Metropolitan Performing Arts presents “High School Musical”

Metropolitan Performing Arts presents “High School Musical,” running from April 21-30 at 6403 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver. Showtimes are 7 p.m. April 21, 22, 28 and 29 and 2 p.m. April 22, 23, 29 and 30. The 2 p.m. April 22 show is Family Day and the 2 p.m. April 23 show is Pride Night. Tickets purchased online at metropolitanperformingarts.org are $20 or $16 for military, students and seniors. Arts for All tickets are also available. Tickets cost more at the door.

Based on Disney’s 2006 movie “High School Musical,” the play centers on the blossoming relationship between Troy, a high school jock, and Gabriella, a smart girl. Their relationship and their surprise decision to audition together for the school show are thwarted by the school’s current leading lady, Sharpay, and Troy and Gabriella’s well-meaning friends. When the drama club diva arranges to set up a clash of Troy’s big game with Gabriella’s science decathlon, friends on both sides emerge to save the day.