Good luck, kid,
Again,
Leap toe hop, leap toe hop,
Again, leap toe hop, leap to hop,
Again, leap toe hop, leap toe hop,
Again,
Leap toe hop, leap toe hop,
Again, leap toe hop,
Pay attention,
Now connect then leap toe hop, leap toe hop,
Again leap toe hop, leap toe hop,
And, try not to fall,
All right everybody, one time without me,
You ready?
A five, six, seven, eight,
A high school musical,
Sounds lame no?
But here in our blessed hallways of Saint James School,
you might say that each and every one of us is
a star on the rise in our high school musical,
trying to find a moment to shine
without stepping on each other's toes,
It isn't easy,
You may ask how can the Ricky Redmond
possibly bear being surrounded by such amateurs?
Well, I'll tell you, I don't know,
But it's a tradition,
Each year, The Saint James Church of the San Fernando Valley
is transformed into the Saint James Theater,
It's not quite like the Saint James Theater
on the real live Broadway, but it'll do for now,
That's where we drama kids sacrifice our blood,
our sweat, and our social lives
for a taste of that spotlight,
All right take five,
Nobody bother me,
You forgot the routine, Mitchell?
You know dancing depresses me,
You were so kicking your face up there, Ricky,
Such fearless work,
I completely forgot that last box step was coming,
I was an entire beat behind,
You were perfection, utter perfection,
Wasn't he perfection?
Half a beat behind,
Only half a beat,
But you made it look like a character choice,
Well, was it a quirky character?
Quirky is like my type, you know,
Was I quirky enough?
Why are you so nervous?
You get the lead every year,
You know it doesn't matter to me if I get the lead,
I'm just here to have a good time,
Of course, but the teachers obviously picked the show
so that you could play J, Pierrepont Finch,
I can't think of a more perfect
role for you, your senior year,
You have the charisma, you have the star power,
That's it?
You have the comedic timing,
You have the hair,
You are Patti LuPone and Benjamin Platt,
You sing, "Waving Through a Window," better than him,
You've got the B flat,,,
As you might have guessed,
I was never just your average boy,
You can ask my mom,
Ricky's always had a flair for the dramatic,
Look, look, look,
Little pisser, when he was three years old,
cracked his head open on the corner of the TV,
practicing one of his forte turns,
Nothing can get that stain out,
He bled hard,
That's because when my baby performs, he commits,
This is when Ricky dressed as a cheerleader for Halloween,
Oh, and this is from the Burlesque revue
he put on for all the neighbors,
50 bucks I dropped on that demi bra,
He looks better in it than I ever did,
This is from Ricky's first grade talent show,
The family was going, it was a rough time,
But that didn't stop my little Ricky,
my little showman, he walked right out onstage,
and twirled like nothing was wrong,
And that, that is when I knew
that my little angel pie had a gift,
I love you, Ricky,
I love you too, Mom,
But all these years of entertaining the masses,
could in no way compare to my greatest accomplishment yet,
That acceptance letter's my chance,
my ticket out of this glorified suburb and into a real city,
New York City, a place where artistic prowess
like mine is actually recognized,
And forgive me for sounding cliche,
but you know what they say about making it in New York,
Once I'm out there, everyone will know my name,
Who's that?
He's that gay kid who sings and stuff,
But I can't allow myself to get cocky,
I always have to make sure I'm at the top of my game,
just in case the competition gets fierce,
Hello, my name is Javier Rivera,
and I'll be singing, "Give my Regards to Broadway,"
Hi, my name is Heather Jaworski,
and I will be singing, "Maybe," from Annie,
My name is Louis Baker,
Hi, I'm Ari,
I'm Mitchell, and I'll be singing
my favorite Mariah ad-libs,
And I will be performing
my rendition of, "Part of Your World,"
I forgot what I was gonna sing,
♪ Give my regards to Broadway ♪
♪ Who ♪
♪ Remember me to Herald Square ♪
♪ I hope that I ♪
I can't hear myself up here, but it is what it is,
♪ Give my regards to old Broadway ♪
♪ And say that I'll be there,,, ♪
I'm Salvatore Cheng, and I'm gonna
be singing, "This Love of Mine Now,"
Next,
Thank you, Ricky,
Okay, so I'm be doing a 32 bar cut,
I don't play music,
I always appreciate your preparation, Ricky,
But how about for today we just
sing the music that's in your head?
Sister Hartt, can I get an E?
Hello,
My name is Ricky Redmond,
And I will be performing the number,
"Brotherhood of Man," from the musical,
"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,"
Breathe Ricky,
Don't judge the character, just live it,
Drop the larynx, focus on your moment before,
and never forget, you are a star,
Artists stop for nothing, Ricky,
Damn it, what's the lyric?
Look who it is?
What is a fella like you doing here?
Well, my Spring is open so I figure, why not?
Okay, what did I decide,
start at the bridge or the verse?
The verse gets momentum to build,
It's a hard hit if I begin with the bridge,
Okay definitely the bridge,
All right, okay, yes the bridge is perfect,
Stand back world, here comes the bridge,
Oh, where was I?
Ricky,
Fabulous job, as usual,
But I, I,,,
Josh, why don't you hop on up there?
Am I going crazy, or,,,
You sounded amazing,
Yeah, you were on point,
Okay Josh, you'll be singing?
Maybe I was just so in the moment,
that I completely blacked out,
This must be how Meryl Streep feels all the time,
Was I supposed to prepare a song?
Sing what your heart desires,
anything that comes to mind,
Hello, are we alive?
Oh, I'm alive,
Because right now Josh Kelly is giving me life,
This has to be
some sort of anxiety-induced a dream, right?
In what perverse reality is The Chopper doing here?
That's what everyone at Saint James calls him, The Chopper,
Something about him being able to chop
the length of a baseball game in half,
I know, it's totally lame but compared to,
that gay kid who sings and stuff, it's not half bad,
Josh had everything a boy like him could ever want,
Until one day,
♪ Silent ♪
Figures, I spent years getting audiences
Toni caliber, only to be overshadowed
by the human equivalent of a cruise ship jukebox review,
My spirit is immortalized in this theater,
or church theater, whatever it is,
But alas, our short attention spans
can't resist something new, and shiny, and vanilla,
You know what, I don't even care,
Soon I'll be cementing my legacy in New York,
and they'll still just be a bunch of butt pickers
with no vibrato, who can't even differentiate
between a cast recording and a soundtrack,
Enjoy your mediocrity, you basics,
If this is the art you accept, this is the art you deserve,
Oh that boy was giving me tone,
♪ Darling yes ♪
Moment,
Trash,
Release the tension, Ricky,
I'm completely free of tension,
I'm glad that Josh is trying out,
Now that he can't play baseball, he's opening his heart
to the world of the theater, and I'm touched,
I think the play's gonna be a lot of fun for him,
Athletes don't perform because they like to have fun,
Athletes perform because they like to win,
Tell Javi to call me at the store
and let me know if you got the part,
If I had my own cell phone, like any normal person,
I would be able to do it myself,
What, and you want to pay that bill?
Oh oh, can you drop off the rest of the bills?
I already did it,
Thank you, baby,
Okay okay, all right I'm going, I love you, bye,
Wait wait wait, whoa whoa whoa,
Aren't you forgetting something?
Come here real quick, come here, come here,
You're not leaving till you kiss your mother,
You're gonna get the part,
And if you don't, you're gonna get another part,
You'll be amazing,
'Cause your are amazing,
Okay okay, I love you bye, I gotta go bye,
I love you,
Have you heard from Heather?
She was supposed to be there early,
She added this to her string 10 minutes ago,
I'm about to enter the school now guys,
Wish me luck,
There's nothing else,
Heather, I'm coming,
Heather, Heather, Heather, Heather,
What, what?
