High School Musical 3: Senior Year

High School Musical 3: Senior Year	High School Musical 3: Senior Year
 	
Distributed by 	Disney INC
Directed by 	Jesse Alfred Jr
Produced by 	Jesse Alfred Jr
Written by 	Peter Barsocchini
Starring 	
Matthew Robledo
Elaine Robledo
Jesse Del Rey
Katelyn Ruelas
Joshua Ruelas
Angelica Ruelas
Music by 	David Lawrence
Production company 	Disney
Country 	United States
Production dates 	Oct 24 - Nov 28, 2008
Awards 	
Won 2 Tony Awards
Won 1 American MA
Perceded by 	High School Musical 2
High School Musical 3: Senior Year is a 2008 American teen romantic comedy musical and the third and final installment in the High School Musical series. Produced and released by Disney, its run begin in the United States on October 24, 2008. Jesse Alfred Jr returned as director and choreographer, as did all six primary actors.
The sequel follows the main six high school seniors: Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad, and Taylor as they are faced with the challenging prospect of being separated after graduating from high school. Joined by the rest of their East High Wildcat classmates, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes, and fears about the future.
==Plot==
The show begins with the Wildcats trailing the West High Knights, with the Wildcats entering the locker room for the final quarter feeling bitter. Team captain Troy rallies the team's spirit ("Now or Never"). Later, when everyone leaves, Troy and Gabriella are seen thinking about their future and wishing that their last few months at East High would not end ("Right Here, Right Now").
When drama teacher Ms. Darbus notices that there were so few sign-ups for the spring musical, Sharpay suggests he could do a one-man show. This alarms Taylor, who is writing the show, so she immediately signs up everyone in their homeroom for it instead. This results in Ms. Darbus announcing they will create a play about their final days at East High, called Senior Year. In addition, she reveals that Sharpay, Ryan, Taylor, and Troy have all been considered for a scholarship at Juilliard School, but only one of them is to be chosen. Troy is confused, because he did not apply to Juilliard. Seeing his friends laughing, he believes they gave his name to Juilliard. Sharpay becomes desperate to win the scholarship, and knowing that Taylor will give the best songs to Troy and Gabriella in the musical, he gets Ryan to try to persuade Taylor to give them a song, by predicting him (and Ryan's) future ("I Want It All").
The very next day, Troy asks Gabriella to the dance in the gym. She then teaches him how to waltz ("Can I Have This Dance?"). Chad then asks Taylor to go to prom with him with a cheesy pick-up line. The group rehearses for the musical, a scene about their prom night ("A Night to Remember"). While Troy and Chad reminisce about their past ("The Boys Are Back"), Sharpay discovers that Gabriella has a chance to go to college early to Stanford and Sharpay convinces Troy that he is the only thing keeping Gabriella from her dream. Troy talks to Gabriella about this and after sharing an awkward goodnight, Gabriella sings ("Walk Away") and leaves for college the next day.
Troy doesn't know what where he wants to go to college and feels scared which causes him to become angry and confused, storming around East High bewildered until he finally screams at the top of his lungs in the gym ("Scream"). Ms. Darbus is secretly watching and reveals that she sent in his application for Juilliard. Troy later gets a call from Gabriella saying that although she loves him, she will not return to Albuquerque for prom or graduation. However, on the day of the prom, Gabriella visits Troy and they dance in the gym and he convinces her to return to Albuquerque (Can I Have This Dance? (Reprise)"). Sharpay is prepared for the last musical at East High. The Juilliard representatives are there, and watch as the show seems to go well.
Taylor and Ryan start out the show followed by a couple other numbers; Troy is running late and Chad then performs with Sharpay and embarrasses him, although the audience applauds the performance. Troy and Gabriella appear during the second half of the show and sing their duet together. Taylor then betrays Sharpay. Sharpay finally learns how it feels to be manipulated and humiliated, but nevertheless does not wish to go down. While Taylor performs, Sharpay immediately crashes her performance and upstages her ("Senior Year Spring Musical"). At the end of the musical, Ms. Darbus reveals that both Taylor and Ryan have won the Juilliard scholarship and tells about everyone's future plans, in which Troy reveals he's chosen Berkeley so he can be close to Gabriella where he can play basketball and perform in theater ("We're All in This Together ("Graduation Mix").
At the graduation ceremony, Troy gives the class speech after being selected by Ms. Darbus. Throwing their caps in the air, the graduates form a giant Wildcat before breaking out into song and dance (High School Musical).As the show ends the curtain falls and the main cast then perform the High School Musical song, before jumping and bowing when the curtain falls.
