High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is a mockumentary musical drama streaming television series made for Disney+ by Tim Federle. The series is inspired by the High School Musical film series. The series has been produced by Chorus Boy and Salty Pictures in association with Disney Channel and distributed by Disney Platform Distribution. The first season had 10 episodes with a running time of 26 to 34 minutes each and made its debut in 8th November 2019 on Disney+.
The series has been well received by the audience as well as critics. Critics have particularly praised the performances of the cast, mainly of Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo. The series has an approval rating of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes and has scored 64 out of 100 on Metacritic. The first episode of the first season was viewed by around 2.03 million on ABC along with 474,000 on Disney Channel and 293,000 during the Freeform airing. The broadcast was able to receive 2.8 million viewers in total.
Release Date of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 2
Disney+ renewed High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 2 in October 2019 before the release of the first season. The fans of the show will be happy to know that the second season is all set to make its premiere on 14th May 2021. Till now, nothing has been unveiled on how many episodes the second season will have in total. The first season has been able to impress the audience up to a great extent and there are high expectations from the second season.
Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 2
The makers of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series have not yet revealed anything about the cast details of the second season. Although the release date of the second season has been announced, nothing is known yet about the returning cast members of the show. We can still expect to see the regular cast members to return for the second season. The lead cast of the series includes Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett, Matt Cornett, Sofia Wylie, Larry Saperstein, Julia Lester, Dara Renee, Frankie Rodriguez, Mark St. Cyr, Kate Reinders, Joe Serafini, Alexis Nelis, Nicole Sullivan, Jeanne Sakata, Alex Quijano, Valente Rodriguez, Beth Lacke, Kaycee Stroh and Lucas Grabeel.
Plot of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 2
According to sources and the official synopsis of Disney+, the East High Wildcats, who have been preparing to perform Beauty and the Beast as the spring musical, they would face off against the rival school North High for winning a prestigious and cutthroat student theater competition. Wigs will be snatched, loyalties will be tested and ballads would be belted. There will be more singing and dancing in the second season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.