* ChildrenVoicingChildren: All the teens in the cast are played by actual teenagers; it was the first musical to have such a cast.
* CutSong: Despite being on the cast album, "Here I come" and "Opportunity" were cut from the Broadway production, although "Opportunity" was put back in the most recent version, released by MTI.
* DawsonCasting: Majorly averted with the Broadway production. The older cast member was Creator/EricNelsen as Brett, who was 17.
* PromotedFanboy: Aaron Simon Gross is a Jason Robert Brown/Musical Theater fanboy. A production held at Jason Robert Brown's old theater camp, French Woods, were this when the man himself supervised it.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Music/ArianaGrande and Graham Phillips used to date. They even recorded [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLyOhufDet8 a duet.]]
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