What have they done to you?
They cast me as Miss Jones,
I've been reduced to the part of the floppy old lady,
Oh, I'm sorry,
Tina Hernandez got a bigger part,
Tina Hernandez, but she's,,,
A Freshman!
This wasn't me,
I'm gonna end up like a washed up old hag I am,
Okay, okay, okay Heather I'm gonna need you
to pull yourself together and tell me what part I got,
That's right ladies and gentlemen, you heard correctly,
After years in chorus, Mitchell Palmer,
vocal master class, has gotten a role,
♪ Five whole lines and singing solo ♪
I just hope the world's prepared for slayage,
Wow, look at you Mitchell,
Now maybe you'll learn how to act,
♪ Die in a fire bitch ♪
Ricky Redmond, Cindy Shedelbower,
Senior Editor of the Saint James Journal,
Tell me what's your reaction to getting
the lead in this year's musical?
Oh my God, Ricky,,,
Shut up!
♪ Here he is boys ♪
♪ Here he is world ♪
♪ Here's Ricky ♪
♪ You know what they say ♪
♪ Some people got it ♪
♪ Some people don't ♪
♪ Well I got it ♪
Josh Kelly, Cindy Shedelbower,
Senior Editor of the Saint James Journal,
Tell me, what's you're reaction to getting
the lead in this years musical?
It's cool, I'm just excited to meet my teammates,
It's natural to be upset,
Who's upset, I'm not upset,
I'm not complaining or anything,
I am just a little confused,
And I would love some clarification,
Double casting is very common in high school plays,
Josh will perform opening night,
You will perform closing,
It's an equal opportunity for maximum fun,
So much fun, and you know I'm not complaining or anything,
I just, I wished that we were warned beforehand
that you were planning on double casting,
We didn't know that you and Josh
would blow us away like you did,
So we want you to share the part,
It's kind of like how we used
to do it when I was in high school,
And I am not complaining about that,
because it was so nice of you to give Josh a chance,
And everyone deserves a chance,
Absolutely, including Josh Kelly,
Including Clarence Wilkins,
Even though Josh Kelly couldn't stay
on key when he was singing acapella,
Oh Clarence had two left feet and an unfortunate stutter,
- What? - What, nothing,
What are you saying?
Look, look, look, I know that Josh Kelly has a lot of
charm,
Listen, we did what we thought was fair,
Once again, not complaining,
I've done the school play every year since I've been here,
I understand where you coming from Ricky,
Really I do,
But this is a high school musical,
Politics has nothing to do with this,
This is a high school musical,
Politics has everything to do with this,
And then he says to me, Ricky,
if you were a new player on the baseball team,
you would want to have an equal chance,
First of all, I would never audition for
the baseball team because I am not a Neanderthal,
And second of all, I would expect to become
a star quarterback my first trip playing,
I would look up to the other players
who have paid their dues,
And for the love of Lerner and Loewe, I have paid my dues,
These are on me,
Take them away,
Come on, Heath,
Nothing cheers you up more than nachos,
I don't deserve nachos!
Our senior year, ruined,
tarnished in our memories forever,
I'm happy with the part I got,
Do you know what loyalty is?
Loyalty means standing by us,
your friends, the egregiously overlooked,
I'm sorry,
I just think I might actually be good, you know,
Maybe I should major in drama next year,
Javi, I'm elated that you're dreaming big right now,
But it's not always about you, okay?
Get out your phone, I need a social media moment,
Already logged on to your Insta,
Are you ever gonna
get a phone of your own, Rick?
Don't even right now, okay?
So honored to be playing the role of a lifetime, #grateful,
Perfect, simple yet sincere,
I hate everyone,
Don't worry,
One day this will be a really dramatic sequence
in your big Hollywood biopic,
Hollywood?
This artificial town will probably cast
some oldie in his late 20s or early 30s to play me, pass,
In your bio-musical then,
Ricky, you're still playing Finch,
This show is going to be historic,
♪ Get him ♪
♪ Gotta get the man ♪
♪ Stop singing my part ♪
Mitchell, this isn't your solo,
If you can't learn the tenor part,
I'm moving you to baritone,
Baritone singing isn't real singing,
Okay well, no one's going home
until we learn the harmonies,
I don't get this, what's harmony?
Just do what I do,
move your mouth and pretend like you're singing,
Okay tenors, please go to measure 75,
Ari, where did you get that?
From home,
You brought a glass of milk from home?
Sure,
Why?
Well you can't have cookies, without milk,
Lord, give me strength,
Hey, we ain't supposed to eat in here,
Since when do you make the rules?
Well, Father Piefre said that it makes crumbs,
Well God said, feed the kids,
And I only answer to him,
So I'm gonna eat, and if you got a problem
with that we could take it outside,
Oh, you wanna go little man?
Okay, Sal, Sal, just let it go,
Everybody get your bail money ready,
Sister Hartt, inciting violence is a sin,
Tell this minion here that he's going to hell,
Your haircut's a sin,
This hair is a part of my culture,
He's insulting my culture,
Your culture?
My great-grandpa was from Napoli,
Sal, watch your language,
Ari, just eat your cookies in silence,
And tenors, repeat after me,
♪ Get him ♪
♪ Gotta get him get him ♪
♪ Gotta get that man ♪
From the top, from,
Nobody was ready,
See that, show just left, just left,
You just missed the whole thing,
Five, six, from the top,
Since when do you wear black?
I'm in mourning for my life,
I highlighted all your lines, and even wrote in
a couple of acting tips to try,
Erase them, I want to be spontaneous,
Daniel Day doesn't plan ahead, and neither do I,
What's up guys, y'all excited or what?
Making some movie magic,
Knock it off,
Knock it off, I see you back there,
Put as much energy into this as you did to that,
I don't mean it to sound weird,
but this is all like super, what's the word I'm looking for?
Humbling,
The fact that I'm sharing a roll with
the famous Ricky Redmond is like,
whoa,
That's like, really nice,
And please, the honor's mine,
I mean come on you're
The Chopper,
Stop, stop,
You know what, I'm gonna leave,
I will leave, I will leave all of you
and you are not ready to perform,
You will be a disappointment to everybody,
What's with this?
Oh, just some scholarship crap,
NYU isn't gonna pay for itself,
I got into NYU, early decision,
You don't need to go to acting school,
Haven't you already liked been on Broadway?
Well no, not technically yet,
But once in 2008 I did get a callback for
the children's ensemble in the non-union Asian national tour
of, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,"
Yeah, I didn't understand anything you just said,
Oh dear,
Dude, you need to teach me everything you know,
Everything?
Okay,
What do you know about the Broadway?
I know I want to be on it, it's my dream,
I'm sorry, what?
What you guys don't have dreams?
How long have you had this dream?
Like a week now,
Great,
Call me crazy, but I was always under
the impression that your dream was, you know,
baseball or one of those things you do,
Well, it was,
No, that's it,
That's it, that that that that that, that's it,
I'm leaving, I'm done,
You know what, pull this number together yourself,
Your parents will all be disappointed in you,
You will never make anyone happy,
You will all be a disappointment forever,
Toodles,
What are you doing after school tomorrow?
What are you doing?
Having fun,
What do you do when you're alone in your room?
I don't know, look at porn,
Well singing divas is my porn,
What?
That was a joke,
You know,
an exaggeration for the sake of exaggerating,
I was about to say,
Why would women be in a gay guy's porn collection?
You are gay, right?
Is Barbara Streisand Jewish?
That's a yes,
That's cool,
My mom actually works with a guy who's gay, so,
Cool,
What do your parents do?
