the first feature-length screenplay from Bob Tzudiker and Noni White (Disney’s “Tarzan”).