Tim Federle News

Cast members from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series joined forces to record an acoustic version of the song 'Wondering' from the show!

The cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series! cast sang along to 'Born to Be Brave,' a song from the series, on a bus. In the segment they call 'Buspool Karaoke,' watch the cast members belt out the original song!

'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series' stars Joshua Bassett and Olivia Rodrigo performed at the Junior Theater Festival Atlanta this past weekend. Over 6,500 musical theater kids attended to watch Olivia and Joshua perform!

He may be the showrunner for Disney's hit musical theatre love letter, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES, but Tim Federle is a self-professed a?oetheatre dorka?? at heart. And this weekend, he joins thousands of theatre kids just like him right here in Atlanta.

The official soundtrack for the first season of the Disney+ original series, High School Musical: The Musical: The Seriesis out today, available HERE. The songs from the Walt Disney Records soundtrack have already amassed over 60 million streams (audio and video combined).  The cast of HSMTMTS have performed on ABC's Good Morning America and the ABC Christmas Day Parade.  The series, and its music, has garnered press coverage from cream of the crop media outlets such as People, Entertainment Tonight, Entertainment Weekly, E! News, Los Angeles Times, Billboard, Cosmopolitan and Buzzfeed.  Paste Magazine singled out the series as one of the a?oeTop Ten Shows on TV.a??  Olivia Rodrigo's (Nini's) track a?oeAll I Wanta?? has already landed in the top 40 on iTunes, top 100 on Spotify as well two Billboard charts.  HSMTMTS was also nominated this week for a GLAAD Award.   

President & Producer of Disney Theatrical Productions Thomas Schumacher; Caissie Levy (Frozen on Broadway); Nicholas Christopher (Hamilton on Broadway); Jennifer Locke (Hamilton national tour); creator/Executive Producer Tim Federle, Olivia Rodrigo, and Joshua Bassett (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series on Disney +); Luca Padovan and Isabella Russo (School of Rock); Jeff Calhoun (Newsies, Between The Lines); Rob Rokicki (The Lighting Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical); and Lotte Wakeham (Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical) are some of the stars and creatives confirmed for the 2020 iTheatrics Junior Theater Festival Atlanta (#JTF).

Disney+ original series HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES has just released the music video for the song 'Out Of The Old,' sung by Olivia Rodrigo.

Disney+ original series HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES has just released the music video for the song 'Start of Something New.' The song was originally featured in the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical.

Nearly 14 years after the debut of Disney Channel's massively popular sensation 'High School Musical,' the beloved movie and its newest extension, the critically acclaimed, 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series' for Disney+, are the subject of a special telecast, 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Special,' to be presented beginning SATURDAY, DEC. 14, on ABC owned television stations and FRIDAY, DEC. 20, on Disney+.

There's not a Christmas tree in sight, but there's plenty of uplifting, feel good spirit in the Umbrella Stage Company's TUCK EVERLASTING, the third production of their inaugural season in their gleaming new building in Concord. Under the direction of Elliot Norton Award-winner Nancy Curran Willis, the simplicity and magic of the story shine through the captivating performance of Madi Shaer as 11-year old Winnie Foster, a girl whose life is inexorably changed when she runs away and meets the Tuck family in the woods of Treegap, New Hampshire.

Lights up in Washington Heights! The trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical In the Heights was just released, and the Broadway community is buzzing with excitement for Washington Heights coming to the big screen! Stage favorites including Lea Salonga, Karen Olivo, Josh Gad, Telly Leung, and more have taken to Twitter to express their emotions about the new trailer. Check out what they all had to say!

The Frozen North American tour officially opened last night, Friday, December 6, in a nine-week engagement at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in LA.

A new episode of the Disney+ Original Series, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES just dropped and Disney shared the music video for the new song 'Born to be Brave' from the episode. 

Actress Olivia Rodrigo makes her songwriting debut with 'All I Want,' a song showcased in the episode of 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series' premiering Friday, November 29 on Disney+. In the episode 'Blocking,' 16-year old Rodrigo performs the piano ballad as her character, Nini Salazar-Roberts. She recorded it live on the set during filming.

A new episode of the Disney+ Original Series, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES just dropped today, and with it the music video for the song 'A Billion Sorrys.' 

The soundtrack for season one of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series reveals that one of the original stars of High School Musical will guest star on the new Disney+ series!

A new episode of the Disney+ Original Series, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES just dropped and Disney shared the music video for the new song 'Wondering' from the episode. 

Today, Friday, November 8, the stars of the upcoming Disney+ series a?oeHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Seriesa?? a?' Joshua Bassett (a?oeRickya??), Olivia Rodrigo (a?oeNinia??), Sofia Wylie (a?oeGinaa??), Matt Cornett (a?oeE.J.a??), Dara Renee' (a?oeKourtneya??), Frankie A.  Rodriguez (a?oeCarlosa??), Julia Lester (a?oeAshlyna??) and Larry Saperstein (a?oeBig Reda??) took the stage at Good Morning America for an exhilarating performance and a chat with creator / executive producer Tim Federle.

The soundtrack from the highly-anticipated Disney+ a?oeHigh School Musical:  The Musical: The Seriesa?? will be available for pre-order beginning tomorrow, November 8. The Disney+ series will generate over 40 pieces of music and content.  The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series cast members penned two of the new songs for the Walt Disney Records OST. a?oeJust A Momenta?? (airing January 3, 2020) was co-written by Joshua Bassett (Ricky) and Olivia Rodrigo (Nini) as well as Dan Book, who also produced the track. a?oeAll I Wanta?? was written by Olivia Rodrigo and is set to air November 29. 

Disney+ has renewed the highly anticipated music-filled, comedic series 'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series' ahead of its debut on Disney+ TUESDAY, NOV. 12. Production on season two will resume early next year in Salt Lake City, Utah.