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. 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.

soarin’, flyin’.Former Disney star Zac Efron revealed in a new interview that his “The Iron Claw” co-star poked fun at him by belting out a “High School Musical” song on set. “I sung [some of ‘Breaking Free’] to Zac when I was playing my music scene. That was definitely a life experience that I’ll never forget,” Stanley Simons told People during a live Q&A event.

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.

Disney+'s is staging a mini reunion with several original cast members for season 4, which kicked off production in Salt Lake City, Utah, earlier this week. Original franchise stars Corbin Bleu, Lucas Grabeel and Kaycee Stroh -- all of whom have previously appeared on the musical comedy series — are returning for the upcoming season, where they'll be joined by Monique Coleman, Bart Johnson and Alyson Reed.The reunion is fitting, considering the new season centers around an East High production of 2008's big-screen movie,  Of course, plans go awry when Principal Gutierrez announces that Disney has decided to make the long-awaited movie on location at the beloved high school. Season 4 will feature songs from the franchise, as well as original music.Bleu, who recurred on season 3; Grabeel, who guest starred in a season 1 episode; and Stroh, who made a cameo in the freshman season; all return to play heightened versions of themselves, while also resurrecting their characters, Chad Danforth, Ryan Evans and Martha Cox, respectively.

“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” — and he’s ecstatic to be back.While the 33-year-old isn’t starring as his character Chad Danforth, he’s actually playing a very exaggerated version of himself.Bleu recently opened up to People about how coming on the show felt like coming home “in many ways.” “I really went on an emotional roller coaster,” the “Jump In” star said. “When this season was coming to an end, I had a moment where I was just watching all of them perform, and it just hit me.”“HSMTMTS” currently stars a slew of young actors including Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie and Matt Cornett.“It hit me like a ton of bricks where I’m seeing the impact that the original movies had,” the Brooklyn native added.

Zac Efron is back at East High! The 34-year-old alum posted a photo of himself throwing a fist in the air outside the iconic Utah school's entrance. «Don’t you… Forget about me ✊

Vanessa Hudgens returned to East High this week! The 33-year-old star returned to the set where the Disney Channel franchise filmed between 2006 and 2008, posting a sweet video of her walking past the iconic school entrance. «Do you remember in kindergarten how you'd meet a kid and know nothing about them, then 10 seconds later you're playing like you're best friends because you didn’t have to be anything but yourself?» Hudgens captioned her video.

Vanessa Hudgens will always be synonymous with. It's been nearly 15 years since the sequel hit theaters and fans can't stop singing some of the film's best hits, and the 33-year-old's reminded it of that every day.Hudgens spoke to ET's Lauren Zima ahead of her hosting gig at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards and she revealed being blown away how time has flown by since premiered in August 2007. Hudgens, who played the lovable Gabriella Montez, said that part of her life feels like a lifetime ago but there's a new generation keeping that part of her life vividly alive.«The fact is kids are still watching it,» Hudgens tells ET.

E! News if he would be interested, the 34-year-old said “of course.”“I mean to have an opportunity in any form to go back and work with that team would be so amazing,” the “Firestarter” actor said. “My heart is still there.

 without Vanessa Hudgens?! It almost happened. Hudgens opened up about how she nearly auditioned for  ahead of auditioning for the role of Gabriella in the early aughts classic, during Tuesday's episode of .«I grew up doing theater, and this has always been a passion of mine, and you were on , and you won, and I was like, 'That's it, I'm going on, and then that next week, I got an audition for  and booked it, so then I was like, 'Well, never mind,'» she told Clarkson.

Ashley Tisdale is all about the mom life these days! The 36-year-old Disney Channel alum opens up to ET's Deidre Behar about how her life has changed since welcoming her daughter, Jupiter, four months ago with husband Chris French. «Jupiter's amazing,» she tells ET of her little girl. «She's so, so great.

Larry Saperstein came out as bisexual on TikTok! The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star, 23, took to the social media platform on June 1 and shared a video that featured the actor reclined and looking at his camera. The song “International Super Spy” played over audio, as Larry bobbed his head along to the beat.

Actress Vanessa Hudgens recently met her High School Musical’s former co-star and longtime BFF Ashley Tisdale, and her baby girl! Hudgens, who starred with Tisdale in the High School Musical franchise, has been friends with Ashley through the years.

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series star Joshua Bassett surprised fans by admitting during a Q&A with Clevver News that he thinks Harry Styles is totally “hot.” After making that absolutely correct assertion, Joshua followed it up by very casually saying, “I guess this also my coming out video.”

