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Grease (musical)
1972 musical
For the 1978 film based on the musical, see Grease (film).
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Productions | 1971 Chicago 1972 Broadway 1973 West End 1979 West End revival 1993 West End revival 1994 Broadway revival 1994 US tour 2001 West End revival 2002 West End revival 2007 West End revival 2007 Broadway revival 2008 US tour 2017 UK tour 2022 West End revival 2023 West End revival |
Grease is a musical, first staged in 1971, with music, lyrics, and a book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Named after the 1950s United States working-classyouth subculture known as greasers and set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School in Northwest Chicago[1] (based on Taft High School in Chicago, Illinois,[2] and named after rock singer Bobby Rydell[3]), the musical follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of peer pressure, politics, personal core values, and love.[3]
The score borrows heavily from the sounds of early rock and roll. In its original production in Chicago, Grease was a raunchy, raw, aggressive, vulgar show. Subsequent productions toned down the more risqué content.[4] The show mentions social issues such as t
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Opened December 13, 2009
- as Mr. Lindquist (Original)
- as Fredrik Egerman (Understudy - Original)
- as Frid (Understudy - Original)
- as Fredrik Egerman (Replacement)
- as Frid (Replacement)
Nov 24, 2009 - Aug 30, 2010
Nov 24, 2009 - Sep 27, 2010
Nov 24, 2009 - Aug 30, 2010
Aug 30, 2010 - Sep 27, 2010
Opened August 19, 2007
- as Teen Angel (Original)
- as Teen Angel (Replacement)
Opened March 21, 2005
Opened March 21, 2002
- as Joe (Original)
- as Curly (Understudy - Original)
- as Curly (Replacement)
- as Ike Skidmore (Understudy - Replacement)
Opened December 10, 2000
- as Mr. Eshton (Original)
- as St. John Rivers (Original)
- as Edward Fairfax Rochester (Understudy - Original)
Opened April 23, 1997
- as Frederick Barrett (Replacement)
Opened April 18, 1994
Opened January 26, 1988
- as Fireman (Replacement)
- as Marksman (Replacement)
- as Porter (Replacement)
- Swing
Opened March 12, 1987
- as Enjolras (Replacement)
- as Chain Gang (Replacement)