--- title: Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens 'High School Musical' Audition description: It was the start of something new. canonical: https://time.com/4189539/zac-efron-vanessa-hudgens-audition/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-21T22:19:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:05.173Z og:title: Watch Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens's 'High School Musical' Audition og:description: It was the start of something new og:url: https://time.com/4189539/zac-efron-vanessa-hudgens-audition/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens's 'High School Musical' Audition twitter:description: It was the start of something new twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens's _High School Musical_ Audition by [Danielle Zhu / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Danielle Zhu / Entertainment Weekly Jan 21, 2016 10:19 PM UTC by [Danielle Zhu / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Danielle Zhu / Entertainment Weekly Jan 21, 2016 10:19 PM UTC To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of _High School Musical_, the stars of the hit TV movie looked back on what was the start of something new: their original audition tapes. As part of [Disney Channel’s special telecast](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/17/high-school-musical-reunion-10-year-anniversary-telecast), the Wildcats (minus Zac Efron) reunited to reflect on the _HSM_ glory days and watch their teenage selves audition for their big breaks. Some notable gems from the clips include Ashley Tisdale exhibiting very Sharpay-esque behavior, Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron sporting complementary striped polos, and Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman rocking matching hairstyles. Watch the video above to relive the old memories. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/21/high-school-musical-audition-tape-zac-efron-vanessa-hudgens) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4189539/zac-efron-vanessa-hudgens-audition/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4189539/zac-efron-vanessa-hudgens-audition/"},"headline":"Watch Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens's High School Musical Audition","datePublished":"2016-01-21T22:19:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:05.173Z","description":"It was the start of something new","url":"https://time.com/4189539/zac-efron-vanessa-hudgens-audition/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Disney","reunion","Movie","zac efron"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Danielle Zhu / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4189539/zac-efron-vanessa-hudgens-audition/","name":"Watch Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens's High School Musical Audition"}}]}] ```