Disney’s High School Musical on tour delights
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Yesterday I had the distinct privilege of accompanying my six year-old daughter to see the national tour of Disney’s High School Musical.
It’s bad enough I’ve had to sit through two franchise movies and the occasional re-airing of the show on Disney Channel. But now, in true Disney fashion, I have yet another opportunity of soaking in more over-the-top high school mania.
Oh the things we parents do for our kids.
Although my anticipation in no way matched my daughter’s for the evening extravaganza at Planet Hollywood’s Theatre for the Performing Arts, I must say I was impressed with the quality and ingenuity of the stage production.
Of course, you wouldn’t expect anything less than perfect from Disney. I mean, they must have a sizable percentage of every family’s annual income.
The staging of the movie for the theater was clever. The costumes and set were top-notch. The performers were even pretty much on-point if you can get past the exaggerated acting that Disney just soaks up.
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