Music, lights, action!
Joshua Bassett reveals how the East High gang have got big rivals this second series…
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
NEW
Available: Friday 14 May
Genre: Musical drama Season: 2 Eps: 12 (released weekly) Runs: 35min
Following its successful first season in 2019, the East High gang are back in an allsinging, all-dancing second series of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
Based on the hit film franchise, favourite pupils returning include Ricky (Joshua Bassett), Nini (Olivia Rodrigo), Kourtney (Dara Reneé), EJ (Matt Cornett) and Big Red (Larry Saperstein). The gang are
expecting to
High School Musical 2 be their spring show. But when Miss
Jenn (Kate Reinders) bumps into her ex-boyfriend Zack (Derek Hough) – who has an unlimited budget to direct the musical at rival school North High – everything changes…
‘Everyone at East High starts preparing for but then Miss
High School Musical 2 Jenn decides they’re going to perform
instead,’ explains
Beauty and the Beast Joshua. ‘Unfortunately, North High also decide to do Beauty and the Beast, so not only are the East High gang fighting for roles for themselves, they’re competing with this other school, who are trying to outdo them to win a prestigious local theatre award. Expect chaos, drama… and rivalry!’
Away from school, it seems Ricky and Nini are stronger than ever, but Nini still hasn’t told Ricky that she got into the Youth Actors Conservatory in Denver, miles away from Salt Lake City. Later, Nini drops a bombshell…
New lessons
‘At the end of season one, we saw Ricky and Nini figuring out their problems and coming back together,’ reveals Joshua. ‘But happy endings don’t always last and, this season, life throws curveballs at them.’
As ever, there’s humour, drama and lots of toe-tapping song-and-dance numbers…
‘This show is fun, heart-warming and the music is special,’ says Joshua. ‘It’s an escape – and people need that now more than ever.’