High School Musical: The Concert

High School Musical: The Concert

Tour by High School Musical Cast featuring Drew Seeley
Associated album	High School Musical
Start date	November 29, 2006
End date	May 30, 2007
Legs	2
Number of shows	42 in North America 10 in South America 52 Total
Box office	US$33.3 million

High School Musical: The Concert is a concert tour performed by members of the cast of the popular television films series, High School Musical, sponsored by AEG Live and presented by Buena Vista Concerts. The concert toured cities in the United States, Canada and Latin America.

High School Musical: The Concert expanded the Disney Channel franchise that had previously produced a triple-platinum selling soundtrack and had planned a movie sequel. (Disney already scored a success with another concert based on a TV musical, The Cheetah Girls, which had a sold-out tour in 88 cities.)

The concert, which featured songs from the film, also included cast members Corbin Bleu, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman and Vanessa Hudgens. Zac Efron was the only original cast member absent from the tour due to his previous engagement to the filming of the 2007 film adaptation of the Broadway musical Hairspray. Instead, Drew Seeley, Efron's singing voice in the first film and co-writer of "Get'cha Head in the Game", joined the tour in Efron's place. Jordan Pruitt joined the tour as the opening act.

Performers

HSM Cast.

Tisdale and Grabeel performing "Bop to the Top".

The films' original cast members Corbin Bleu, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman and Vanessa Hudgens took part in the tour, except for Zac Efron, who had previous engagement filming Hairspray, making him unavailable to join the tour. Taking Efron's place was Drew Seeley, who was Efron's singing voice in the first film.

Opening acts

• Jordan Pruitt (North America)

Set list

Jordan Pruitt Opening Setlist 

1. "Jump to the Rhythm"
2. "Teenager"
3. "Outside Looking In"
4. "Miss Popularity"
5. "We Are Family"

Main Setlist 

1. "Introduction"(contains excerpts of "Start of Something New", "Stick to the Status Quo", and "We're All in This Together")
2. "Start of Something New"
3. "Stick to the Status Quo"
4. "I Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
5. "When There Was Me and You"
6. "Headstrong"
7. "We'll Be Together"
8. "He Said, She Said"
9. "Get'cha Head in the Game"
10. "Dance With Me"
11. "Push it to the Limit"
12. "Marchin'"
13. "What I've Been Looking For" (Reprise)
14. "What I've Been Looking For"
15. "Let's Dance"
16. "Say OK"
17. "Come Back To Me"
18. "Bop to the Top"
19. "Breaking Free"

Encore

20. "We're All in This Together"