Well, Candy Redmond's job is obsessing over her son,
What's your dad into?
The ground,
What?
My dad died, remember?
First grade?
Everyone in class signed a mass card for me?
So he's into the ground,
Get it, get it?
Anyway,
You think you have what it takes to become a star?
Oh, I don't need to be a star,
I just want to have a good time,
Feigning humility to be more likable,
You and I are kindred spirits,
But don't worry,
The theater is meant to be a safe space, like a sanctuary,
And in our case, literally,
So you can be honest with me,
Honest about what, exactly?
About how you're cool, and hot, and talented,
No, no,
Everyone who's cool, and hot, and talented
knows that they're cool, and hot, and talented,
Modesty is the world's most destructive virtue,
If you were a modest pitcher, you never would have been able
to pitch all those Grand Slams, or whatever you do,
You mean strike outs?
Yeah sure, whatever,
Look, look,
These are the greatest divas that
have ever graced the Broadway,
You're no different than them,
No different?
I'm clueless, I have no training in this stuff,
Training only makes you talented,
It does not make you a star,
These women up here did not need training,
because these women up here have two things,
balls, and enthusiasm,
That's all you need to succeed in show business,
A little bit of enthusiasm, and a lot of
bit of balls will get you a long way,
Now, it looks like you already have the enthusiasm,
We just need to find your balls,
Yeah, I'm not cut out for this,
Well, why not?
I can't do what you do,
That's okay, no one can,
I'm just gonna tell Mr, Aubry I quit,
I mean what, what planet was I on
to think I could step into your shoes?
You, you leap through the halls,
and burst into song, and twirl batons, I don't,
I don't have your balls,
Wait, say that again,
I don't have your balls?
No before that,
Twirl batons,
You remember that?
That baton dance thing you did in first grade?
Yeah everyone remembers that,
My mom still talks about that peppy
baton twirler from elementary school,
I'll never forget everyone's reactions,
And every time you're on stage
the crowd falls in love with you,
It's so so weird 'cause normally everybody hates you,
It's a gift,
Is a superpower,
You should have seen my games, dude,
I ran that show,
It was up to me if the crowd had a good time or not
I controlled if they stood or cheered,
or booed or cried, all of it,
And all I had to do was throw a stupid baseball,
Every pitch, I was God,
That was my life,
Now that life's gonna go to whatever kid
gets my ride to Fullerton, so good for him,
Wait, wait, you had a scholarship?
Are you kidding?
I mean you've got to be kidding,
I've been scouted since I was in eighth grade,
They wrote about me in the papers every season,
Hey, this is Cal State Fullerton,
This is like the Broadway of college baseball,
and I was going, I made it,
And now what am I supposed to do?
I mean the only reason why
college wanted me was because my arm,
Baseball is all I've ever done,
I've never done anything else,
What am I supposed to put on my college application
when I haven't done anything else?
Did you really not know about me?
Well, now I know why, I guess,
You know when I first decided to try out for the play,
I really thought I had no idea what I was doing,
When I started singing, and I felt that crowd
hanging on every move I made,
I realized I knew exactly what I was doing,
'Cause I was back on that field,
Sounds gay right, no offense,
I'll see you man,
What are you doing?
These are called CDs,
They're collectors items from the 1900s,
Fasten your LaDucas, we're going full out tonight,
I'm sorry to bother you sir,
but I'm looking to apply for a job,
I'm sorry to bother you sir,
I'm looking to apply for a job,
Can't hear you,
The audience back here paid good money,
They deserve just as good of a show
as the people in the front row,
I'm sorry to bother you sir,
but I'm looking to apply for a job,
Okay, now we're gonna practice our facial acting,
Facial acting is just like regular acting but with the face,
Now, let me see happy, go,
That's good!
Now let me see sad,
Josh were are the tears?
- Tears? - Tears,
I have to be really sad for tears,
Okay well this is the theater,
All of our emotions are really really big,
What about subtlety?
Subtlety is for boring people, now cry,
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
Windows, windows, windows, windows, windows, windows, yes,
Okay, we're gonna talk about
a little bit of sense memory right now,
When was the last time you cried?
Just live in that pain, you can do it,
The best part about being an artist
is reading all your fan mail,
Whenever I doubt myself, I just read all the
nice things people have to say about me,
Yo,
I know, a haters gonna hate,
But whatever, at least they're watching,
Thanks for the hit, suckers,
I can't do it, I don't feel it,
Feel that?
Quit being a little bitch, and cry,
♪ Do you feel like a freak yet ♪
♪ Building up that self respect ♪
♪ On a health kick chewing on a Nicorette ♪
♪ Eating catfish but you can't taste shit ♪
♪ When life cuts to the chase I can still see a way ♪
♪ Third eye my face still shines sometimes ♪
♪ Do you feel like a freak once in a blue moon ♪
♪ Do you feel like a freak baby ♪
♪ When you're walking in the streets once in a blue moon ♪
It's coming, I feel it, I feel it coming,
Your first forced tear,
You can now officially call yourself an actor,
Do you want me to try
to get a lunge flair or something?
Oh artsy, sure,
I don't know about this,
He's already gonna get girls throwing
their panties onto that stage,
Now you want to give him actual talent to back it up,
Heather, theater is a collaboration,
When one of us succeeds, we all succeed,
Especially me, because I now have
the perfect topic for my scholarship essay,
I'm gonna call it, "Collaboration Behind the Curtains,"
I have chills,
Once the Rising Stars committee sees that
I turned the school's Joe Hardy into a Broadway baby,
that scholarship is so mine,
You're not afraid of being upstaged?
When has anyone ever upstaged me?
Ow,
How are my little Billy Elliot's?
My thighs are screaming?
Chita Rivera does ballet bar
every morning and she's in her 80s,
What's your excuse?
Who's Chita Rivera?
Broadway legend Chita Rivera?
One of the most nominated performers in Toni Award history,
with 10 nominations and two wins, and that doesn't even
include her Lifetime Achievement Award,
Okay, you just threw a lot of words at me, dude,
Well, you're gonna have to learn all the important
diva stats if you want to keep up with us,
Are you related to her?
What?
Chita Rivera,
Javier Rivera,
Josh, that is problematic with a capital P,
You can't assume that Javi and Chita are related
just because they both have the same last name,
and are both Dominican,
Puerto Rican,
Potato potato Javi,
This is a dance class, not a geography lesson,
Just keep teaching Josh everything he needs to know, okay?
Mr, Perfect Ballet Feet could probably teach me,
He has arches to die for,
Go shower up for rehearsal today, boys,
What am I gonna do?
Ma, I'm home,
♪ Ma ♪
Hey, hon,
What's wrong?
Have a seat,
We didn't get approved for the loan,
What loan?
The loan for your NYU,
or the loan I was gonna use to pay for your loan,
It's complicated,
Why not?
The bank says they need collateral,
Collateral is if you own,,,
Well, how do we get a loan?
I really thought I could do something,
I thought like I could pick up those
Saturday shifts at the hardware store,
I thought that would help,
Well, I'll get a job,
I'll quit the play, and I'll get a job,
The school is $50,000 a year,
And those fancy schools aren't like Saint James,
I mean they're not very generous with their financial aid,
But we can still do it, right?
I can still go to New York, right?
You need to get that scholarship,
Finches you're gonna come up from up right,
Okay so, give me an idea of the space,
Is there like a doorway I'm walking through?
Well, there's no set pieces this time,
We're just gonna do it right here in front of the backdrop,
Oh, minimalism,
Inspired,
Max, you're gonna be the waiter,
So you're gonna ask Michelle for a prop tray, all right,
Michelle?
