Most of the songs have also undergone changes as well; the numbers are all shortened greatly and edited for content/language. The score included four songs written for the film adaptation: "Hopelessly Devoted to You", "Sandy", "You're the One That I Want", and the title number. He appears on-stage during the school dance and serves as an on-air host at WAXX, the local top-40 radio station. Doody: A younger member of the Burger Palace Boys, Doody has some childlike mannerisms and is shown to have great difficulty when approaching his crush, Frenchy, or handling tense situations. Vince Fontaine: the smooth-talking 19-year-old disc jockey and Rydell High alumnus whose voice-overs serve as continuity for the musical. [24], An Australian revival opened at Brisbane's Lyric Theatre on August 27, 2013 before heading on an Australian tour. [11][12] Later Paul Nicholas and Elaine Paige, who had been in the London production of Hair, took over the leads. That's the hand jive grand jive! Shake it, shake it, shake it. Danny sprints into the scene wearing his track suit, to the disbelief of the other boys. Meanwhile, womanizing greaser Danny Zuko is telling the Burger Palace Boys (Kenickie, Roger, Doody and Sonny) the story of his own summer fling ("Summer Nights"). I'd outdance them all Grease 2 was a critical failure that Jim Jacobs disowned after its release;[35][9] while it turned a small profit, Grease 2 was a financial disappointment given the high expectations set by the original film. The Ensemble included Jacob Bradford, Adam Crossley, Emily Dunn, Laura-Jane Fenney, Lucy Fitzgerald, Matt Powell, Nathan Saxon and Charlotte Scally. After Roger and Jan bicker about food, drink and religion, she asks him how he earned the nickname Rump; he explains that, as "King of the Mooners", he has a hobby of baring his backside to unsuspecting victims, and in the process, both reveal their affections for each other ("Mooning"). Do it, baby! Danny laments his loneliness ("Alone at a Drive-In Movie" or "Sandy"). The opening tour cast included Sally Struthers (Miss Lynch), who stayed with the tour for several years, Angela Pupello (Rizzo), Rex Smith (Danny), Trisha M. Gorman (Sandy), and Davy Jones (Vince Fontaine). Patty tries to pair up with Danny, trash-talking Sandy's cheerleading skills in the process, but is unable to get out of her promise to dance with Eugene despite Rizzo trying to seduce Eugene as a distraction. A dejected Patty reveals Danny, who follows her in, has reverted to his old ways and quit the track team. Unfazed by the others' skepticism, Kenickie sings of the upgrades needed to make the car a racing-worthy chick magnet ("Greased Lightnin'"). The original score includes four songs written for the film adaptation: "Hopelessly Devoted to You", "Sandy", "You're the One That I Want", and the title number. [38], In addition to the removal of "There Are Worse Things I Could Do", and Hopelessly Devoted, the following songs of the School Version have undergone lyric changes:[39], The remainder of the songs have been greatly edited for time, deleting several verses from the original songs.[39]. He is also quite cowardly, wilting in the face of any criticism. Born to hand jive, baby Some of these revisions have been incorporated into revivals of the musical (John Farrar, who wrote two of the new songs, is credited alongside Jacobs and Casey for the music in these productions). Oh, yeah In 2016, Grease premiered on Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas and Independence of the Seas. In 2017, Grease started touring the UK again, this time starring The Wanted's Tom Parker as Danny Zuko, BBC Over The Rainbow winner Danielle Hope as Sandy and Strictly Come Dancing's Louisa Lytton. How low can you go? Rizzo, who missed her period, fears she is pregnant and tells Marty (who herself laments that Vince tried to spike her drink at the dance) that the father is a stranger who had sex with her with a cheap, broken condom; word gets back to everyone else. [36][37], (Because of changes to the musical that have been made since the 1978 film, several variants exist. A Spanish revival ran successfully at Teatre Victòria, Barcelona from October 3, 2006 to January 6, 2008. It was preformed in the dance contest scene. Log dich ein um diese Funktion zu nutzen. It was preformed in the dance contest scene. Dominic "Sonny" LaTierri: The only member of the Burger Palace Boys without a musical number, Sonny is a character who imagines himself a Casanova, but most women find him repulsive. The script was based on Jim Jacobs' experience at William Taft High School, Chicago. Grease was adapted in 1978 as a feature film also named Grease, which removed some plot elements, characters, and songs while adding new songs and elaborating on some plot elements only alluded to in the musical. Allievi junior musical, insegnante Katherine Whittard. [3] The show mentions social issues such as teenage pregnancy, peer pressure and gang violence; its themes include love, friendship, teenage rebellion, sexual exploration during adolescence, and, to some extent, class consciousness and class conflict. Patty informs Danny that track try-outs are nearing, and Danny tells Sandy that he will join the track team to prove himself; he leaves as Patty and Sandy practice cheering ("Rydell Fight Song"). The opening cast included Ricky Paull Goldin (Danny), Susan Wood (Sandy), Rosie O'Donnell (Rizzo), Sam Harris (Doody), Hunter Foster (Roger), Megan Mullally (Marty), and Billy Porter (Teen Angel). Danny sees Sandy again at her cheerleader practice, and tries to apologize for his behavior. As in the film, the Burger Palace Boys' were renamed the T-Birds for this revival. (In this version, the Pink Ladies do not offer Sandy cigarettes or wine. It was originally released to theatres on June 16, 1978. How low can you go? In France, the first production of Grease opened on November, 1999 at Palais des Sports in Paris. Though Grease opened geographically off-Broadway, it did so under first class Broadway contracts. Jan: A member of the Pink Ladies, Jan is a quirky Lutheran who has a voracious appetite and has moments of extreme bluntness. [22] Taylor Hicks reprised his role as the Teen Angel after playing the part on Broadway, with Eric Schneider as Danny and Emily Padgett as Sandy. How low can you go? The cast included Alejandro Ibarra, Juan Carlos Casasola, and Arturo G. Alvarez, among others.[28][29]. A version of the play is available that keeps some of the adult references and innuendo but excises some of the more explicit lyrics.