High School Musical review: autumn’s must-book sing-a-long

High School Musical review and star rating: ★★★★ Musicals have always looked to film and TV for inspiration, and nostalgia has been a massive driver for commissioners. West End productions of Clueless, The Devil Wears Prada and 50 First Dates are a handful that have belted their way over from Hollywood, although the announcement of a musical version of High School Musical felt more surprising.  While there are undoubtedly HSM diehards, with this stage adaptation, even fans of the original are asking, ‘why now?’ The Zac Efron movies are generous, frothy fun, but perhaps don t ironically translate to adulthood in quite the same way as other naughties classics. Whatever the case, despite this chiming with the 20th anniversary of the first film, it felt like a left-field booking for the Troubadour Theatre, the new 2,000 capacity theatre in Wembley whose last show, Starlight Express, was a major smash hit.  High School Musical: Zingy choreography Anyway, it turns out everybod