New Year's Eve is the first episode of the second season of Disney+ High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. It aired on May 14, 2021.
Synopsis[]
Flying high after the triumph of opening night, Ricky, Nini, Gina, and the Wildcats gather at Ashlyn's for a New Year's Eve party. Miss Jenn runs into the new North High rival theatre teacher – a.k.a her ex-boyfriend - and at the stroke of midnight, shocking revelations come to the surface.
Plot[]
The East High theater students celebrate the beginning of the holiday break with a performance of "Something in the Air". Miss Jenn oversees the reconstruction of the school theater's stage while planning for their next production; High School Musical 2. She encounters her high school boyfriend and former stage rival Zack Roy, who has returned to rival school North High to lead the school's drama department in their production of The Little Mermaid, in the hope of winning the Alan Menken Award for high school theater productions. Intimidated, Miss Jenn decides to shift East High's spring musical to Beauty and the Beast to compete against her rival. During a New Year's Eve party at Ashlyn's house, she announces the change and reveals that she has entered the group into the competition. Ricky struggles with the news that his father will be downsizing to a smaller home. After hiding the news about her acceptance into the performing arts school from Ricky, Nini suddenly reveals to him that she will be moving to Denver.[1]
Songs[]
- Something in the Air
- The Perfect Gift
- High School Musical 2 Medley
- Bet On It
Cast[]
- Joshua Bassett as Ricky Bowen
- Olivia Rodrigo as Nini Salazar-Roberts
- Kate Reinders as Miss Jenn
- Sofia Wylie as Gina Porter
- Matt Cornett as E.J. Caswell
- Dara Reneé as Kourtney Greene
- Julia Lester as Ashlyn Caswell
- Frankie A. Rodriguez as Carlos Rodriguez
- Larry Saperstein as Big Red
- Mark St. Cyr as Mr. Mazzara
- Joe Serafini as Seb Matthew-Smith
Guest starring[]
- Alexis Nelis as Natalie Bagley
- Derek Hough as Zack
- Alex Quijano as Mike Bowen
- Amy Tolsky as Big Red's Mom
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