High School Musical 3: Senior Year

High School Musical 3: Senior Year is the third installment in Disney's High School Musical franchise. It was released in theaters on October 24, 2008. Kenny Ortega returns as director and choreographer along with the cast from the first two movies.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Directed by	Kenny Ortega
Written by	Peter Barsocchini
Produced by	Bill Borden Barry Rosenbush Don Schain (co-producer)
Starring	Zac Efron Vanessa Hudgens Ashley Tisdale Lucas Grabeel Corbin Bleu Monique Coleman
Cinematography	Daniel Aranyo
Edited by	Seth Flaum
Music by	David Lawrence Matthew Gerrard Robbie Nevil Shankar Mahadevan Randy Peterson Antonnia Armato Andy Dodd Faye Greenberg Jamie Houston Adam Watts Kevin Quinn
Distributed by	Walt Disney Pictures
Release date	October 24, 2008
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$13.3 million

Plot

High school sweethearts Troy Bolton and Gabriella Montez are facing the prospect of being separated from each other as they go off in different directions when graduating from East High. Joined by the rest of their Wildcat friends, including Sharpay and Ryan Evans, Chad Danforth, Kelsi Nielsen, Zeke Baylor, Martha Cox, and Taylor McKessie, they stage a spring musical about their experiences, hopes and fears about the future.

Musical Numbers

Song	Lead Singers	Scene
"Now or Never"	Troy, Gabriella, Chad, Zeke, Jason, Martha, and Cheerleaders	East High gym
"Right Here, Right Now"	Troy and Gabriella	Troy's Treehouse
"I Want It All"	Sharpay and Ryan	East High cafeteria
"Can I Have This Dance?" (Verse 1 + Bridge)	Troy and Gabriella	Rooftop garden of East High
"A Night to Remember"	Troy, Chad, Gabriella, Jason, Zeke, Taylor, Martha, Kelsi, Sharpay, Ryan	East High Auditorium
"Just Wanna Be with You"	Ryan and Kelsi; Troy and Gabriella	East High Auditorium/East High Music Room
"The Boys Are Back"	Troy and Chad	Riley's Auto Salvage Junkyard
"Right Here, Right Now" (Reprise)	Troy and Gabriella	Gabriella's house/Troy's treehouse
"Walk Away"	Gabriella	Gabriella's house
"Scream"	Troy	Throughout East High
"Can I Have This Dance?" (Verse 2)	Troy and Gabriella	Stanford University/East High Auditorium
"Senior Year Spring Musical"	Kelsi, Ryan, Chad, Sharpay, Jimmie, Troy, Gabriella, & Tiara	East High Auditorium (The Spring Musical performance)
"We're All in This Together (Graduation Mix)"	Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad, Taylor (on soundtrack); Choir (in film)	East High auditorium/graduation ceremony
"High School Musical"	Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan, Chad and Taylor	Graduation Ceremony on the East High Football Field

Casting

Returning cast

• Zac Efron as Troy Bolton
• Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez
• Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans
• Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans
• Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth
• Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie
• Olesya Rulin as Kelsi Nielsen
• Ryne Sanborn as Jason Cross
• Chris Warren, Jr. as Zeke Baylor
• Kaycee Stroh as Martha Cox
• Alyson Reed as Ms. Darbus
• Bart Johnson as Jack Bolton
• Leslie Wing as Lucille Bolton

Other websites

• Official Site
• High School Musical 3: Senior Year on IMDb
• High School Musical 3: Senior Year at AllMovie