My absolute, all time favourite musical has to be Grease. It’s yours too, right? I clearly remember heading to the movie theatre when I was seven years old, with my mom, sister and a bunch of neighborhood kids with their moms. The theatre was so packed that we took turns sitting on the floor! But it was so worth it. ♥ Once we owned the record album it was played nonstop to the point of wearing out the album sleeve. That summer not a day went by when we didn’t play pretend Grease in someone’s backyard. Sigh… ♥
Since that day many, many moons ago I have seen Grease in a variety of disciplines from the movie screen to theatre and television. Most of the time they were excellent reproductions of this much loved tale, although musical theatre can sometimes taint it. But, I digress. I recently had the chance to see the much heralded live television production of GREASE LIVE and it was pretty awesome!
“Featuring a young ensemble cast, GREASE LIVE! reintroduces and reimagines some of the show’s most memorable moments, great music and timeless love story to an entirely new generation. The production draws upon both the original 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey and Paramount’s 1978 feature film adaptation to create a never-before-seen version with many modern surprises.
The sensational cast includes Julianne Hough (DWTS) as the angelic Sandy; Aaron Tveit ( Les Miserables) as bad boy Danny Zuko; Vanessa Hudgens (HighSchool Musical) as bad girl Rizzo; Keke Palmer (“Scream Queens”) as sassy Pink Lady Marty Maraschino; Carlos PenaVega (“Big Time Rush”) as Kenickie; and multi-Platinum Grammy® Award-nominated singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen as Pink Lady and beauty school dropout Frenchy.
The production also features special cameo appearances by multi-platinum pop superstar Joe Jonas and his pop-disco band DNCE as Johnny Casino and the Gamblers; actor and television host Mario Lopez as Vince Fontaine in the iconic high school dance scene; and Grammy Award®-winning R&B group Boyz II Men as Teen Angel, singing “Beauty School Dropout.” Plus, two stars from the original 1978 film Grease, Didi Conn (Frenchy) and Barry Pearl (Doody), also make appearances.”
photo courtesy of paramount.com
The Giveaway:
Now you can own a copy of GREASE LIVE on DVD! Perfect for girl’s night in or a romantic evening with your love, this DVD edition will become a favourite for sure. MapleMouseMama is exicted to be giving away a copy to a lucky reader! Just check out the Rafflecopter below to enter. This giveaway is open to residents of Canada, ages 18 and older. Please read our giveaway rules before entering. The giveaway will end on March 13th, 2016. Good luck!
Do you have a favourite song from the movie Grease? Who is your favourite character?
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Suz
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Sandy Olssen is my favourite! ( Olivia Newton-John)
I’ve always like Frenchy.
my favourite song would be You’re the One that I Want
Summer Nights is my favorite Grease song
Rizzo “there are worse things I could do”
It has been so long since I saw the movie I can’t remember !!
My favourite character is Rizzo!
I always liked Danny and my favourite song is Greased Lightning
My favourite would be Greased Lighting.
Rizzo was always my favourite and my favourite song is Rizzo’s song “There are Worse Things I Could Do”. I saw Grease about 30 times one summer at the drive-in. My friendseven put on a Gong show at our trailer park and performed a scene and 2 songs from the movie Grease. It was a Great summer and a lot of great memories.
I like Rizzo
I love You’re the One That I Want.
My favorite is Sandy
My favourite song is Summer Loving.
I always like Sandy.
My favourite song is Summer Loving.
I like rizzo
Summer Nights is my favorite song
I always was a big fan of Sandra Dee, and my favorite song was Beauty school Drop out!
Frenchy and Sandy are my favourite characters.
Summer Nights has always been my favourite song from Grease. I also like Beauty School Dropout.
My favorite character is definitely Frenchie and my favorite song is summer lovin’! So many memories dancing around to that song!
my favourite song is “you’re the one that i want” hoo hoo hoo honey
I love Grease as much as I love ABBA and Glee. Clearly I was born in the wrong decade.
“You’re the one that I want” is a great song but I can sing along to all of them!
Besos, Sarah
Journeys of The Zoo
I like summer loving song
I would have to say Summer Nights is my favourite song!
summer loving
You’re the One that I Want is my favourite song.
Danny was always my favourite out of everyone in Grease
Frenchy is my fav!
It’s so hard to choose! I really enjoyed the Grease: Live production. One song that really stood out to me was “Those Magic Changes.” So beautiful, and a lot of fun too!
grease lightning!
My favorite song is definitely Summer Nights : )
Frenchy
My favorite song is Summer loving.
Danny is my favorite charachter from grease, Thanks for the giveaway, I hope that I win.
I just watched the original Grease on the weekend and it’s so much fun to remember when. I remember playing the album over and over.