“I went to the theatre last Thursday evening to see a touring musical with no real star names, no West End transfer on the cards, and no long-established fanatical following (all right, I admit it: I was seeing Flashdance). Usually with that kind of show a good crowd would be a three-quarters-full auditorium. This place was packed out. … All became clear as I heard one little girl aged about eight say to her grandmother: ‘So will this be like High School Musical?'”