Product Description

High School Musical has swept the world with its great songs, fabulous production, and positive role models. Now the TV phenomenon is hitting the road with High School Musical on tour! Most of the television stars will be a part of the cast, including Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman, with Drew Seeley (who wrote "Get’cha Head in the Game") taking the part played by Zac Efron on TV.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20682 in DVD
• Brand: Disney
• Released on: 2007-06-26
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 57 minutes

Amazon.com
To bridge the gap between the smash hit Disney Channel original movie and its 2007 sequel, the cast of High School Musical embarked on a North American tour in 2006-2007. If you missed out on the experience of hearing thousands of screaming tween-age kids (probably 80% girls), never fear: the concert is now on DVD. The almost-complete cast comes out to perform every number from the movie, plus numbers by Vanessa Hudgens ("Say OK"), Corbin Bleu ("Push It to the Limit," "Marchin'"), and Ashley Tisdale ("We'll Be Together"), all promoting their solo albums. It's not a stage version of the show--while there's choreography and video clips, the songs aren't performed in order and there's no plot explanation. And at 56 minutes, it's a bit shorter than the actual show was (missing some solo numbers and stage banter). But the kids put out tons of energy and continually thank their fans. Also on hand are Lucas Grabeel, who serves as MC, and Monique Coleman. The only principal absent is Zac Efron (who was filming Hairspray), but Drew Seeley (who cowrote "Get'cha Head in the Game" and reportedly dubbed Efron in the movie) does a good job filling in. DVD bonus features include four songs from the opening set by Jordan Pruitt, a nine-minute making-of featurette, an option to choose camera angles, and a half-minute peek at High School Musical 2. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

I Loved This DVD.
Well i'm lucky i saw this DVD before anyone. I have some friends who work for the Disney Channel, and one of myy friends edits the DVD's so i saw this DVD. The High School Musical movie was great but the singing in the Live Concert is much better and sounds really real not fake like in the movie. This DVD is a must Have!!!

Could've been better if they sang live
I bought this DVD for my daughter who is a die-hard fan of the TV movie and anything associated with it. Actually, the whole family loved the movie.

In addition to the songs from the movie, the DVD also includes songs by Ashley Tisdale, Carbin Bleu, and Vanessa Hudgens. What's disappointing with this DVD is that the concert is about 90% lip-synched. As far as I can tell, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu and Lucas Grabeel lip-synched all of their songs. I think the only one who got to sing live were Drew Seeley and (I think) Vanessa Hudgens.

But I guess it's kinda understandable that singing is not live since they are not really concert performers and doing a tour such as this one can take toll on one's voice; thus, they resort to lip-synching. Well, it's not as if they're the only ones who do it. I've seen concert videos of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears and Madonna where they also do this. I guess it's already a norm for concerts nowadays. However, it somehow takes away the enjoyment of really hearing live singing from concert performers. It's like they're cheating the people who paid to see and hear them live.

But, nonetheless, this DVD is a good view while we wait for the showing of High School Musical 2 later this year. For this new movie, I wonder if it's still Drew Seeley who sings for Zak Efron.

Just awesome
I just love this dvd the perfomances are awesome and the singing and dancing are awesome too. My dvd came with a High School Musical 2 poster inside the dvd case. Also Ashley and Vanessa songs are on this dvd.