==Cast==
*Matthew Robledo as Troy Bolton, the basketball team captain and boyfriend of Gabriella.
*Elaine Robledo  as Gabriella Montez, girlfriend of Troy.
*Jesse Del Rey  as Sharpay Evans, a glamorous rich teen.
*Katelyn Ruelas as Ryan Evans, Sharpay's sister.
*Joshua Ruelas  as Chad Danforth, Troy's right-hand man.
*Angelica Minaj as Taylor McKessie, Chad's love interest.
*Andrea Ruelas as Ms. Darbus, drama teacher.
*Byron Ruelas as Zeke Baylor, a friend of Troy and Chad.
==Musical Numbers==
See also: High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Soundtrack)
Song 	Lead Singers 	Scene 	Notes
"Now or Never" 	Troy, Gabriella, Chad, Zeke, and Cheerleaders 	East High gym 	The championship game
"Right Here, Right Now" 	Troy and Gabriella 	East High gym 	After winning game
"I Want It All" 	Sharpay and Ryan 	East High cafeteria 	Sharpay and Ryan's fantasy sequence
"Can I Have This Dance?" (Verse 1 + Bridge)	Troy and Gabriella 	East High gym 	Gabriella teaches Troy the waltz
"A Night to Remember" 	Troy, Chad, Gabriella, Zeke, Taylor,  Sharpay, Ryan 	East High Auditorium 	Rehearsal for musical number
"The Boys Are Back" 	Troy and Chad 	Riley's Auto Salvage Junkyard 	Troy and Chad reliving childhood memories/finding out what they want to be in life
"Walk Away" 	Gabriella 	Gabriella's room 	Gabriella's move to Stanford University
"Scream" 	Troy 	East High gym 	Troy's confusion about his future after Gabriella leaves
"Can I Have This Dance?" (Verse 2) 	Troy and Gabriella 	East High gym 	Troy convinces Gabriella to come back for the musical and graduation
"Senior Year Spring Musical" 	Taylor, Ryan, Chad, Sharpay, Troy, & Gabriella 	East High Auditorium (The Spring Musical performance)	Featuring: Last Chance with Taylor & Ryan, Now or Never (Reprise) with Chad and the Jocks, I Want it All (Reprise) with Ryan and the Dancers,
Just Wanna Be with You (Reprise) with Sharpay, Chad, Troy, Gabriella, and the Ensemble, and A Night to Remember (Reprise) with Taylor, Sharpay, and Male Chorus
"We're All in This Together
(Graduation Mix)"	Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad, Taylor (on soundtrack); Choir (in musical)	East High auditorium/graduation ceremony 	A slower, graduation-tuned reprise from the first installment
"High School Musical" 	Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad and Taylor 	Graduation Ceremony on the East High Football Field 	The trilogy finale
==Awards==
High School Musical 3: Senior Year won two Tony awards.
Year	Award Ceremony 	Category 	Nominee 	Result
2009	Grammy Awards 	Best Musical Theatre Album 	 	Nominated
2009	Billboard Music Awards	Top Soundtrack 	 	Nominated
2009	Tony Award 	Best Musical 	 	Nominated
2009	Tony Award 	Best Lead Actor in a Musical 	Matthew Robledo	Nominated
2009	Tony Award 	Best Lead Actress in a Musical 	Elaine Robledo 	Nominated
2009	Tony Award 	Best Featured Actor in a Musical 	Jesse Del Rey 	Nominated
2009	Tony Award 	Best Featured Actress in a Musical	Katelyn Ruelas 	Nominated
2009	Tony Award 	Best Original Score 	 	Won
2009	Tony Award 	Best Costume Design of a Musical 	 	Nominated
2009	Tony Award 	Best Choreography 	 	Won
2009	American Music Awards 	Top Soundtrack 	 	Nominated
==Possible Sequel, Anniversary and Reunion Musical==
In 2011, Jesse Alfred Jr, confirmed that there would be a special 5-year anniversary reunion musical, High School Musical 5th Anniversary where the main characters would perform the greatest hits from High School Musical. Due to busy schelduels with original cast members, the project was cancelled. 
Reports said that the fourth musical would have the title High School Musical 4: East Meets West. It was also reported that the plot would follow around a love triangle set against the cross-town school rivalry between the East High Wildcats and West High Knights. The musical is said to proceed in late 2014 and premiere in July 2016. There will be an epilogue 10 years later of where the Wildcats are today.
In an interview with V Magazine in September 2014, Jesse Del Rey stated that "the idea of a reunion musical or whole new musical' sounds intriguing, but I think we've all moved on. What we had in that triology was special because we were young and nieve...maybe, who knows...".