Thu, 30 March 2006 at 12:00 am

High School Musical On The Today Show

Even though I’m well outside of Disney’s key demographic, I’m a sucker for happy-go-lucky musicals and I totally bought into the High School Musical phenomenon. The cast is lovable, the choreography is fun and the music is fresh. I’ve watched the film at least three times and I have the soundtrack on repeat — please tell me I’m not the only High School Musical fanatic outside the target audience of ages 5-14!!!! The Disney Channel Original Movie continues to score big TV ratings and the certified-platinum CD even peaked at the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Top 200 chart. The sure-to-be-best-selling DVD version of High School Musical hits stores on Tuesday, May 23rd. High School Musical was directed by choreographer/director Kenny Ortega, who also directed the Disney big-screen musical Newsies, which I also own on DVD.

The cast of High School Musical – Monique Coleman, Vanessa Anne Hutchinson, Corbin Bleu, Lucas Grabeel and Ashley Tisdale — performed on the NBC Today show this morning in New York’s Rockefeller Center. The actors also taught some young audience members one of their dance routines. Watch a clip of High School Musical below with Zac Efron (Troy Bolton ) and Vanessa Anne Hudgens (Gabriella Montez ) singing one of their hit songs, "Breaking Free." Many, many more pictures in the gallery!

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# 126

Jenna @ 01/10/2008 at 7:03 pm

I just love this film. I have posters of every single one of the cast all over my room. Just Jared do you have all there phone #’s?

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hara @ 01/22/2008 at 11:51 am

i love high school musical. i’ve seen it at least 25 times!!! i’ve made a search for all characters of this movie!!!

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allison @ 01/22/2008 at 9:37 pm

me gustan como cantan son lo maximo high school musical

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# 129

Elena @ 01/23/2008 at 2:30 am

HSM is so cool. I love it!!

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vivian @ 01/25/2008 at 4:50 pm

essas fotas sao muito boas eu gostaria que ele vinhecem novamente aqui ao brasil nos gostariamos muito!.

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jesse mcCartney love @ 01/29/2008 at 3:28 pm

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

thant nice ………………..ohhhhhhhhhhhh very nice

!!! I love (( zac )) vey much ………….

thanks to oll

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vgfvb @ 01/30/2008 at 3:49 pm

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huwiehilhliuhglfhfalhiufhguwre @ 02/01/2008 at 2:21 am

COto do pici znamena

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rafaela @ 02/01/2008 at 9:02 am

h s m is love

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almendra palomino sanches @ 02/01/2008 at 10:45 am

los quiero mucho a todos ami me gusta todos sus canciones los amoooooooooooooooooooooooo de almendra

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Kasia @ 02/02/2008 at 9:28 am

hejjjjjjjj zarąbiście tańcvzyć odlotowo czymac tak dalej!!chciałabym was widzieć na żywo a nie przez interenet:(buźka

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# 137

shaya @ 02/02/2008 at 3:46 pm

ZAC IL EST TROS BEAU IL EST SEXY MDR

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Amy @ 02/02/2008 at 8:57 pm

THEY ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HSM RULES!!!!!! My 3rd fave movie!!!!!!!!

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# 139

Larissa da Silva Peres. @ 02/03/2008 at 1:18 pm

OI Vanessa tudo bem meu nome é Larissa, sou muito sua fãm bjs.

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# 140

camila. @ 02/04/2008 at 9:33 am

Bueno soy Camila, soy una accmiradora desde Argentina, y Zac sos un bombonaso y Vanessa sos re linda…..y saludos para todos!!!!!!!!
Epero que en la tercera pelicula sea buenisima comolas de a hora…
Te amo zac y te quiero Vanessa…..Bye!!!!!!!!!!

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# 141

Varga Réka @ 02/04/2008 at 12:22 pm

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# 142

katia pedra @ 02/04/2008 at 12:26 pm

I love you zac efron. Todos tem varios sonhos mas o meu e so 1 e é conhecer o zac . BEIJOS DE UMA LINDA BRASILEIRA

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# 143

esther @ 02/04/2008 at 3:44 pm

son padrisimo me encantan algun dia me gustari conoserlo soy de la republica dominicana

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Anthony Osorio @ 02/04/2008 at 9:04 pm

ahhhh vanesa te amo de todo corazon me llamo anthony soy de venezuela y me gustaria conocerte cosa casi imposible bueno lo que si me gustaria decirte que es muy temprano para que te cases lo que si es que le eche pichon a la 3 pelicula ya que las otra me gustaron demasiado………… elmejor821@hotmail.com

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# 145

sharmaine @ 02/05/2008 at 5:03 am

im sharmaine im your fan im years old im all so wacth high school musical

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# 146

Natalia @ 02/05/2008 at 1:12 pm

Hello! I’m eleven.Speak polish ???my gg-12709954!I love high school musical!! I have your CD!!! I LOVE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL!!! I am from Poland… my gg-12709954 Bye!

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andrea @ 02/06/2008 at 9:10 pm

Hello like this these high school musical is my msn andrea_7_19_2@hotmail.com

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Mercedes @ 02/07/2008 at 10:54 am

i’m 13 years old and i’m from Argentina so i don’t speak english very well..MIlagros is a friend of mine and she has seen HSM 55 times!!
I have to say Ahsley that she is perfect!!..
ME ENCANTA LA PELICULA!!..
SE LOS QUIRE MUCHO POR ACA!