REVIEWS FOR DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL
"A+ for Kids. A+ for Parents. Our take after attending the open night performance Wednesday night: If
you do nothing else this year with your kids, get tickets to this sure-to-sell out theater production at
Chicago's LaSalle Bank Theatre. From a stage that employs techniques more reminiscent of the movie
"Grease" than the TV "High School Musical" to creative sets that are as energetic as the performers, this
show will keep you and your kids nodding your heads and on the edge of your seats from the opening
scene and on your feet dancing and cheering by the end. This is a can't miss for families. You might even
want to see it twice."
-Tamara L. O'Shaughnessy, Chicago Parent
"Disney struck gold with 'High School Musical' long before the curtain rose on the stage version of the
made-for-cable film. And the mine shows no signs of running dry. The wide eyes and wider smiles on the
faces of exuberant tweens and teens proclaimed 'HSM' a hit, and the response from enthusiastic parents
(including Michelle Obama who attended with her two children) confirmed it. Sweetly innocuous,
unabashedly corny and undeniably infectious, this show is critic-proof. No scribe can stop the 'HSM'
juggernaut. There's no reason to."
-Barbara Vitello, Chicago Daily Herald
"If the reaction to Wednesday night's premiere of High School Musical at the La Salle Bank Theatre is any
indication of what we can expect when the show hits Toronto this September, then David Mirvish is only
going to have one problem on his hands: Crowd control. 'I've never seen anything like it,' said one
veteran usher as she watched the capacity crowd of 1,900 people jump to their feet to cheer the latest
manifestation of one of the biggest media events of this still-new century. Even Michelle Obama (wife of
presidential hopeful Barack) stood docilely on line with her children, waiting to feel the thrill of a show that
has captured the imagination of Americans the way she hopes her husband's campaign will."
-Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star