High School Musical MTI Reference Recording

interestingly, someone asked on castalbums.org just asked about this a couple days ago! weird that no one there has any info

It has to be an assembled cast. The recording was available as part of the licensing package when the show was initially released to schools. That was before any tour or professional production.

Fun fact: it was marketed as the opportunity to do the Broadway-bound High School Musical stage adaptation before Broadway. Really, they just knew the license would print money after the success of the movie and rubber stamped every amateur production for the first year or so.

It's still the most successful high school production I've ever taught. We sold out 5 shows at a 650 seat auditorium. They can't even fill that auditorium for high school graduation.