This film is a part of our Popcorn Flicks in the Park series, which takes place in Central Park, Winter Park once a month and is FREE and open to the public! These films are presented with open captions.
While on their family vacations, high school jock and basketball star Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) and brainy Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) – two teens who are worlds apart – meet at a holiday karaoke party. When they return to campus, both Troy and Gabriella decide to secretly audition for their high school’s musical. While the jealous Sharpay Evans (Ashley Tisdale) conspires to squelch their chances, the two struggle to make it to auditions while also meeting their existing obligations to the basketball team and the academic decathlon.
2006, 98 Minutes, USA, Directed by Kenny Ortega, Rated TV-G
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“At its best, often when Ortega’s dazzling choreography is ushered to the fore, High School Musical offers guilt-free escapism of the highest order.”
– Nick Levine, DIGITAL SPY -
“There’s no point in arguing with the legacy of High School Musical, a DCOM that occupies a pop culture pedestal so far above the rest that it prompted two sequels (the third of which was released in theaters), a direct-to-DVD spinoff (which didn’t not launch the career of Elvis himself, Austin Butler), and a television adaptation (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which definitely did launch the career of Olivia Rodrigo).”
– Kate Halliwell, THE RINGER -
“If a pre-teen in your life hasn’t seen this coming-of-age classic, it’s time to sit down and educate them. It’s first loves and learning to navigate social pressures, mixed in with a whole lot of delightfully catchy songs. What’s not to like?”
– Kate Robertson, STUFF
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