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Grease

 
Description: Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. It takes its name from the 1950s United States working-class youth ... more
Grease ... subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 in fictional Rydell High in Chicago, focuses on the romance between high schoolers Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski and tackles such social issues as teenage pregnancy and gang violence; its themes include love, friendship, teenage rebellion, sexual exploration during adolescence and, to some extent, class consciousness/class conflict.

Newest Review: ... to shown over Christmas, we perhaps moan about it but once in a while you watch it. Grease is shown on TV quite regularly, and has generated renewed interest in our house as a result of our two children watching it with us and wondering how come Mum and Dad know all the songs. Here lies one of the reasons for its tremendous success, the family appeal. Its a good honest storyline - boy meets ... more

 ... girl, they fall in love - fall out, make up, happy ever after - set to music. The only other thing I was apprehensive about was my favourite song out o f the musical is "...more

Blunderpants
Premium Review Grease is the word.... (717 words)
by Blunderpants - written on 01/06/04 (Very useful, 1602 readings)
Rating:

because this production is slick! O.K. I have to be honest here, I was perhaps a little bit apprehensive about seeing the show on stage, when like many I had only ever known the Grease the Movie. Apprehensive in much the same way as you go to the cinema to see a film based on a book that you have read and enjoyed - will the portrayal be faithful, will the characters meet with what was in your own minds-eye etc, etc? Going to the theatre to see Grease - the genie was already out of the bottle, so to speak. The huge popularity of the movie was reflected recently in a national survey of televison viewers who voted Grease as the number one in the ...

 

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