Sunday night, Fox will present "Grease: Live," a TV version of the hit Broadway musical that was turned into - or, depending on your view, glossily twisted - into a blockbuster 1978 film.
Given the popularity of the 1978 movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, it's easily forgotten how raw the 1971 stage version - which hit Broadway in somewhat altered form in 1972 - was.
The stage and movie versions of "Grease" are hard acts to follow: Among the performers who played the Broadway version are Barry Bostwick, Adrienne Barbeau, Richard Gere, Patrick Swayze, Marilu Henner, Treat Williams and Peter Gallagher.
Jeff Conaway and Travolta, both of whom also played Broadway, were in the movie version with Stockard Channing, Didi Conn, Michael Tucci and Newton-John.
But the TV version has a few aces , including Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo, Carly Rae Jepsen as Frenchy and Keke Palmer as Marty alongside Julianne Hough's Sandy and stage veteran Aaron Tveit's Danny.
Given the popularity of the 1978 movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, it's easily forgotten how raw the 1971 stage version - which hit Broadway in somewhat altered form in 1972 - was.
The stage and movie versions of "Grease" are hard acts to follow: Among the performers who played the Broadway version are Barry Bostwick, Adrienne Barbeau, Richard Gere, Patrick Swayze, Marilu Henner, Treat Williams and Peter Gallagher.
Jeff Conaway and Travolta, both of whom also played Broadway, were in the movie version with Stockard Channing, Didi Conn, Michael Tucci and Newton-John.
But the TV version has a few aces , including Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo, Carly Rae Jepsen as Frenchy and Keke Palmer as Marty alongside Julianne Hough's Sandy and stage veteran Aaron Tveit's Danny.
Category
🗞
News