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
North America[1]
November 29, 2006	San Diego	United States	Valley View Casino Center	9,736 / 9,803	$525,518
December 1, 2006	San Jose		SAP Center at San Jose	12,408 / 13,103	$647,409
December 3, 2006	Glendale		Gila River Arena	11,328 / 12,325	$604,891
December 5, 2006	Sacramento		Sleep Train Arena	8,407 / 10,225	$448,163
December 6, 2006	Stockton		Stockton Arena	7,711 / 9,054	$414,484
December 8, 2006	Bakersfield		Rabobank Arena	7,428 / 7,829	$403,528
December 10, 2006	Portland		Moda Center	7,880 / 13,195	$423,779
December 11, 2006	Seattle		KeyArena	8,116 / 11,534	$432,505
December 16, 2006	Bossier City		CenturyLink Center	6,149 / 9,007	$332,158
December 17, 2006	Dallas		American Airlines Center	12,590 / 14,012	$657,699
December 18, 2006	Houston		Toyota Center	12,416 / 12,811	$638,822
December 20, 2006	Tampa		Amalie Arena	13,091 / 14,190	$677,327
December 21, 2006	Orlando		Amway Center	10,802 / 11,516	$575,982
December 22, 2006	Columbia		Colonial Life Arena	9,149 / 12,096	$477,117
December 23, 2006	Charlotte		Time Warner Cable Arena	10,937 / 11,101	$560,025
December 27, 2006	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	10,532 / 14,595	$545,802
December 28, 2006	Washington, D.C.		Verizon Center	14,278 / 14,546	$731,209
December 29, 2006	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	26,258 / 26,993	$1,444,431
December 30, 2006	Manchester		Verizon Wireless Arena	8,956 / 9,283	$502,429
December 31, 2006	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
January 2, 2007	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	15,041 / 15,841	$701,317
January 3, 2007	Rochester	United States	Blue Cross Arena	10,507 / 10,863	$548,724
January 4, 2007	Hartford		XL Center	12,673 / 12,824	$663,195
January 6, 2007	Pittsburgh		Consol Energy Center	12,570 / 13,100	$616,083
January 7, 2007	Albany		Times Union Center	12,028 / 12,301	$622,798
January 8, 2007	East Rutherford		Izod Center	15,660 / 15,723	$865,997
January 9, 2007	Worcester		DCU Center	10,738 / 11,016	$569,467
January 11, 2007	Philadelphia		Wells Fargo Center	12,545 / 13,210	$653,193
January 12, 2007	Charlottesville		John Paul Jones Arena	10,053 / 12,162	$527,621
January 13, 2007	Cincinnati		U.S. Bank Arena	11,445 / 11,633	$614,895
January 14, 2007	Cleveland		Wolstein Center	10,350 / 10,569	$564,911
January 16, 2007	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	15,043 / 15,385	$775,157
January 17, 2007	Indianapolis		Bankers Life Fieldhouse	11,590 / 13,159	$600,484
January 18, 2007	Columbus		Value City Arena	13,286 / 13,649	$683,026
January 19, 2007	Rosemont		Allstate Arena	13,442 / 13,442	$696,237
January 21, 2007	Milwaukee		BMO Harris Bradley Center	13,997 / 14,499	$706,182
January 22, 2007	St. Louis		Scottrade Center	15,206 / 15,487	$772,296
January 23, 2007	Kansas City		Sprint Center	13,768 / 14,039	$711,456
January 26, 2007	Anaheim		Honda Center	12,019 / 12,367	$651,591
January 27, 2007	Fresno		Save Mart Center	6,776 / 7,414	$395,140
January 28, 2007	Las Vegas		Thomas & Mack Center	12,374 / 12,374	$637,669
January 29, 2007	Los Angeles		Staples Center	13,804 / 13,910	$717,482
South America[2]
May 15, 2007	Buenos Aires	Argentina	River Plate Stadium	N/A	N/A
May 16, 2007
May 18, 2007	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional	16,570 / 25,000	$891,140
May 20, 2007	São Paulo	Brazil	Estádio do Morumbi	37,406 / 41,205	$2,186,358
May 22, 2007	Caracas	Venezuela	Estadio Universitario de Caracas	8,918 / 14,809	$507,376
May 24, 2007	Monterrey	Mexico	Auditorio Coca-Cola	16,192 / 18,396	$1,287,564
May 25, 2007
May 27, 2007	Mexico City		Foro Sol	35,139 / 51,215	$1,981,077
May 29, 2007	Guadalajara		Arena VFG	19,120 / 19,440	$1,081,651
May 30, 2007

Concert facts

Hudgens during HSM concert.

• The concert typically ran two and a half hours (150 minutes).
• The concert CD/DVD came from a performance in Houston, Texas on December 18, 2006 at the Toyota Center. On May 1, 2007, it was released on both CD and DVD together.
• Kenny Ortega, the movie's director and choreographer, became the show's touring producer, creative director and director. On the night of the last concert, as seen on YouTube, the cast introduced him before singing one last chorus of "We're All in This Together".
• The live version of "Start of Something New" recorded at the Houston concert appeared in the Radio Disney Jams Vol. 9 CD
• In Mexico the release took place on April 30, 2007.^[3] In the US the release happened on May 1, 2007.
• The concert DVD features Jordan Pruitt.^[4]
• The cast toured four countries in South America: Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Venezuela

Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel performing "Stick To The Status Quo" in Chile

• Vanessa Hudgens had a cold on the tour, resulting in her sounding flat and off-key in some sections of the concert album and DVD
• On May 26, 2007, Disney Channel Latin America showed the concert made in Buenos Aires in Argentina. This performance aired none of Ashley Tisdale's songs, and Vanessa Hudgens only sang "Come Back To Me".
• On June 9, 2007, Canal 13 showed the concert performed in Santiago, Chile, airing all the solo performances.
• On June 10, 2007 the concert filmed in Mexico City, Mexico aired on Disney Channel Latin America.
• Each of the singers had two microphones during the performances: a headset microphone with a flesh-colored pad on the tip, and a hand-held microphone.
• "Dance with Me" (from Cheetah Girls 2, also directed by Kenny Ortega with choreography by Ortega and Charles Klapow) included an extended guitar solo which allowed Monique Coleman to feature in an extended tango number with both backup dancer Jared Murillo and Seeley. Murillo also choreographed "Dance with Me".
• While the CD and DVD were recorded at the same show, the two different formats feature slightly different edits, for example when Lucas thanks the cast and crew at the end of "We're All in This Together", he says: "Houston you have been awesome" and thanks the band on the CD version whilst the DVD version skips straight into thanking the cast and dancers. He thanks Jordan Pruitt in real life, but on both the CD/DVD combo and the Extreme All-Access Pass DVD, he never does.
• Erin Lareau designed the costumes for the concert tour.

