Opening Night

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01/06/20 • 36 min

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Podcast

We’re back for the penultimate episode of Season 1 — it’s opening night and everyone is stressed, excited, and eager to get the show rolling. Palmer and Petrana break down the highs and lows of the first act and take a look at showrunner Tim Federle’s pitch bible (https://twitter.com/TimFederle/status/1213605071272833026).

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The Tech Rehearsal

Palmer and Petrana reconvene during the holiday season to talk about “The Tech Rehearsal,” a Miss Jenn-focused episode that’s truly the gift that keeps on giving. While we miss Gina (and Mr. Mazzara), there’s a whole lot of Rini tension going on along with some heart to hearts between EJ and Carlos. The highlight, though, is definitely Lucas Grabeel’s cameo in "Role of a Lifetime," a song that finally allowed Kate Reinders to flex her Broadway chops. Also, we mull over what Ricky’s nickname would have been if it wasn’t Ricky. Rich? Rick? Chard?

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Act Two

Palmer and Petrana are back for a deluxe, one-hour episode all about the season finale, “Act Two.” In addition to waxing poetic about everything that went down in this episode, we talk ships, HSMTMTS’ GLAAD Media Awards nomination, and the set up for Season 2.