All the props you need are designated
to a certain space on the prop table,
If you need help, ask me,
If you don't know which prop is yours, ask me,
If you touch a prop that doesn't belong to you,
I will find you, and I will destroy you,
Okay Michelle, thank you,
So Finches we're, Josh stop,
Where's your script?
Oh, I've got the lines memorized,
We didn't have to be off book until next month,
Thank you, Josh, for being extra prepared,
Sal, we're gonna deliver your line from right here,
And you're gonna project to the heavens,
'Cause you won't be wearing a microphone,
No fair, why can't I get a mic?
If you didn't horse around with them
last year, maybe we'd have more,
Well, can't we buy more mics?
What's our budget?
We can't even afford curtains,
Well, we deserve working body mics,
This is America!
This emergency meeting of the
Drama Club may now come to order,
The school doesn't have a Drama Club,
It does now, and as the unofficial dictator
I'm officially announcing a fundraiser,
We need a body mics, people,
You all deserve to be heard,
Does it really matter as long as your mic works?
Collaboration behind the curtain, Javi,
Hello, this tenor needs to tinkle,
Hey, you got all these open stalls,
That stall's lock is broken,
And this stalls toilet flush weird once my sophomore year,
so I am never going back in there again,
I'm getting a urinary tract infection over here,
I left a floater in there for you pal,
Why don't you go flush yourself with it?
Somebody's a diva,
All right look, I ain't got time for bake sales,
I got family crap to deal with,
Drama?
I just have to take care of my little sister,
Whatever,
Come on guys, this our senior show,
Okay, it's our last chance to
do something together as friends,
What?
We're friends?
Not just friends, we're a team, guys,
Yes, yes we are,
Yes, I am loving this male camaraderie
I am seeing here, oo-rah,
Okay, so what is the plan?
Seriously, any idea is a good idea,
A blood drive,
Except for that idea,
Maybe something at a school event,
Yeah, like Spirit Night?
I mean everybody goes to Spirit Night,
What's Spirit Night?
Spirit Night,
the Spring pep rally during Spirit Week,
Where they showcase all the Spring athletes,
It's like the biggest event of the year,
It sounds like a cult gathering,
Cult gathering,
Let's just make it easy,
I'll throw a party, a themed party,
Hey, what are we, a sorority?
We're the Drama Club,
The Drama Club doesn't exist,
Okay, if you want a successful rager,
you gotta get a gimmick, and at the Drama Club,
the theme should be something that
has to do with performing, something specific,
The off Broadway hits of Michael John LaChiusa,
Maybe something a little less specific,
♪ Oh what a lonely boy ♪
♪ What a lonely boy oh oh oh oh ♪
Look at this place,
At this rate we could afford to build
the school and actual auditorium,
Did you put a song in?
Oh, I don't perform to backup track,
Got to support that singer's union,
Wish your boy luck gentlemen, it's time to sing,
You do know how damaging
alcohol is to the vocal chords, right?
It's orange juice, baby, I'm no fool,
Everybody,
Cindy Shedelbower, President of
the Saint James Jammers Karaoke Club,
Songs are filling up, so sign up now
if you want your shot at the mic,
Oh no, we've got performing arts
school kids sashaying our way,
Those pearly white teeth belong to the star
of the Brentwood Academy of the Arts, Chuckie Chesterfield,
Yep, Chuckie Chesterfield,
Just when you thought the name Ricky Redmond was tacky,
Tell me, how's my smile?
Totally convincing,
Oh my God, hi,
Ricky Redmond himself,
Quick, someone grab my autograph book,
We heard your Drama Club was holding a little fundraiser,
You know my thoughts in supporting the arts in schools,
I do hope you'll check out our production of Les Miserables,
I've been blogging rehearsals,
My followers are all agog of our revolving stage,
Oh, I don't think I follow you,
Really?
Yeah, I haven't really been online,
I've been so busy lately,
You know I got into NYU, right?
Good for you,
I got my acceptance letter to Julliard last week,
Oh, good job,
I'm just starting to apply to schools now,,,
And, who are you?
Oh we've met, Javier Rivera,
Rivera, related to Chita?
That must be Josh Kelly,
I am the very model of the modern major general,
I've information vegetable, animals, and minerals,
I know the kings of England,
and I quote the fights historical
from Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical,
Pirate songs are my thing,
Looks like there's a new star on the rise of Saint James,
Josh got over 100 new followers in three hours,
just by Chuckie tagging him,
How does Chuckie hold this much power?
His content is nonexistent,
Audra McDonald retweeted him one time in his career,
He's been set ever since,
Are you trying to flirt with me?
Is it working?
Be gone, techy,
Do all of Josh's followers know that
you're the one doing the closing night show,
Josh is just the preview, you're the headliner,
Is that prop stapler your prop stapler?
Sorry,
Okay, so you take this one and you push it up very slowly,
And then you push this one up,
Is it on?
That sounds great,
I just received a call from my buyers in,,,
No, no never, never do it like that,
Stop, back up,
Thank you, okay,
Okay we're good, let's keep moving,
Hey, Mr, Turkleberry, have you received my memo?
Mitchell ain't here,
Yes I am,
It's fine, we're not waiting or anything,
My little sister's sick,
you puddle of dumpster juice,
Eww, what is it with you and nibbling?
Now, oh shit,
Mrs, Rosemary, it's really nice to,,,
Is it not my line yet?
Can't we save our week juvenile urges for the cast party?
That's why we have a cast party,
At least we know the new mics work,
I heard that sloppy lip sucking loud and clear,
If only he had that clear diction when he was onstage,
Hey?
You got something to say, sassafras?
About you?
Literally never,
Oh really, 'cause I could have swear
that your lips were flapping about my Italian sausage,
Diction,
If you cleaned your ears out as much as
you worry about cleaning out your pipes,
then maybe you wouldn't have such pitch problems,
Do I hear pettiness in here?
Why do you gotta be such a bitch every year, Ricky?
Oh what can I say, I'm a traditionalist,
Is that why you've been wearing
the same pair of shoes since Freshman year?
Ooh, shade,
I don't have time for this,
I have a song to rehearse, several actually,
I didn't know you sang,
I thought you acted, or whatever,
Well if you knew anything, Mitchell,
you would know that we as musical theater performers,
are storytellers first, like Javi,
Javi has a gift,
Thank you, Ricky,
His voice may have a slight cheese grater
to the eardrum quality about it,
but it's got character, it's raw,
Mitchell's vocals will never be raw,
Mitchell's vocals give you polish,
Mitchell's vocals give you moments,
Moment, you have one solo,
It's going to be iconic,
Okay, well call me when you make it to the Broadway,
Broadway, I don't know her,
I'm not living in the stone ages,
You're so pressed about this irrelevant nonsense,
when you can't even get the lead your Senior year, #flop,
Don't you #flop me,
If I'm not the lead, what am I?
The co-lead,
You are the star of nothing,
Read the room, sis,
Do you really think anyone cares about
your tawdry ass with Josh around?
That is a skinny legend in the making,
and he doesn't even have to try,
He got the lead his first time,
How many times can you save that, Ricky?
Lord, rehearsals with you all these years have been,,,
Like hell,
Like going to work every day in hell with Satan,
But your era is over,
Josh Kelly is going to snatch that Little Orphan Annie wig
right off your head, so you can take a seat,
♪ Darling ♪
'Cause you are a flop,
Stay salty flop, you'll be in my prayers,
Someone find me a janitor to mop up this tea,
He spent his entire acting career as ensemble man
number five, and he has the the nerve to call you a flop?
I need more tickets for my mom's co-workers,
He's always been jealous of you,
Bitterness is his brand,
How much is it for seven?
And they say girls are vicious,
How much?