Broadcasts and recordings

High School Musical: The Concert
Live album by High School Musical
Released	June 26, 2007 (U.S.)
Recorded	2006–2007
Genre	Pop
Length	51:44
Label	Walt Disney

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Amazon	link

CD (CD / DVD released on May 1, 2007)

• Disc 1 [CD]

1. Start of Something New - Drew & Vanessa ft. Ashley, Lucas, Corbin, and Monique
2. Stick to the Status Quo - Ashley, Lucas, & Cast
3. I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You - Drew, Vanessa, Ashley, & Lucas ft Corbin and Monique
4. When There Was Me And You - Vanessa
5. Get'cha Head In The Game - Drew, Corbin, and Male Dancers
6. What I've Been Looking For- Drew & Vanessa
7. What I've Been Looking For (Reprise) - Ashley & Lucas
8. Bop To The Top - Ashley & Lucas
9. Breaking Free - Drew & Vanessa
10. We're All in This Together - Drew, Vanessa, Ashley, Lucas, & cast

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Recording Artist(s)	Length
11.	"Push It To The Limit"	Corbin Bleu	3:29
12.	"Say OK"	Vanessa Hudgens	3:32
13.	"Dance With Me"	Drew Seeley	3:58
14.	"We'll Be Together"	Ashley Tisdale	3:46

• Disc 2 [DVD]

1. Five performances of High School Musical hits (Start of Something New, Get'cha Head In The Game, Bop To The Top, Breaking Free, We're All in This Together)
2. Exclusive cast interviews (Concert Highlights DVD)
3. Preview for High School Musical : The Concert Extreme Access Pass

DVD (DVD released on June 26, 2007)

1. The Start Of Something New - Drew, Vanessa, Ashley, Lucas, Monique & Corbin
2. Stick To The Status Quo - Drew, Vanessa, Ashley, Lucas & Cast
3. I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You - Drew, Vanessa, Ashley, Lucas, Monique & Corbin
4. When There Was Me And You - Vanessa
5. We'll Be Together - Ashley
6. Get'cha Head In The Game - Drew & Corbin with backup dancers
7. Push It To the Limit - Corbin Bleu
8. Marchin - Corbin
9. What I've Been Looking For (Version A) - Drew & Vanessa
10. What I've Been Looking For (Version B) - Ashley & Lucas
11. Say OK - Vanessa
12. Bop To The Top - Ashley & Lucas
13. Breakin' Free - Drew & Vanessa
14. We're All in This Together - Drew, Vanessa, Ashley, Lucas & Cast

Bonus tracks

1. Jordan Pruitt's show-opening act ("Jump to the Rhythm", "Teenager", "Outside Looking In", "Miss Popularity")
2. High School Musical: On the Road
3. U Direct (Start of Something New, Get'cha Head In The Game, Bop To The Top, Breaking Free, We're All in This Together)
4. High School Musical 2 Trailer

See also

• High School Musical
• High School Musical 2
• High School Musical 3: Senior Year
• High School Musical: El desafio (Argentina)

Notes

1. The score data is representative of the both shows in Uniondale, New York at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on December 29 and December 31 respectively.

References

1. Box score:
   • "Billboard Boxscore - Concert Grosses". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 119 (4): 14. 27 January 2007. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
   • "Billboard Boxscore - Concert Grosses". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 119 (6): 69. 10 February 2007. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
2. "Billboard Boxscore - Concert Grosses". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 119 (24): 14. 16 June 2007. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
3. Mixup Music Store
4. High School Musical: The Concert - Extreme Access Pass (DVD)

External links

• Official website
• High School Musical: The Concert - Official DVD Site
• High School Musical: The Concert - Official Tour Site
• High School Musical: The Concert - Disney Channel Tour Site