Disney's High School Musical 2: On Stage - Now Available for Licensing Disney Theatrical Productions announced today that licenses are now available for DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2: ON STAGE via Music Theatre International (MTI), Disney's licensing partner. Schools, community theatres and professional theatres around the world can now produce the musical in full-length or one-act versions. HSM2: ON STAGE joins the impressive array of titles already available from Disney. "Whether on ice or on stage somewhere around the world, the global phenomenon that is DISNEY'S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL continues to delight and entertain," said Steve Fickinger, Vice President, Theatrical Licensing for Disney Theatrical Productions. "The lives of Gabriella, Troy and the students of East High have captured the imagination of millions of people. Theatre makers around the world can now bring the next part of this story to stages of all shapes and sizes. " Over 3,500 licensed productions of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: ON STAGE, the first part in the series, were produced in the United States and abroad making the title one of the most popular available from Disney. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2: ON STAGE follows the summertime adventures of Troy, Gabriella and the rest of the Wildcats as they work as staff members at the Lava Springs Country Club. The first professional licensed production of HSM2: ON STAGE premiered at Atlanta's Theatre of the Stars on November 9, 2008 and reunited much of the cast and creative team that were involved in mounting a production of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: ON STAGE in Atlanta last year. Disney's online community for its licensed productions, DisneyMusicals.com, was recently launched as a site where kids, parents, educators and anyone else interested in acting in or producing a Disney musical can find more information on available titles, watch videos from other school and community-theatre productions, and link to MTI's website to download applications for licenses (www.mtishows.com).