We'll be laughing about this, this time next year
when I come crash with you in Manhattan,
You okay?
Just mark me down for seven,
Do you want to talk about it?
You know it weirds me out when you have sincere emotions,
Just remember, you were the one
chosen for closing night, you,
Oh my God, shut up, I get it okay,
The sun'll come out tomorrow, blah blah blah,
You know I am trying this new acting exercise
called empathy, and you're not making it easy,
Yeah well, clearly nothing about acting is easy for you,
Look at the roles you get,
Sell the tickets yourself, ass wipe,
Aren't you that gay kid who sings and stuff?
In the flesh,
Can I get two tickets?
There are a lot of seats left for the closing night show,
Which one is Josh Kelly performing at?
I want to see The Chopper dance,
Why are we slamming things in my kitchen?
Is there nothing sweet in this house?
Ice cream, Pop-Tarts?
There's cereal in the cupboard,
Bowls?
They'd be clean if you did the dishes when I told you to,
God forbid we actually join civilization,
and get an apartment with a dishwasher,
Oh I'm sorry I didn't realize I was a millionaire,
Well, you certainly don't realize that we're trash,
Excuse me?
I'm gonna assume that's the puberty talking, and not my son,
Because I did not raise my son to speak to me that way,
If your father was here, he'd smack you for that comment,
You're stressed, okay you're stressed,
Suck it up, and deal with it, okay,
It's a school play, nobody's dying here,
A school play?
Sure, great, I'm sure that's all
it's ever been to me, according to you,
Why would you think that?
Why would you let me apply to NYU?
You knew we couldn't pay for it,
Why would you make me get straight A's,
and look at good schools?
Because I wanted what's best for you,
Well, you should have just
let me fail right from the start,
You are never going to be a failure, got it,
You're gonna do things I couldn't even dream of,
I'm gonna end up a schlub who directs high school theater,
I'm gonna end up teaching idiots
what I should be doing myself,
No, you're gonna get that scholarship,
Wake up mom!
Hundreds of kids are applying for that scholarship,
You don't think I know that?
You don't think, that I lay in bed at night,
and think my baby has a dream,
and I'm the only thing holding him back?
I am doing my best, you should know that,
Well you should have gone to college
so you could have gotten a real job,
Sometimes, I just hate myself,
This isn't how it was supposed to be,
This doesn't happen to people like me,
I'm the special one here,
I refuse to fade into the background,
This is my story,
This is my moment,
This is my show,
You think he'd develop stamina by now,
He has all the passion, but no work ethic,
Or at least not as much as me,
I mean, you've heard about me right?
Tell them how many times
we've had to fix this window, Keith,
This kid, and that arm,
At four years old, Josh was
shattering windows and windshields,
Your hands,
Oh yeah, the first curve ball I ever caught from this kid,
He fractured my left metacarpal,
My boy does damage that lasts,
Josh won his only second place trophy, when he was seven,
When his team took home first place
the following year, he snapped it in half and said,
I never want to see it again as long as I live,
He threw it at her, and put a hole in the wall,
I mean talk about dramatic,
It was so adorable,
Mom,
Josh's shutout record was unprecedented,
He'd killed those batters like ducks in a row,
The coaches tried to tell him to ease up a bit,
And the parents of the Southern California district
went around gathering hundreds of signatures
to try and get him kicked off the league,
because he was taking too much
playing time away from their kids,
I think they must have thought a petition
with a bunch of signatures would discourage him,
We framed it,
It was only a matter of time
before division one snatched me up,
Something they don't tell you about life
when you're a kid, at some point it goes wrong,
It felt like a death, to me at least,
Everyone else grieved for like five minutes
before going on with their lives,
Man, I'm a freaking legend at this school
and they're gonna act like I'm not,
I needed something, anything,
And in November, fate gave it to me,
Javier Rivera, Cindy Shedelbower,
Chief Resident of Saint James Sports Medicine Club,
Tell me where it hurts,
That little tap have a little too much love in it?
Shut up,
Try getting pelted with a baseball going 90 miles an hour,
Ow, why is aggression always the go to for you people?
Mr, Hickson says nothing looks broken,
But he also thinks I should be able to run a mile
in 10 minutes, so I question his judgment,
You look all right to me,
You in a band, man,
Auditions for the musical are next week,
Gotta love tryouts,
Do you sing?
I don't know, I've never tried,
Who's never tried singing?
Maybe I should start,
join the choir or something,
College applications are due in January and,
gotta do something to get my extracurriculars up,
Mr, Aubrey's always looking for guys,
I knew would work out, it always does,
You wanna know why?
Because I'm cool, and I'm hot,
And most of all, I'm talented as hell,
One two, three four, five, six, seven, eight,
The Chopper always MVP,
Five, six, seven,
Are you all right?
Watch what you're doing, you freak,
Josh!
I didn't mean to do it,
I'm sorry, it's just that I've
had a lot of trauma to his arm,
Louis this cane, it's an accessory, right?
Where are you going with this, Mr, Aubrey?
It's just not show appropriate,
You let me have it every other show,
Well,
It's a part of who I am,
I don't think Louis's self expression should be stifled,
Ricky, this doesn't concern you,
Louis, if you don't have a doctor's note,,,
It doesn't belong in rehearsal,
Just set it over there, please,
Okay, here we go,
Who touched my props!
Oh God, what is happening now?
Your mother's been trying to get ahold of you for hours,
My phone died,
We don't mind you going out on a school night,
you just need to tell us where you are,
Where I've been
every night for the past two months,
It's 10 o'clock,
What's to practice that late?
I've got homework,
Did you ask Aunt Jackie how many tickets she needs?
Oh, I forgot to ask her,
Mom, I gotta get these tickets,
It's gonna sell out pretty quick,
It's not gonna sell out,
You know your Uncle Anthony hates musicals anyway,
He came to my games,
He even came to Spirit Night last year,
Yeah well, that's different,
That's Spirit Night, it's a big deal,
Tony wasn't gonna miss a chance to relive his glory days,
That chump will do anything for an ego boost,
When is Spirit Night this year?
You are going, right?
Oh my God, okay,
One second,
Okay,
Hey, looking at porn?
Dad, come on,
I just wanted to make sure
I wasn't walking in on anything,
You're not walking in on anything, you're good,
Listen,
You seem pretty upset, and
I want you to know that your
mother and I are real proud of you,
And we're, we're stoked that you've got this new thing,
and you found your spirit being on the play team,
You're excited to go back to school,
You know that's good stuff, and hey if you're looking
at porn it better be the free kind,
Dad, this is what I'm looking at,
And this is?
AMDA's senior showcase,
AMDA?
The American Musical and Dramatic Academy,
Looking at all my options,
Options?
It's just an option,
Can you get a degree in Business
Administration with this option?
At the American Musical and Dramatic Academy,,,
Our plan was you'd go to school, and you'd play ball
so that you could get a degree in Business Administration,
No, the plan was for me to study
Business Administration so I could play baseball,
You didn't care what I majored in as long as I played,
What I care about, is you having
a respectable career to look forward to,
Acting isn't a respectable career?
No, acting is not a realistic career,
Oh, but baseball was,
You're good at baseball,
You don't even know what I'm capable of do you?
When you see everyone in that audience
rise to their feet and thunderous ovation,
you'll realize it wasn't the arm that made the winner,
The Chopper still reigns, only this time
it won't be a trophy his hands, no,
His hands will be clutching on to the very evam
of audience adoration, a bouquet of freshly cut roses,
Are you on drugs?
Because I mean, I've seen you get mad before,
But I've never seen you get all poetic like this,
I can't help it that I'm an artist, Dad,
No no no, no no no, something's up,
It's that Ricky kid, isn't it?
