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Grease
Warren Casey
Grease
by Warren Casey, Jim Jacobs
Highlights
Why we like it
"'Grease' remains a classic, bringing together the spirit of youth with unforgettable music and dance."
From: Pop/Rock Musicals for TeensAwards & Recognition
Tony Award
Nominee: 1972 Tony Award® for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical Nominee: 1994 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical Nominee: 2008 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical
Synopsis
Full Length, Musical / Characters: 9m, 8f Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical.
Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin'," "It's
Press Reviews
"A lively and funny musical – as well as the dancingest one in town. It's a winner... the songs are dandies... with zip and charm. The sheer energy of Grease carries all before it."
— New York Daily News
"Perhaps more than any other musical, Grease embodies those seven words most commonly heard in the theater just before the curtain rises: ‘Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show."
— Syracuse.com
"A fast-moving period piece that pays affectionate homage to the bittersweet coming-of-age of a group of blue-collar high school kids in the late 1950s."
— Chicago Sun-Times
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| DANNY ZUKO tenor, D4–B5 (Range: tenor, D4–B5) |
| SANDY DUMBROWSKI Soprano, A3–F#5 (Range: Soprano, A3–F#5)New girl in town; sweet, wholesome, naive, cute, and innocent. |
| BETTY RIZZO Alto A3–C5 (Range:Alto A3–C5)Leader of the Pink Ladies; tough, sarcastic, and outspoken but vulnerable. |
| FRENCHY Alto, A3–D5 (Range: Alto, A3–D5)A dreamer; good-natured but not too smart, she is heavily made up, fussy about her appearance, particularly her hair. She can't wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician. |
| MARTY (Range Alto, C4–C5)The 'beauty' of the Pink Ladies; pretty and looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. She tries to act sophisticated. |
| JAN Alto, A3-C5 (Range: Alto, A3-C5)Funny, loud, compulsive eater, and awkward member of the Pink Ladies. Loud and pushy with the girls, but shy with boys. |
| DOODY Tenor, D4-A5 (Range: Tenor, D4-A5)The youngest of the guys; small, boyish, and open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude towards the other guys. He also plays the guitar. |
| KENICKIE Tenor, C4–F5 (Range: Tenor, C4–F5)The second in command of the Burger Palace Boys; tough-looking, tattooed, surly, and avoids any show of softness. He has an offbeat sense of humor. |
| SONNY LATIERRI baritone, G3–A5 (Range: baritone, G3–A5)A member of the Burger Palace Boys; funny Italian-American, he is a braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he's a real lady-killer |
| ROGER Tenor, D4-A5 (Range: Tenor, D4-A5)The anything-for-a-laugh stocky type of boy; a clown who enjoys winding people up, he is full of mischief and is always dreaming up half-baked schemes and ideas. |
| VINCE FONTAINE Ensemble/Part Flexible (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)A typical 'teen audience' disc jockey; slick, egotistical and fast-talking. He is also a veteran 'Greaser.' |
| CHA-CHA, aka CHARLENE, DIGREGORIO Alto, C4–C5 (Range: Alto, C4–C5)The best dancer at St. Bernadette's; a loud mouth, she wins the dancing competition with Danny. |
| EUGENE FLORCZYK Tenor, A3–E5 (Range: Tenor, A3–E5)The class valedictorian; physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high-pitched voice. He's a typical 'apple-polisher' - both smug and pompous, but gullible. |
| JOHNNY CASINO Tenor, G4-E5 (Range: Tenor, G4-E5)All-American, rock-star “greaser” student at Rydell High, whose real name is Clarence. |
| MISS LYNCH Ensemble/Part Flexible (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)A no-nonsense, serious, loud English teacher. |
| PATTY SIMCOX Alto, D4-A4 (Range: Alto, D4-A4)A typical cheerleader; attractive, athletic, sure-of-herself, but can be given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. She's a bit of a pain and unpopular with the Pink Ladies, and can twirl a baton. |
| TEEN ANGEL Tenor, E4–F5 (Range: Tenor, E4–F5)Frenchy's suave and slick guardian angel, who encourages her to stay in school. |
| THE PINK LADIES: Ensemble (SATB)The club-jacketed, gum-chewing, hip-swinging girls' gang who hang around with the Burger Palace Boys. |
| THE BURGER PALACE BOYS: Ensemble (SATB)A super-cool, DA-haired, hard-looking group of high school wheeler-dealers... or so they think. |
| Radio Voice (Rage: Tenor, A3–C5)A Radio Voice |
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Best Musical Revival: Grease
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1972
Binding Paperback
Pages 84
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573680991
ISBN-10 057368099X
LCC ML50.C3365 G72 1972x
Grease is a British play written by Warren Casey and published by Samuel French (1972).
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