Disney+ original show “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” have been following the teen gossip surrounding Rodrigo’s hit single “Drivers License,” which they believe was inspired by an alleged love triangle between her and show co-stars Joshua Bassett and Sabrina Carpenter.Never a franchise to miss a trending moment, “Saturday Night Live” dropped a ha-ha homage to Rodrigo’s viral tune over the weekend — only, it was set in a pool hall, with grown men engaging in the high drama of it

debuted her intrigue-laden latest, “Drivers License,” in a video. The two women are being pitted against each other in headlines following speculation that Carpenter had recently scooped-up Rodrigo’s ex-lover, Joshua Bassett, 20.

on Instagram, available to stream on Jan. 14, “right after Liv,” as one fan pointed out.

and content, but that’s not the only reason for excitement when it comes to the streaming platform.

Disney+.“Tim Federle, the showrunner, gave me a call right before we started filming,” Bassett, 19, tells The Post. “He said, ‘We have this spot for Ricky and he sings this song and I really would like it if you could actually write it yourself.’ And he kind of gave the premise.

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston for one of the most memorable virtual moments of the entire year. The star-studded charity table read featured Jimmy Kimmel, Morgan Freeman, Henry Golding, Shia LaBeouf, Matthew McConaughey, John Legend, and Ray Liotta — as well as  star Sean Penn, although not in the role of his iconic stoner character Jeff Spicoli.

Dec. 1 on NetflixA spinoff of the 2017 series “Toys That Made Us,” this docuseries focuses on the behind-the-scenes stories of classic holiday films including “Elf” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” “Toys That Made Us” narrator Donald Ian Black returns for this followup.Dec.

Vanessa Hudgens is ready for the start of something new! ET's Katie Krause spoke to the 31-year-old actress, who gushed over co-star Ashley Tisdale's baby news.Tisdale revealed back in September that she and her husband, Christopher French, are expecting their first child. A month later, the actress shared that she has a daughter on the way.«Oh my gosh, it's so exciting,» Hudgens said.

Ashley Tisdale who is currently pregnant with her first child, just revealed if she’s expecting a boy or a girl! The 35-year-old High School Musical actress and her husband Christopher French did a gender reveal by cutting open a cake, and it revealed they’re having a girl. “This year has obviously been hard. For so many.

“High School Musical” franchise.“What was really cool about it was that Kenny established that we do have a say in the process. He really made it clear to us that we were his partners, not like he was a boss and we were his workers,” says Reyes.

Zac Efron is set to star in a remake of the famous 80s film Three Men and a Baby for streaming platform Disney+.

High School Musical, a generally straight story of a "shy" cool girl and a jock who fall in love after stealing the lead roles in a musical from two people who worked their asses off for years…sorry, I'm clearly still not over it.

While we've all been stuck in our homes, hungry for new episodes of TV and longing for the world to return to some semblance of normal, the casts of several beloved TV shows and classic movies have been reconnecting over video chat. Actors, directors, writers and producers have all teamed up to give us all that nostalgia hit we've been craving.

Blame it on the WiFi. Apparently, that's what should be saying to all the fans who were that he didn’t participate in the singing portion of the cast’s virtual reunion on the Disney Family Singalong special that aired last week.In case you missed it, , , Corbin Bleu, and the rest of the East High Wildcats virtually reunited for the special and sang “We’re All in This Together.” Efron only appeared separately to introduce the song.

A few fans on Twitter weren't feeling so happy after Zac Efron's appearance in the mini reunion for the recent .Here's what went down: On April 16, ABC hosted a singalong of a bunch of performed by the likes of , , and Queen herself. But for some reason, Efron did not take part in the highly-anticipated performance of "We're All in This Together" by the original High School Musical cast.

Zac Efron didn’t sing during the virtual High School Musical reunion held as part of the Disney Family Singalong on Thursday night.

Fans were absolutely thrilled when Zac Efron was confirmed to virtually reunite with the rest of the High School Musical cast during The Disney Family Singalong on April 16. However, the excitement quickly turned to disappointment when the special aired…because Zac simply introduced the HSM performance, and didn’t sing during it himself.

We're all in this together!

We're all in this together!

If you're trying to find some positive news amid this difficult time, look no further than all the pop-culture reunions happening. Next up: High School Musical.

When ABC and Bob Iger asked “High School Musical” director Kenny Ortega to participate in the April 16 special, “The Disney Family Singalong,” he was immediately on board.

Zac Efron and his High School Musical castmates are to reunite for a Disney Family Singalong on Thursday.