If you grew up in the 90s/2000s, there’s a very small chance you’ve heard of High School Musical. Over the years of watching Disney Channel, how many times did you turn on the TV and hear “We’re all in this together!” or the famous song, “Gotta Go My Own Way.” Dubbed a multi-billion-dollar success (per Variety), with a legacy that continues on over 16 years after its initial, humble release on Disney Channel, the High School Musical franchise won big. The franchise consists of High School Musical, High School Musical 2, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, and Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure.

The series is so popular that, back in 2019, they released a TV show spinoff, titled High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, with Season 4 around the corner. Originally, the movie followed Troy Bolton (Zac Efron), a basketball team captain auditioning for a school musical lead role with Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens), the extremely intelligent, but shy, transfer student. This causes a rift in the school’s social hierarchy, creating conflict, an upset in the balance of power, love stories, and new friendships. With all the success High School Musical has brought our main characters, we wonder years later: where is the cast today? Are they still “all in this together?”

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Zac Efron

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Zac Efron played the infamous Troy Bolton in High School Musical. Troy was the school’s basketball captain, secret lover of music and theatrics, and the love interest of Gabriella Montez. After his leading role in the film, Efron went on to play numerous characters across a variety of genres. In the years since High School Musical, he has played roles in Baywatch (2017), The Greatest Showman, Neighbors, 17 Again, The Lucky One, and Charlie St. Cloud. He recently finished a new film, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, which features the true story of a man who ventured from New York to Vietnam to bring beer to his friends serving in the war.

Vanessa Hudgens

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Vanessa Hudgens played the sweet Gabriella Montez in High School Musical. She was a shy but kind transfer student, who auditioned for the musical with and became the love interest of Troy Bolton. Since HSM, Hudgens has found wild success across voice acting and traditional acting. You can find her in a number of films, such as The Princess Switch, The Knight Before Christmas, Beastly, Sucker Punch, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, and Spring Breakers. Her most recent venture includes playing a leading role in Downtown Owl, a book to film adaptation about a sleepy town in rural North Dakota.

Ashley Tisdale

In High School Musical, Ashley Tisdale played Sharpay Evans, the snobby rich girl in need of a reality check. Today, she lives a very different life than her HSM character, mentioning she would never play Sharpay Evans again (via BuzzFeed). “I just feel like I wouldn’t be able to really do that again and give it justice,” she states. Since High School Musical, Tisdale has produced films, such as Cloud 9, Daphne & Velma and Picture This. She also produced soundtracks, such as “Trophy Boy” from Charming and “Be Good To Me” from Bring It On: In It To Win It. Of course, she still has a strong acting career as well. You can find Tisdale in Picture This, Aliens in the Attic, Before We Made It, Scary Movie V, and Amateur Night.

Corbin Bleu

Corbin Bleu was cast as the lovable Chad Danforth in all three High School Musical movies, even returning to play a role in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series in season 3. Since his departure from the franchise, he’s played various roles in other movies, like Love, for Real, To Write Love on Her Arms and The Monkey’s Paw.

Lucas Grabeel

In HSM, Lucas Grabeel played Ryan Evans, the snobby brother of Sharpay Evans and partner in all her schemes. In the years since High School Musical, Grabeel has dabbled in production. He served as the executive producer in Regarding: Beauregard, associate producer of Dancing Ninja and co-producer of Little Women. As far as his acting career goes, he’s doing pretty well. You can find him playing roles in Little Women, Dancing Ninja, Virginia, I Kissed A Vampire, Lock and Roll Forever, Alice Upside Down, and College Road Trip.

Monique Coleman

Monique Coleman played the role of Taylor McKessie in High School Musical, the intelligent and kind friend to Gabriella Montez and Captain of the Scholastic Decathlon Team. Since the end of HSM, she can be found in plenty of movies, such as Give Me an A, A Christmas Dance Reunion, Phobias, Witness Infection, Broken Star, and We Are Family. In 2018, she also wrote and produced Gimme Mo, a TV series made to expose the problems young people face and offer insights into supporting them.

KayCee Stroh

Settling into the quietet life on the list, we have KayCee Stroh, who played Martha Cox, a cheerleader and employee of Lava Springs country club in High School Musical. Since HSM, Stroh has starred in a few TV shows, such as Shapetown, USA, where she was an associate producer, The Suite Life Of Zack and Cody, and Andie Mack. Despite those few TV shows, she hasn’t taken on any roles in films.