HighSchoolMusical.com High School Musical 2 World Premiere Friday August 17

Get Ready cause fan favorites Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman and Lucas Grabeel are back. This time, however, Zac Efron"s actually sings! For those who watched the first high school musical, found at www.highshoolmusical.com, Drew Seeley actually provided the voice for Troy Bolton. The Really exciting thing this time around is at www.disneychannel/highschoolmusical2.com, you can actually interact with the characters of the show! You can actually watch video clips and download cool High School Musical 2 stuff! disneychannel/HighSchoolMusical2.com has the whole description of what the new movie will be about. Many people are saying its an adaptation of Grease, but one might also argue that Grease itself is just a modern time retelling of Romeo and Juliet. In essence, High School Musical is a disney story of 2 high school students from two wildly different social circles. Our hero, Troy Bolton, played by Zac Efron again, is the typical jock type - captain of the basketball team. Gabriella Montez, Vanessa Hudgens character, is the shy transfer student who is gifted in math and science. As fate would have it, they both try out for the leads in their high school musical, and as a result, divide the school. As www.disneychannel/highschoolmusical2 says, Despite other students" attempts to stop the dreams of our heros, Troy & Gabriella resist the peer pressure and the rivalry, inspiring each other along the way not to "stick with the status quo." High School Musical is Disney Channel"s most successful movie with an amazing 7.7 million viewers in its 1st broadcast stateside. Across the pond in Great Britain, highscoolmusical2 received about 1.2 million viewers during the first week, making high school musical the most watched film for the Disney Channel"s UK division according to highschoolmusical.co.uk. Allow me to preset the list of characters: Troy Bolton - played by Zac Efron. The male protagonist of our story and the current captain of East High"s Wildcats basketball team. Chad Danforth is his best friend. Troy is struggling with the choice to play basketball or sing. Troy wants to sing with Gabriella, but his basketball buddies use peer pressure and deceit because they want to win the championship game. Gabriella Montez - played by Vanessa Anne Hudgens. The female protagonist. A shy but intelligent girl who just move to Eash High. Sharpay Evans - played by Ashley Tisdale. Sharpay is the bad girl of High School Musical. Arrogant and spoiled, she dominates and controls everyone, including her brother Ryan. Ryan has even been known to call his sister a "show dogs" - the Shar Pei, (get it? shar Pei - Sharpay? It"s a kind of dog.) Ryan Evans - played by Lucas Grabeel. Sharpay"s twin brother and acting partner, and definitely the nicer one of the two. A very developed fashion sense helps him stand out from the other East High students. Ryan isn"t all that smart. Shh don"t tell anyone, but Ryan also has a crush on Gabriella. Chad Danforth - played by Corbin Bleu. A member of the Eash High"s Wildcat basketball team and Troy"s best friend. In the beginning, he"s a little snobby, and selfish, and doesn"t like Troy auditioning for a musical- musicals aren"t for basketball players. However, as the movie goes on, he realizes that supporting his best friend"s is what"s important. * Taylor McKessie (Monique Coleman) is the leader of East High"s science club, which competes in the Scholastic Decathlon. She befriends Gabriella when she arrives to the school and convinces her to join the Scholastic Club. While she at first tried to stop Gabriella from singing, she eventually ended up supporting her. She has a strong dislike for athletes, stating that they "contribute nothing to society other than slam dunks and touchdowns." However, her opinion of athletes changes over time. She is asked out by Chad Danforth by the end of the film. There"s a huge list of Supporting cast as well. Ms. Darbus played by Alyson Reed. The drama teacher at East High. Martha Cox played by Kaycee Stroh. A brainiac of a student at East High. Coach Jack Bolton played by Bart Johnson. The Wildcats" coach and more importantly, Troy;s dad. Kelsi Nielsen played by Olesya Rulin. A musician and composer of the Twinkle Towne musical. Zeke Baylor played by Chris Warren, Jr.. A wildcat basketball player with dreams of baking and dating Sharpay. Jason Cross played by Ryne Sanborn. Another Wildcat basketball player and potential love interest of Kelsi. Mrs. Montez played by Socorro Herrera. Gabriella"s Mother. While the plot might be a lot like Romeo and Juliet, or even Grese, all we can say is it"s great! If you want more, head on over to disneychannel/HighSchoolMusical2.com or even www.disneychannel/highschoolmusical2.com for more details. If you were a fan of www.highshoolmusical.com, then don"t miss this one! Disney hopes that lightning can and will strike twice with High School Musical 2