Ricky, what?
Are you, are you experimenting with him?
Experimenting?
You know like, you know what I mean,
What?
Ever since Ricky came into the picture,
things have been different,
Look son, you know I love you, and I support you,
I just want to know what's going on in your life,
so I can be there for you, especially when it comes time
for us to figure out when to tell your mother,
Dad, dad dad, dad dad, calm down,
What's this?
My stash of soundtracks,
I haven't seen CDs in a long time,
Look you can't spend my whole life
building me up to be something great, just to drop me,
I'm not, I just,
the Josh that I know is a baseball player,
And I can't pay for you to get some
fake degree at AMDA, whatever,
I'm actually pretty good at this thing, actually,
You know what, I've had enough of this,
I understand, you're used to getting
whatever you want, whenever you want it,
This is reality,
When it comes time for you to do what you want to do,
that scholarship it's not always
gonna be there to pave your way,
Oh, I can get a scholarship for this, no problem,
Oh really?
Yeah,
Well, good luck with that,
The Josh I know is a baseball player,
Just you wait,
Cindy Shedelbower?
Josh Kelley, current lead in the school musical,
I have a proposition for you,
Make it fast, Kelly,
I have a mock trial meeting in 10 minutes,
You're on the Spirit Night committee, right?
Cindy Shedelbower heads the Spirit Night committee,
I was thinking, why should the athletes hog all the fun?
I mean the point of Spirit Night
is to unite the whole school,
We should include as many kids as we can,
Well, Spirit Night has always been a sports event,
Yeah, but come on, open your mind,
I think you, Cindy Shedelbower, would agree
that all extracurriculars matter,
Had I not already signed a chastity pledge
for the On Fire for Christ Club,
I'd jump your bones right now for saying that,
Here hon, try this one for me, thank you,
Too bad we didn't have a fundraiser to pay for a tailor,
Am I right?
Hot water with lemon,
What?
Little hot water and lemon will help with that cold,
Cold?
Yeah, it appears you've got a little,,,
A little what?
Look if you need to mark your vocals for the next few days
it's no biggie, just do what you gotta do buddy,
I don't mark,
You should check out my YouTube colab
with Chuckie on vocal health,
We gave great tips,
Boys, I have some thrilling news,
Well, look at the two of you, don't you look sharp?
I mean, we could probably take that in a bit, but still,
I wanted you both to be the first to know,
the Spirit Night Committee has just graciously offered us
an opportunity to perform at the pep rally,
Isn't that remarkable?
Someone must have put in a good word,
After the whole entire school gets
a sneak peek of what we have to offer,
those tickets are gonna go like gangbusters,
I did push for two performances,
but unfortunately they're only allowing one,
That's cool, we only need one,
Yeah, but that means that only one of you can perform,
That's why I asked to speak to you both privately,
You both do an equally wonderful job in the role,
But I wanted to be as objective as possible,
So I've decided to let Ricky perform,
I mean you have been in the musicals all these years,
and I think it's best that you represent us,
I'd be honored,
Of course he'd be honored, it's a huge honor,
I mean I have my scholarship interview
in Hollywood that afternoon, but I'll rush back,
Oh man, you won't be back in time,
Highway traffic is crazy,
It's a Saturday, just be here before six,
Yeah, of course, but then he'll be in a hurry,
I don't want all that stress to affect his performance,
I'm just thinking about him, I'm not,
I'm not complaining or anything,
Six,
It's so stupid,
Why would a stereotypical show queen
be the guest of honor at a sport event?
That's always been my night, you know,
He didn't even know what it was until I told him
what it was, and now he's so honored to be performing there,
Don't you want to rage right now?
Don't you just want to rage?
What are you doing on my phone?
I respect your privacy,
But I'm just checking your emails,
You've been ditching me and the guys for months,
and we deserve to know what's going on in your life,
We're very concerned,
I mean he's not even that talented,
It's like watching a three year old at a ballet recital,
I mean he's energetic, but there's no real skill there,
Some people just don't have natural skill, you know?
You know?
I'm just gonna say it, all right he's busted,
And no one wants to see a busted
ass face as the star of the show,
He's not busted,
Oh he's busted, he's busted ugly,
If you had to pick who was hotter, would it be me or him?
I'm not gonna answer that question,
Yeah, but if you had to pick?
I'm gonna plead the fifth on it,
Come on man, if you had to pick,
who would you smash, me or him?
You gotta think about it?
All right look, I'm sorry, what do you want me to say?
I love you, you know let's get married?
Dude, this show has gotten you
acting like such a nutcase man,
At least when you would act this way during baseball season
it was because we were climbing the finals,
Can you even win anything from a play?
Shut up,
What's this Rising Stars thing?
Congratulations, out of over 1,000 applicants,
you have been selected as a finalist,
Is that good?
Yes, yes!
Six, seven, eight,
Is there a problem, Josh?
I don't know, is there?
What is this supposed to mean, speak up?
Mitchell told me he was gonna be late tonight,
Tonight?
What about every other night for the past three months?
Josh,,,
What did I say about us being a team?
Dude, we have two weeks to get this thing together,
My little sister is sick,
Okay, so you tell her to take a Children's Tylenol,
And you tell her to suck it up,
Hey enough,
I'm running this rehearsal,
Mitchell has already covered this with me,
and if you don't like it you can go sit in the audience,
All right take it from the top,
Get a bathroom break?
I can't perform on a full bladder,
Go, all of you, go,
I just want everyone to know
I've been holding it for the past two hours,
Thank you, Ricky,
Shit,
What are you doing?
Nothing,
You dropped your mic pack in the toilet, didn't you?
No,
I'm just drying my hand,
A brand new mic pack,
Sister Hartt's gonna kill me,
No she's not,
I got your back,
Really?
Hey, I'm the lead,
I'm the captain of the team, right?
It's my job to ensure the success of all my teammates,
Okay,
I like you, Rivera,
When I first joined the play everyone
treated me like a rookie, except you,
And that brotherhood that I got from the guys
in baseball, that's what I get from you,
Wow, nobody's ever called me a brother before,
Except my sister,
I just wish we had more guys that were team players,
We got too many people looking out for themselves,
Who?
Ricky's just focused on his craft,
I'm like you, all right,
I know what it feels like to be an underdog,
You do?
I'm a guy who's been knocked down, tossed aside,
and forced ignore his innate greatness to study
Business Administration,
I mean at some point you and I
have to show what we're worth,
I appreciate it,
But there's this tone in your voice
that sounds a little dark,
Dark?
Don't you get that we're the good guys here?
I mean our job is to defeat the evil?
I'm not taking part in anything you're implying,
You be the Judas, I won't,
So you think you're above it?
I'd never betray my best friend,
You already betrayed your best friend,
What?
Who's the one who that
convinced me to go out for the play?
Who's the Judas now?
I felt bad for you,
How was I supposed to know you were going to be good?
Well, never underestimate a winner,
What would Ricky say if he found out
the real reason I was here?
Stop!
Please?
You're scared aren't you?
Don't be, right now's the time to be brave,
Now's the time to be best,
Now is the time to take the diva down,
Yeah, the janitor must not have put down a wet floor sign,
Javi's lucky he didn't hurt himself,
Kenny,
We're gonna need another mic,
Get out of there,
I washed my hands,
Use a fork,
I washed my hands,
You didn't put any pickles in this, did you?
Hey, I'm going to Justin's,
Wait a minute,
Why are you all dressed up?
Trying to get by your mother,
You're going on a date,
Who is the lucky girl?
Honey,
Just, would you leave the boy alone?
I'm going to school right after, it's Spirit Night,
Oh good, you decided to go,
But the dress shirt?
It's a big night,
But what, Josh are you getting?
Are you getting some kind of award for Spirit Night?
Oh my gosh, you are,
I wanted it to be a surprise,
Keith, do you think he's being inducted
into the LA County Sports Hall of Fame?
Wouldn't be surprised,
6:30, don't be late,
All right, 6:30, we will be there with bells on,
We will,
Josh Kelly, you're the next victim,
Well a shattered elbow is nothing,
Once you start those dance classes, your feet
are gonna feel like they've been smashed with hammers,
You know I've been on this committee for about nine years,
and I am always amazed how you kids
stumble into this crazy world of theater,
But you keep up that athletes work ethic, you'll go far,
I mean I can't take all the credit,
I mean my friend's the one who convinced me to do the play,
We should be thanking Javi Rivera,
Javi Rivera?
Any relation to Chita, yeah?
Oh my goodness,
I'd say break a leg in the show,
But, you've already broken so much, so good luck,
Thank you, I appreciate it,
Ricky Redmond, you're next,
Go,
Punch it,
Nice to meet you,
Call our Uber,
Did you find a way to stall?
Yes, now stop texting me, please,
My daughter keeps telling me I should retire,
Well what does she know, right?
I've been driving for half a century,
And I'm still sharp as a tack,
Turn left at Magnolia Boulevard,
What did she say?
Turn left on Magnolia,
We're only two miles away,
That means two hours away in this town,
This would never happen in New York,
Your destination is on your right,
What destination, this isn't our destination,
Why are we stopping?
Didn't you boys select carpool?
It says carpool right here,
Oops,
Scooch over,
Hey, are you Berry?
And give it up for this year's Mustangs,
Josh, have you seen Ricky?
No,
It's great that you boys are
so invested in your school activities,
Such a great system of support,
I have a great system of support myself,
Turn right on Oxnard,
What was that?
Turn right on Oxnard,
You seem anxious,
Have you ever done a stress test?
What's a stress test?
They do them for free at the Celebrity Center,
You boys both need it, here take this,
Celebrity Center?
Yeah, take it,
Good and Plenty?
Oh, thank you, I love candy,
White and pink, but there's still blue,
I love the blue,
How about you, you look like you need them,
I'm fine,
We go in 15 minutes,
Does anyone have his phone number?
Ricky doesn't have a phone,
You know, I saw a Broadway revival,
when I was 16 with Matthew Broderick in '95,
Shit changed my life,
Are you an actor?
Turn right on Reseda Boulevard,
What did she say?
Turn right on Reseda,
What?
Yeah, what?
God, you look scared,
What are you scared about?
Let me see that,
It's nothing, I swear,
You're a liar,
You're a liar, you're all liars,
Now breathe in, breathe out, you're an actor,
Feel the feeling,
Places, I'm calling places,
So here you are to save the day,
What would we do without you?
Excuse me, I have to,
Break a leg,
Our lead is here, Josh you look so handsome,
Now remember everyone, energy, energy, energy,
Josh Kelly, Cindy Shedelbower,
social media manager for the Saint James School,
I'm about to live for your performance,
So if you can, just aim your face towards
wherever I am, so I can get a good shot,
Try to stay on my right side,
My right side's my best side,
And now give a warm welcome
to the cast of this year's musical,
Hey, where's Mitchell?
"How to Succeed in Business, Without Really even Trying,"
Stay chill Josh,
Stay focused, you've done this before,
It's just like any game,
All this crowd is yours, yours,
You've earned this,
And don't ever forget, you are The Chopper,
Stop!
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
Stop taking pictures, right now!
Bravo, Mr, Kelly,
You've certainly found your balls, haven't you?
Ricky,
I made you, and this is how you repay me?
Who do you think you are?
You didn't make anything, I got here myself,
I've been here,
Look around you,
They've been cheering my name for years,
and they're here for me again,
They just want some fresh blood, and you,
you're as stale as your outdated Broadway soundtracks,
They are called cast recordings,
They're called cast recordings,
They're called cast recordings people, come on,
Let's calm down,
You think these peasants care about you
because you have talent?
Get with it, you party trick,
They love you because you're hot,
They love you because you're generic,
They don't love you because you're special,
I, I am special,
I'm The Chopper,
I'm that gay kid who sings and stuff,
Oh man, what a title,
That's star quality right there,
God Josh, knock it off,
Just,
tell him how you feel,
Say that again,
Tell me I don't have to star quality again,
You have no star quality,
Say it again, to my face,
You have no star quality,
One more time, I dare you,
You'll never be on Broadway,
Ow,
I don't remember this scene from the show,
Javi, Javi, Javi, Javi, Javi, Javi, Javi, Javi help,
Don't touch my props!
♪ But lying here ♪
Miss me?
What are you doing here?
I told your parents I brought the school work
that's your missing while you're suspended,
We don't have any classes together,
Oh shucks, I guess I lied,
I'll do my penance for that later,
But right now we have play business to discuss,
I got kicked out of the play,
And almost expelled, I heard,
But now Ricky's mom won't even
let him go to school for acting,
He's been open mouth weeping
in my arms about it for the past three days,
Heartbreaking,
There's that winning charm,
I have a plan, tell me if you like it,
You're going to convince Mrs, Redmond
that the fight was your fault,
Then maybe, she'll let him take an acting class or two
at L,A, Valley Community College,
Yeah it doesn't sound like a very realistic plan to me,
Doesn't it?
What would Ricky say
if he found out the real reason I was here?
Stop,
You're scared aren't you?
Don't be, now's the time to be brave,
Now is the time to be the best,
Now is the time to take the diva down,
You were in the boys bathroom?
I'd rather be dead,
I got this from the sound booth,
Why were you in the sound booth?
Those details are of minor significance,
What is important is that someone
didn't think to turn off his mic pack,
Keep going,
Taking advantage of poor, sensitive Javier,
I wouldn't expect that at the school's Golden Boy,
Does Ricky know?
Of course not,
How do you know?
You're still alive,
Oh, what a friend you are
for not telling him what's really going on,
I thought your plan might teach him a lesson,
How was I supposed to know you drama queens
were gonna give God a head start on the rapture by fire?
Look,
Ricky and I've made our peace, now it's your turn,
I don't care what he thinks,
But I'm sure you care what everybody else thinks, right?
You're going to take the blame for the fight,
or this gets blasted over the schools intercom,
You don't scare me, girl,
And you don't seem to understand, bro,
I hold the little that's left of your
reputation in the palm of my hand,
Give it up Kelly, I own you,
Fabulous,
Fighting blackmail with blackmail always leads to success,
Oh my God, I am making that my status,
I'll be tot's Facebook famous,
Want me to tag you in it?
We'll get it like a ton of likes,
Have you checked out your news feed?
My parents cut me off everything, why?
♪ Young girl by a stream ♪
♪ Is lost to you in a dream ♪
♪ A childhood will end ♪
♪ It won't return again ♪
♪ 'Cause it's only a passing thing ♪
♪ It's only what time will bring ♪
Why didn't he tell us his sister was sick?
I believe he did,
He didn't tell us his sister was sick,
Sick, sick,
You know Mitchell,
He's never really been one to open up,
I feel like deep down, he's really shy,
♪ You ♪
He sounds nice,
I know man,
The boy is giving me tone,
Yeah,
Need a ride?
Guess you like walking?
Sure do, I'm in New Yorker,
You're from Van Nuys,
Don't act like you know me,
Look, would you just get in the car?
Suck my bunions,
Boys, I thought I saw you in there,
Thank you so much for coming, it means so much to Mitchell,
Mitchell always tells me about his friends in the play,
He comes home after all the rehearsals saying
it's gonna be a good one this year, Mom,
The kids do a nice job,
Thanks,
I just want to let you know that
Mitchell's not gonna let you down,
He will be at rehearsals on Monday,
Well actually, we'll be,,,
No no no, I told him, you need to be there,
And you need to practice,
But,,,
He's going,
My Mitchell's going to be the best that he can be,
My baby has a solo this year,
I guess this is the part where we apologize to each other,
That would be cool,
Yeah, it would,
I guess that means I go first,
Sorry,
It's okay, my life's only ruined forever,
You always gotta bring it back to you, don't you?
I'm sorry, it's like a reflex,
A me-flex,
I don't know how you do it,
Do what?
You just don't care what people think about you,
Whatever,
No, it's true,
Just because I don't let the things people say about me
stop me, that doesn't mean I don't care about it,
Says the kid who twirled the baton
in front of the entire school,
Oh my God, you are obsessed with this baton
twirling thing, get over the baton twirling thing,
Sorry,
You know, I almost didn't even go on that day,
What?
'Cause you were that nervous?
Please,
The day before the talent show,
I practiced my routine for my dad,
This is, you know,
this is when he was sick and the doctors just told him that
he didn't have much longer left to go, so,
So my mom was saying to me, Ricky honey,
you should really practice your baton routine for Dad,
It would really cheer him up,
So I set up my stage in the hospital room,
and I twirled my arms off, and did my thing,
And the nurses went nuts,
They thought I was the cutest thing on Earth,
And my mom was obviously in Heaven,
But I'll never forget the look on my dad's face,
He was proud?
He was mortified,
I guess your son becoming a baton twirler
isn't something that cheers most guys up,
Guess not,
So, you know,
The next day at the talent show, the last thing
I wanted to have to deal with was
everyone thinking the same thing he was,
So I was refusing to go on,
But my mom was screaming at me,
She was like, I didn't spend $20 on that baton for nothing,
I went on,
And I put everything I had into
that performance too, because
as scared as I was to have people
laugh at me because I was weird,
I was even more scared to have them
laugh at me because I sucked,
Well you didn't suck,
Oh I know I didn't, I was fierce,
Of course you knew,
Well I knew because,
after the talent show you walked right up to me,
And you said dude, that was awesome,
I did?
Yeah,
I don't remember that,
Thus began the collaboration of a lifetime,
Oh, it was supposed to go like this,
Yeah,
Two future icons of the Broadway stage
taking on the mean corridors of Saint James together,
Oh, this is so much fun,
We're kind of like the new Fred and Ginger,
the new Mame and Vera, the new,,,
Shut up, we need to wrap this up,
Sorry,
Anyway, I'm pretty sure all of this
was one of those life lesson moments people talk about,
Oh, totally,
I think I learned that it doesn't matter
who has the most lines, or the better part,
It's when you work as an ensemble
that you accomplish greatness,
Oh, that's good,
Right, didn't you
love the way I worded that just now?
Those of you in school this year,
will have your classes in the building straight ahead,
Down here we have,,,
I learned that no matter
how much star quality you have,
there's always room to grow,
And speaking of star quality,
can we talk about the actual play?
The audience couldn't get enough,
But what do you expect?
Everyone loves a high school musical,
Now, because we're both fired,,,
And justifiably so,
We're not complaining, or anything,
Never never,
Mitchell got promoted to the role Javi previously had,
Mitchell was, he was,
The scene was great,
As always, what a talent,
That's right baby, you better slay,
And, of course, there was only
one person who could fill our shoes,
I've never been more proud,
I just wanted to thank all of you for coming tonight,
This is my 15th year here as Director at Saint James School
and every year I'm inspired by the dedication
that these students show towards the arts and to the play,
It reminds me of when I was their age,
So before you come up and congratulate
your little stars, I have a little announcement,
Just today, one of our immensely talented students
came to me with some astounding news,
Many of you may not have heard of the Rising Star
Scholarship, but it is an incredible honor given to
one student out of hundreds of applicants nationwide,
that plan on majoring in a theatrical arts,
I am thrilled to announce that this year's recipient
of the Rising Star Scholarship is none other
than our own little star, Javier Rivera,
Oh hey guys,
I'm so happy you were able to make it,
It really means so much to me that you're both here,
It's been the craziest week, having to jump into the show,
Then this morning I got the scholarship news,
I think I'm still in shock,
I did tell you that I was applying
for the scholarship too, right?
Oh I guess it never came up in all those
conversations that were all about you, huh?
Luckily, my great-aunt knows one of
the heads of the scholarship committee,
Have I ever told you about my Dia?
When my brother's grandson, Javier, is on that stage,
he is like a shining beacon of light,
From the moment I taught him his first plie,
no one's been able to keep their eyes off of him,
or at least that's what she's always telling her friends,
Whenever I talk to my Auntie Chita on the phone,
she keeps asking me, when are you coming
to New York to uphold family legacy?
I always say, Auntie Chitah, I'm not ready for Broadway,
And she always says to me,
it's Broadway that isn't ready for you,
You were born ready, because greatness is in your blood,
It certainly is,
Oh my God,
Let me give you boys a little lesson on success,
If you want to get anywhere in this business we call show,
nobody cares about your passion, or your talent,
It's all about who you know,
And a star is born,
It's only natural to be jealous,
But please remind yourselves of how lucky you are,
While God has blessed me with this remarkable talent,
God has blessed you with me, Javier Rivera,
the greatest divo of them all,
♪ I don't know who you are oh oh ♪
♪ Or how you got this far oh oh ♪
♪ I'm looking for a star oh oh ♪
♪ It don't add up to the bar ♪
♪ I don't know who you are oh oh ♪
♪ Or how you got this far oh oh ♪
♪ I'm looking for a star oh oh ♪
♪ It don't add up to the bar ♪
♪ Hey hey are you ready for me ♪
♪ 'Cause I got the golden halo ♪
♪ Say what oh get up out of my way ♪
♪ 'Cause you'll never dim my halo ♪
♪ Say hey hey if you're coming for me ♪
♪ Let me tell you how that song goes ♪
♪ First light of day I want it this way ♪
♪ But I ain't scared to go though ♪
♪ You think you're special but from what I see ♪
♪ I'm on another level boy entirely ♪
♪ You're not gonna dish me got them hypnotized ♪
♪ Better pray that they never see the light ♪
♪ I don't know who you are oh oh ♪
♪ Or how you got this far oh oh ♪
♪ I'm looking for a star oh oh ♪
♪ It don't add up to the bar ♪
♪ Hey hey you ain't nothing like me ♪
♪ So put my name out your mouth ♪
♪ And hey hey better watch you say ♪
♪ And what is safe in yourself ♪
♪ Hey hey you try to cover my ground ♪
♪ But it just isn't pretty ♪
♪ And just know it's about to go down ♪
♪ And I hear them standing with me ♪
♪ You're a full on phony of a gentleman ♪
♪ Does it play to madness watching grains of sand ♪
♪ Standing with his family got me all the cries ♪
♪ And filled with things that doesn't last ♪
♪ I don't know who you are oh oh ♪
♪ Or how you got this far oh oh ♪
♪ I'm looking for a star oh oh ♪
♪ It don't add up to the bar ♪
♪ I don't know who you are oh oh ♪
♪ Hey hey are you ready for me ♪
♪ 'Cause I got the golden halo ♪
♪ Say what oh get up out of my way ♪
♪ 'Cause you'll never dim my halo ♪
♪ Say hey hey if you're coming for me ♪
♪ Let me tell you how that song goes ♪
♪ It don't to add up to the bar ♪
Whoo!
Yes baby!
You better slay, baby!
Slay!
That's right baby, you better slay, whoo!
Cut, cut,