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We’re on our last leg of our fundraising for Rebooked! And to meet our goal, we are selling tickets to Stages and Trumpets’ HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. Not only will you enjoy the very popular play but by buying a ticket, you will also help bring books to an Ifugao community. The tickets that we have are for June 29 (it’s a special show), 8 p.m. at the Meralco Theater. You won’t regret spending your P 800 for it! To get your tickets, please text Charm at 09175050516. Come and sing “We’re All in This Together” with us!

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TRUMPETS PLAYSHOP AND STAGES’ PRODUCTION OF DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL

STAGES recently got the nod of Disney Theatrical Productions and Music Theatre International (MTI) to mount the newly adapted stage musical based on Disney Channel’s hit original movie “High School Musical” in the Philippines.

Since Emmy-winning “High School Musical” premiered on Disney Channel U.S. last January, it has been televised 13 times and was seen by over 37 million viewers. Its maiden telecast alone set record-breaking ratings for Disney Channel. The TV movie has since established ratings records in Australia and South East Asia. In the Philippines, “High School Musical” ranked no. 1 in its timeslot beating all other kid TV channels during its premiere telecast.

Moreover, the TV movie’s soundtrack is the top-selling album of the year to date in the U.S., selling over 2.7 million copies. Its DVD release has sold over 2.3 million copies since May, making “High School Musical” the best-selling TV movie on DVD of all time. A junior novel based on the Disney movie landed on no. 1 spot in the New York Times’ bestseller list (children’s paperbacks). Music sheets for guitar, piano and vocals are also selling like hotcakes.

“High School Musical” follows the sugar-sweet story of popular high school basketball star Troy Bolton and timid, math genius Gabriella Montez who discover that they share a secret passion for singing, and must learn to break free from their cliques’ typical expectations in order for the two to fulfill their dreams.

Both TV movie and stage versions of “High School Musical” boast of catchy “break into song” production numbers, which include “Start of Something New,” “Get’cha Head in the Game,” “What I’ve Been Looking For,” “Stick to the Status Quo,” “When There Was Me and You,” “Bop to the Top,” and “We’re All in This Together.” The soaring duet and U.S. Billboard Top 4 hit, “Breaking Free,” two new songs, and a “High School Musical” Megamix complete the song list in the adapted full stage version.

Trumpets Playshop and STAGES’ production of “High School Musical,” which will be mounted at the Meralco Theater starting this June, will cast young heartthrob Sam Concepcion as the musical’s male lead, Troy Bolton. This will be Sam’s big stage comeback after the hit “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” which was staged four years ago. He was enrolled with Trumpets Playshop’s advance musical theater class when he was just nine years old. He later took up street dancing classes. Soon after, he was competing in ABS CBN’s first season of “Little Big STAR,” where he grabbed the Brightest Star title. Also managed by STAGES, Sam has been featured in various ABS CBN soaps like “Super Inggo,” “Your Song,” and “Walang Kapalit” with Piolo Pascual and Claudine Barretto. He is currently dubbing the voice of Yukio Tanakar for Japanese anime, “Beck” to be shown over Hero Channel.