"High School Musical"

[Steve]

---  Petra <ms_petra_pan at ...> wrote:
>
> I belong to a community theatre troupe in San Francisco
> (where I live) and I think the group is trying to get 
> the rights to produce a show known as "High School 
> Musical."
>  
> ...
>  
> I've *never* heard of "High School Musical" (abashed to
> find myself out of touch?! getting old?!) and was 
> wondering if people here who are in high school or 
> have children who are have ever heard of it. ...

bboyminn:

Look on the cover of /any/ teen magazine (16, Bop, Tiger
Beat, etc...) and I absolutely guarantee that the cover
will have a picture of Zac Efron on it. Zac Efron was
the star of 'High School Musical', and an instant hit
(ie: heart-throb) with the younger set.

Others have given you the details (Disney TV Movie, etc).
The movie is currently available for rent in most Video 
stores. It is the story of a high school jock and an
outsider girl who decide to try out for a high school 
musical play, and what they have to do to overcome the
general negativity to doing something as 'girly' as
a high school play. 

YouTube.com does have several clips from the movie as
well as clips of amateur productions of the movie, 
including some interviews with the cast. There is one
clip from Adderley School for the Arts in Los Angeles,
California who put on the play at their school, so
certainly it can be done.

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn