Disney's High School Musical is a contemporary musical comedy about the story of two teenagers - Troy Bolton, super-popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella Montez, super-smart transfer ...

The story: A made-for-TV movie that launched on the Disney Channel in January 2006, “High School Musical” was the surprise junior-high-school frenzy of the year, with tween girls falling hard for ...

On January 20, 2006, a made-for-TV movie about a basketball captain who wanted to sing pulled in 7.7 million viewers on its Disney Channel premiere, then added another 6.1 million the next night — ...