Original 'High School Musical' Character Seemingly Comes Out as Gay in Teaser for Disney+ Series' Final Season

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series bid farewell to the East High wildcats in its season 4 finale, but not without seemingly honoring former costar Olivia Rodrigo.

No Disney Channel Original Movie had the masses soaring and flying in quite the same way as High School Musical.

. But the Disney+ show was missing two familiar faces — Zac Efron, who played basketball playing heartthrob Troy Bolton, and Vanessa Hudgens, who played brainy singer Gabriella Montez, in the original films. Despite the return of several original cast members including Corbin Bleu (Chad Danforth), Monique Coleman (Taylor McKessie), Lucas Grabeel (Ryan Evans), and KayCee Strong (Martha Cox), Efron, Hudgens and co-star Ashley Tisdale (Sharpay Evans) did not make cameos in the finale season of the spinoff series.

come out as gay in the Disney+ series based on the iconic franchise.“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” dropped its fourth and final season on Wednesday and there is a scene where some of the original Disney Channel stars are filming “High School Musical 4.”The TV series’ showrunner Tim Federle told TV Line recently that he called Grabeel, 38, to tell him the news of Ryan’s sexual orientation.“Lucas, like, cried on the phone and said, ‘This would mean so much to people who grew up with this movie,'” Federle recalled.He went on and noted that the “Switched at Birth” star had told him: “It’s what they were always kind of missing from this character.”The TV show’s scene featured Ryan kissing his partner, portrayed by Pentatonix member Scott Hoying.“High School Musical” premiered on Disney Channel in 2006 and subsequently had two sequels released in the following years.

The series finale of the Disney+ show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series has aired and we have received an update on original characters like Troy and Gabriella.

Hunter Ingram SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the fourth and final season of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” now streaming on Disney+. The Wildcats of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” have taken their final bow. The Disney+ extension of the popular movie musical trilogy concluded this week with an eight-episode fourth season that found its cast performing a stage — or rather, basketball court — production of 2008’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.” Members of that film’s original cast returned to East High to shoot the fictional “High School Musical 4: The Reunion.” Although the original films have had a presence since the pilot episode — the series is set at the high school where the films were shot — the final season is the show’s most meta endeavor yet.

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A big “High School Musical” reunion just wasn’t in the cards.

What makes a good gay bar? Does it depend on the DJ or dance floor? Is it the strong drinks or the decor? Or maybe it depends on what cute people come in (or who you go home with at the end of the night)? In reality, it’s not one thing. The ability to be considered a “good,” if not the best, gay bar requires an ambiance composed of many things. And in Washington, D.C., there is no shortage of options.

Tamzin Outhwaite is trading the East End for the auction floor in Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. Alongside Benidorm actress Julie Graham, who played the character Sheron Dawson between 2016 and 2018, Tamzin, 52, was spotted attending Keys Fine Art Auctioneers in East Anglia last month, captioning a photo of the excited pair in action: "Actors Tamzin Outhwaite and Julie Graham were at the saleroom today filming for a forthcoming episode of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip." A starry spin-off from the mother show Antiques Road Trip, this version tasks two celebrities to team up and buy golden oldies in the hope of making a profit at auction before donating the cash to charity.

Amy Redford opened up about casting Summer Phoenix‘s son Indiana — whom she shares with ex Casey Affleck — alongside his mother in IFC Films’ What Comes Around.

Are we getting more of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series in the future?! – Just Jared Jr We have an update on Sofia Vergara & Joe Manganiello‘s divorce – Celebitchy Gwyneth Paltrow is inviting fans stay at her house – Popsugar A fan-favorite character is returning for the final season of Riverdale – Just Jared Jr

“Some kids have more baggage than others,” Teenie (Tamara Podemski) tells her niece Elora Postoak (Devery Jacobs) on the road home to Oklahoma from California in the opener of the third and final season of Reservation Dogs.

Alison Herman TV Critic The last we saw of the Reservation Dogs, the friends were letting go of their grief on a Los Angeles beach. The protagonists and namesake of the half-hour series on FX were thousands of miles from home, a testament to the flexible, expansive world-building of co-creator Sterlin Harjo and his team. “Reservation Dogs” is rooted in its specific setting of Indigenous Oklahoma, but the show also gives itself license to experiment with focus, tone and, eventually, geography.

Nostalgia for previous decades can resemble rewriting history based on fun fashion and pop culture trends, but Apple TV+ dark comedy “Physical’s” exploration of the 1980s is far from rose-tinted. Across three seasons, creator Annie Weisman has depicted the complex relationship between the growing health and fitness industry and mental health.

The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series cast has offered glimpses into their dating lives over the years.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Wilson Cruz will never forget the bullying he endured while in high school in southern California. “I don’t even know what it was like not to be bullied,” the “Star Trek: Discovery” star says. “I was called f—– every day.

The High School Musical universe has confirmed what fans knew all along — Ryan Evans is gay.

Tamzin Outhwaite has been pictured for the first time since claiming that her ex-husband Tom Ellis was even more disloyal during their marriage than she was led to believe. Last week, the 52 year old former EastEnders actress sensationally accused the Lucifer actor, 44, of not coming forward with the full truth. In a tweet that was then deleted, she said: "Ten years since the father of my kids walked out on us for the final time.

McKinley Franklin editor Start your engines, Mickey Mouse! “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars Symone, Gigi Goode, Crystal Methyd, Alexis Michelle, Lady Camden and Daya Betty will appear at Gay Days at Disneyland.  The 25th Annual Gay Days at Disneyland, presented by Gay Days Anaheim, will run from Friday, Sept. 22, to Sunday, Sept. 24, as a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. The weekend will consist of a series of performances, group activities, social events and screenings that aim to uplift queer culture and community.  This year’s Gay Days commemoration is exceptionally important amid the ongoing presence of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, recognized in the event’s official shirt that reads: “We say gay.”