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“High School Musical” on skates glides into Sprint Center this weekend. Here are some facts and figures on the biggest phenomenon in show business this side of Hannah Montana.
First, in case you have no young children and avoid the pop charts, “High School Musical” was an original two-hour movie on the Disney Channel way back in January 2006. It featured relative unknowns Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman and Vanessa Anne Hudgens and drew little mainstream attention.
But the movie set a Nielsens ratings mark for Disney, and the soundtrack went quadruple platinum, making it the best-selling album of 2006.
“High School Musical 2” had its debut on Disney this year, and “High School Musical 3” will start filming next year. A Broadway-size production has proved to be a winner in theaters and is part of Starlight Theatre’s 2008 season.
•The story is about a basketball player and the new girl in school who want to try out for a school musical, but others prefer that they stick to their own thing.
•The ice show combines music and songs from “High School Musical” and “High School Musical 2.” Both movies are given about 45 minutes with a 15-minute intermission.
•No one from the original show is on ice here, but their voices are. The skaters are just acting out the parts.
•The creative team of the ice show is the same as the original “High School Musical,” including producer Kenny Ortega, who directed and choreographed the original; director Jeff Calhoun, who put together the stage show; writer Peter Barsocchini, costume designer Erin Lareau and choreographer Charles Klapow. Skating choreographer Cindy Stuart, a Disney on Ice veteran, assisted Klapow after he helped the skaters work on their dance moves in a studio.
“It killed me to just stand on the side of the rink yelling out instructions,” he told the Deseret News of Utah. “I put on ice skates for the first time in my life in Los Angeles, and for one month I worked (on ice). It was pretty tricky, but because of my dance background, they helped me adapt.”
•The show started out with three separate casts totaling 102 skaters.
•The show is produced by Feld Entertainment, which is better-known for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Disney on Ice. Nicole Feld, 29, told the Lancaster New Era she’s a fan of the show.
“It really isn’t a leap of faith,” she said. “ ‘High School Musical’ is just a natural for the ice with its great songs and dance numbers.”
•The show is a unique Disney on Ice production because one of the characters, the narrator, Kelsey, is using a live microphone.
•Some of the skaters have competitive and professional backgrounds.

Jordan Brauninger (Troy) was ranked third among American men and 14th in the world during the 2004-05 season. He has won 21 medals in regional, sectional and national competitions.
Sandy Rucker (Sharpay) was the 2005 U.S. Juniors national champion.
Lane Walker (Gabriella) has competed in regional championships this year on the senior level and skated with Ebony on Ice.
Simeon Hanks (Chad) was a 1997 U.S. Novice men’s silver medalist and a 2003 bronze medalist in the Southwestern Regional Championships.
Bonard Muck (Ryan) got a second place in novice dance at the 1999 Canadian Winter Games and joined Disney on Ice after that.