ABC and Bob Iger recently asked High School Musical director Kenny Ortega to participate in the April 16th special, “The Disney Family Singalong,” and Ortega was immediately on board. Ortega spoke to Deadline and stated, “I wanted to find something I can do to participate and it was so great to be given the call and invited by ABC to join. It gave me a purpose to get up every morning. I feel really good that we have an opportunity to do something like this — it’s good medicine.”
Along with accepting, Ortega also has asked actors and artists from his movies and TV series to participate in an epic performance of the “High School Musical” anthem “We’re All In This Together” for the special. As of this writing, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman Lucas Grabeel, and Zac Efron have agreed to join the special.
“Everyone we reached out to was quick — and you’ll see it in their spirit and the way they come together from their homes. They recognize this is an opportunity to strengthen spirits for those joining us for the broadcast. It’s a really nice fun coming together of a lot of young people that are banding together under the lyrics of this song for the show.”
The performance of “We’re All In this Together” is a recent addition to “The Disney Family Singalong” which will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest on April 16 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. The nationwide singalong event will also feature Christina Aguilera, Michael Bublé, Kristin Chenoweth, Auliʻi Cravalho, Amber Riley, John Stamos, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Alan Menken, Elle Fanning, Josh Groban, Darren Criss, Tori Kelly and more. On top of that, James Monroe Iglehart and the Broadway Company of Disney’s “Aladdin” will reunite for a performance of “Friend Like Me.”
