High School Musical Play

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A few months ago me and a friend went and watched High School Musical at Parkrose High School. High School Musical is about a story about two high schoolers, Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez from opposite cliques that try out for the leads in their school musical. Troy is a “jock”, the captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella is a shy “nerd”, captain of the scholastic decathlon. They inspire their peers not to “stick to the status quo” and get out of their comfort zones. Sharpay Evans, the “theater queen” does anything she can to be with Troy or sabotage Troy and Gabriella’s relationship with the help of her brother Ryan Evans. Troy and Gabriella end up getting the part with the help of their best friends, Taylor and Chad who are surprised at their hidden theater talents. …show more content…

They had one big set that spun with one side being a classroom and the other the hallway with a few lockers. The thing that was bothersome was that they would pretend that the hallway was the cafeteria or the classroom was the garden area outside. They used the desks from the classroom as benches, tables, and chairs too. Most of the little background props were held up by people. Some of the people were wearing bright clothes and moving around a lot and it made it very obvious. The microphones weren’t very loud either. By the time I got into the auditorium all of the front seats were taken so I was only a few rows from the back. Most of the time I couldn’t really make out what the cast was saying. Lastly, the cast used very few props. They used a ladder, basketballs, chairs and desks. The cast also had cell phones. Whenever they would have a scene where a prop was needed that they didn’t have they would just pretend the object they needed was there. For example one of the characters pretended to take a bite out of an apple and another pretended to be going down stairs. It was hard to really enjoy this production when they were lacking this

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