Working on something you love and enjoy can be great fun, but it’s also still work and can take a long time. That’s why it’s so important to put your effort into something that matters to you, or that will be part of your legacy. Tim Federle has done this with High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which picks up where the movies left off and continues to follow the high school students as they grow up and make their way out into the world after high school.
Time and Effort to Bring Characters to Life
Bringing characters to life is one of the biggest ways to keep fans interested in any series they start watching. If the characters don’t grow and develop over time, or if they feel very one-dimensional, it’s harder for anyone watching the show to relate to what they’re seeing. That was definitely not the case with High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, as the characters were brought to life by the series creator, cast, and crew in ways that helped fans feel like they knew the characters and wanted to see them succeed in the future.
Broadway Experience Was Extremely Valuable
Creator Tim Federle had plenty of Broadway experience, and he brought all of it with him when he created High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. That helped the actors get the right training and information they needed for their characters, and also helped improve the quality of the musical numbers that were such a large part of the show. Fans could appreciate those numbers and the actors involved, which helped keep them coming back for each and every episode.
A 10-Year-Reunion Wrap-Up
Having the right kind of ending is extremely important for a series, as well, and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series gets full marks for wrapping the series up at the 10-year class reunion. That gave closure to the series and helped fans feel like they had a good ending with the characters they had been following since the beginning of the first film. Even fans who didn’t want the series to end can acknowledge that they got an ending they could feel good about.
Making Sure to Avoid Cliffhangers
Avoiding cliffhanger endings was another big goal for everyone working on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, and that’s part of the reason that the series had an end date instead of continuing until it was canceled or not renewed for another season. That could have left fans wanting more and feeling like they were missing something, so having a set ending before that could happen was the right choice.
