Corbin Bleu is celebrating his longtime friendship with Excessive College Musical co-star Monique Coleman within the sweetest method.
On November 13, 2025, Bleu posted a heartfelt message to his Instagram Tales, writing, “Completely happy birthday. Right here’s to extra life collectively,” alongside a nostalgic photograph of the 2, seemingly from their HSM glory days.
Followers of the Disney Channel phenomenon know the duo’s friendship has stood the take a look at of time. Greater than 15 years after the unique Excessive College Musical premiered, Coleman and Bleu reunited on display in 2021 in Lifetime’s A Christmas Dance Reunion, a vacation romance that had Coleman significantly excited.
“I used to be actually enthusiastic about it after which after I noticed that Corbin was already hooked up to the mission, it was the quickest I’d ever stated sure to something in my life,” Coleman informed Folks Journal on the time. “I used to be very lucky that it’s such an incredible story and it actually fits us so effectively.”
Within the movie, Coleman performs Lucy, an legal professional who reconnects along with her childhood dance associate Barrett, portrayed by Bleu. Coleman says the story mirrors components of their very own lives. “After Excessive College Musical, I took slightly little bit of a detour in a stupendous route. I began my very own firm and basis known as GimmeMo’ and I spent the final 10 years working in advocacy and giving again,” she explains. “So for me, the character Lucy and her journey of changing into a lawyer, though it’s completely different, is similar to what I’ve achieved.”
Bleu, in the meantime, has been conserving busy with a thriving profession in musical theater, together with starring roles in Vacation Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical, and Kiss Me, Kate. Coleman shared, “I’ve seen nearly each single considered one of his reveals on stage. I’ve simply watched him have this unbelievable illustrious profession in theater and on Broadway. So [the film] was slightly little bit of an artwork imitating life second.”
Coleman additionally mirrored on the timing of the movie wrapping on her fortieth birthday, calling it particularly significant. “I’ve all these desires that I nonetheless haven’t realized. I’ve all this stuff that I wish to do, however that I didn’t. This [movie] seems like such a stupendous solution to deliver my world collectively and to get again on monitor with what I actually wish to do within the subsequent levels of my profession and the truth that I obtained to do it with considered one of my greatest pals is de facto wonderful,” she stated.
Although returning to a dance-centered mission was nostalgic, Coleman says the actual spotlight was collaborating with Bleu once more. “I forgot how completely simply gifted and scrumptious he’s,” she says. “I clearly have seen him in reveals and we’re pals, however I forgot what it was prefer to work with somebody who has such an unbelievable work ethic, who reveals up and provides 110 p.c each single time, each single take, whether or not he’s on display or not. He’s such a beneficiant actor and actually cares.”
