GREASE
original broadway musical
FACTS
- In the original script the schools colors are green and brow
- The conductor of the original Broadway production was Louis st. Louis
- Created by jim jacobs and warren casey
- The script was based on Jim jacobs experience at William Taft High school
- Grease was first performed in 1971 in the original Kingston Mines Theatre in Chicago
SUMMARY
Greaser Danny and Australian Sandy fall in love during a summer vacation on the beach. Once vacation is over they find out they attend the same school. After finding out how diffrent they are they try to be like the other to be together.
AWARDS
- Patricia Birch was a nominee for outstanding coreography
- Carrie Robbins was a nominee for outstanding costume design
- Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey wete nominees for best book of a musical
SONGS
- Greased Lightnin' - Kinickie and Burger Palace Boys
- We go together- pink ladies and Burger Palace Boys
MORE FACTS
- Grease opened February 14th 1972
- In 1973 Elaine Page took over the role of sandy
- The show opened in london 1993 has been seen by 10 million people in the U.K. alone