Rodriguez, a couple in real life that also attended Tuesday’s premiere. Federle’s High School Musical series won a GLAAD Award and featured a same-sex relationship, kiss and a love song shared between male characters played by Joe Serafini and Frankie A. Being knee-deep in business there, he might also be the perfect source to speak on such topics amid the current climate, with Disney facing a wave of backlash, internally and externally, due to CEO Bob Chapek’s response (or lack thereof) to Florida’s recently passed “Don’t Say Gay” bill.īetter Nate Than Ever, inspired by Federle’s experience growing up gay in Pennsylvania with dreams of making it big on Broadway, follows a 13-year-old named Nate who runs away from home to audition for a Lilo & Stitch stage production. He’s the creator and showrunner of the hit series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and is attached to direct the studio’s anticipated Sister Act 3.
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