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Emmy/DGA-nominated showrunner/director of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES and BETTER NATE THAN EVER :)
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Hire real theater kids — and then get out of their way. Here’s what “breaks” looked like on the set of #hsmtmts — all episodes now streaming on ! 🥳❤️
Thank you, Marsha P. Johnson. Without the Stonewall Riots, there is no Pride Month. We will not forget your name or what you taught us 🏳️🌈
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Shocked to learn 🤗 is a “hug” emoji and not “punctuating a moment with jazz hands.” Just wow.
Shot something super special for #hsmtmts Season 2 today. This cast and crew is world class, and makes my dreams come true on the daily.
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me stretching out the word count on a high school essay
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Hey Wildcats! Here's the latest #HSMTMTS scoop from stars @JoshuaTBassett and @Olivia_Rodrigo on the state of Ricky and Nini's romance. Will they end up together by the end of the season? 
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Everyone say “Congrats on graduating college and !” So proud of you boys!! 🥳👨🎓👨🎓
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Don’t major in acting, just watch Tom Hanks’s speech. All about the crew, all about the co-stars, all about everyone but him. Master class.
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Biden launches into a capella bridge of "drivers license," powerful.
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Ok, here’s an episode 109 scoop. As the cast was busy shooting this giant show, was writing “All I Want.” Here’s the *very first draft* original, released for the first time ever. It was incredible from day 1. #HSMTMTS
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And here’s some episode 110 craziness: we shot the scene where Nini gets into boarding school 2 different ways, just in case we didn’t get a season 2. Here’s Ricky learning in real time alongside her. But now? He 👏doesn’t 👏 know. #HSMTMTS
Wow. 's return raises 1/2 a million dollars for @TheActorsFund in single night. Always bet on theater people. Bravo and . ❤️
Psst. Check your DMs.
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If the CATS cast doesn’t crash the Golden Globes and perform an a capella Jellicle Ball, we riot at dawn.
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The original episode 4 did not include "All I Want." There was no song moment for Nini at the end. While we were shooting the finale, Disney and I got the idea to give Olivia a shot at writing a song for the episode. Olivia turned it around in 3 days, we shot it, added it, and 😭
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I just... 😭
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found this gem from when we shot episode 1! can’t help falling in love! #ComfortContent #HSMTMTS
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Ready, willing, and...gay, here. Please revise this outdated policy and allow us to donate 🏳️🌈🙏
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Over the past week, blood centers throughout the country have experienced a significant drop in donations due to #COVID19. Let's talk about why this is so significant, what it could mean for our nation's blood supply, and why healthy people should donate now. #THREAD
We may need to bring Nini's British accent back in season two. #HSMTMTS
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Bernadette Peters, age *squints at the screen* 36, is about to kill me.
About to attend my first Zoom funeral. Please, take this seriously, and take care of each other — from afar if you're able to. ❤️
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OK there has been a LOT of controversy around saying "Troy would have arrived on time" when Ricky enters the audition late. THIS WAS MY FAULT. Stop @'ing poor Frankie. #HSMTMTS
Fun fact: our dynamite #HSMTMTS dialogue coach (and absolute star, himself) had to miss the final days of production on Season One—so Miss Jenn herself voluntarily came to set to make sure all the "kids" knew their lines. ❤️
Shoutout to the healthcare workers, journalists, and countless parents working 24/7 shifts. Just, wow. ❤️
“And then THE MUSIC MAN beat WEST SIDE STORY.” -my mom telling me about the 1958 Tony Awards ❤️😯
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We had to shoot Kate singing "We're All in This Together" about 20 times because and and kept laughing. Kate didn't know why they were laughing. Bless. #HSMTMTS
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Fave memory of the #savemissjenn episode of #hsmtmts: sneaking away in the East High cafeteria to show the first cut of “Wondering,” right out of editing.
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Truly one of my favorites days in ever. #hsmtmts
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High School Musical: The Musical: The Series season 2 musical is not High School Musical 2 share.ew.com/D5Zo1Pi
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*prepares self emotionally for "Wondering"*
We shot this song to lip-sync too, but the live version was *chef's kiss*
When in doubt, hire real theater kids and then get out of their way.
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Some chatter online about the fact that East High did BEAUTY AND THE BEAST a couple years ago. This WILL be addressed in season 2 👀 #HSMTMTS
If you aren’t online looking at wildly unaffordable real estate in towns you’ll never move to, we are having a very diff quar.
Deeply saddened by the loss of Nick Cordero to Covid-19. All love and strength to Amanda Kloots ❤️
Awards aren't everything, but this one is especially meaningful. Thank you for recognizing #HSMTMTS and for the platform to tell these stories. ❤️🏳️🌈
Network note: "Friday the 13th occurring in this timeframe feels a bit heavy-handed. Can we consider saving this beat till Act 3, to pace out the calamities?"
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I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston: The Filharmonic ft. Frank... youtu.be/yyQpmwNJhSA via @YouTube
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The dancers in 's "Status Quo" tray dance were so good, we had to ask them to mess it up like a "real" high school rehearsal. They're all local to Utah and all brilliant. #HSMTMTS
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This going out, partying, breaking curfew has to stop. We... we need to ground our parents.
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This Ricky/Nini "the old me thinks musicals are awesome" was the audition scene for all potential Ricky and Ninis. Needless to say, and nailed it. Also, Ricky's "I don't not love you" not being heard kinda kills me.
day 1: maybe this'll be a chance to reconnect with my family :)
day 13: *wakes up at noon to purell a cactus*
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Episode 108. was such a gentleman. The spotlight hitting Kate on “I’ll give it my all” makes me cry a little. Educators save lives! #hsmtmts
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Nini (Olivia Rodrigo) shot most of the "Ricky reaction shots" in his audition without Ricky standing there—it was a timing issue with Olivia's work hours, so she's mostly reacting to... nothing. #MerylStreep #HSMTMTS
1994 “Damn Yankees” Tonys performance on YouTube to replace Super Bowl.
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Grease singalong to replace Tony Awards broadcast on CBS share.ew.com/GQAFlq4
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A lotta those names on the cast sheet are named after my childhood theater friends. 's Seb Matthew Smith is a tribute to Peter Matthew Smith, who plays King George on one of the HAMILTON tours. Or... did. Till recently. #HSMTMTS
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. and shot this breakup scene on day one of the series. Heartbreaker!
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We shot a version of "Start of Something New" for Nini where she stood next to herself in a red dress and sang it as a duet. But it was... strange, like she suddenly had an evil twin. So we went full Broadway fantasy and re-shot it in the version you see now. #HSMTMTS
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Hurt to learn that sometimes I don’t need an entire extra meal between meals but rather 3 to 7 almonds.
Inspired by people speaking up. Gutted for friends who live in fear. Just donated to #blacklivesmatter and hope you will too if you can: blacklivesmatter.com