Older'High School Musical: The Musical: The Series' - Here's Everything We Know About Season 4, From Casting to Music & More!
We are just less than one week from the upcoming fourth season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series!
The Disney+ musical/documentary style TV sequel of the hit High School Musical franchise follows the “real” students at East High, where they filmed the movies.
Throughout the seasons, we’ve seen the students put on a production of High School Musical, Beauty and the Beast and Frozen.
The characters have gone through ups and downs, gone to summer camp, and faced many things that normal teenagers go through, like first relationships and discovering their sexuality.
As we gear up for the new season, we’re taking a look at all that we know about what’s going on, who’s in it and more.
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Keep scrolling below to get all the details on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series season four…
What’s the plot?
After an epic summer at Camp Shallow Lake, the Wildcats return to East High where they will prepare a stage production of High School Musical 3: Senior Year. But plans are disrupted when Principal Gutierrez announces that Disney has decided to make the long-awaited High School Musical 4: The Reunion movie on location at their beloved high school, and our Wildcats will be playing featured extras in the movie. It’s season four, and it’s now or never.
Which stars are returning?
Returning stars include Joshua Bassett, Kate Reinders, Sofia Wylie, Julia Lester, Frankie Rodriguez and Dara Renee.
Also set to return is Liamani Segura, who recurred as Emmy in season three. She has been promoted to series regular.
Will Olivia Rodrigo be back?
Olivia Rodrigo will not be reprising her role as Nini Salazar-Roberts in season four, as far as we know. There’s always a chance she shows up in a brief special guest star capacity.
She and her character essentially said goodbye in the season three finale.
“I would never say never to Olivia,” Tim said previously.
Who are the guest stars?
Past series stars Matt Cornett, Joe Serafini, Larry Saperstein, Mark St Cyr, Adrian Lyles and Saylor Bell will all return to the series as guest stars throughout the season.
It was previously revealed that Kylie Cantrall has joined the cast as Dani.
Also cast as recurring guest stars include:
Matthew Sato as sitcom actor Mack.
Caitlin Reilly as indie film director Quinn.
Vasthy Mompoint as choreographer Krystal.
Are any original High School Musical movie stars making an appearance?
YES! It was announced that SIX OG High School Musical stars will be back – Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Lucas Grabeel, Kaycee Stroh, Bart Johnson and Alyson Reed will all play themselves, as well as reprising their character roles.
Lucas, Kaycee and Corbin have all made past appearances.
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens visiting East High over the summer in 2022 was just coincidence.
What songs will they be singing?
They will be performing songs from High School Musical 3: Senior Year, as well as more new originals.
Frankie and Joe previewed a new song that their characters sing. Check it out!
Has filming started?
Yes! Filming on the upcoming fourth season began in September, and actually wrapped up right before Christmas 2022!
Is there a trailer?
The first teaser trailer for the upcoming season was unveiled in June 2023, during Pride Month. Check it out here!
A couple weeks later, the full trailer was unveiled – watch now!
When does it premiere?
The upcoming fourth season of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series will debut all eight episodes on Wednesday, August 9th on Disney+.
Will there be another season?
It was sadly revealed that season four of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series will be it’s last. Check out what showrunner Tim Federle said…
Be sure to also find out what else he shared about seeing these characters again someday.
