New 'Grease' Cast Album Recorded 8/16 for 10/2 Release

Tomorrow, August 16th, the new cast album of Broadway's Grease revival will be recorded for an October 2nd release date.  The album will be on the Masterworks Broadway label. 

Joining Max Crumm as "Danny" and Laura Osnes as "Sandy" are Ryan Patrick Binder as "Doody," Susan Blommaert as "Miss Lynch," Jeb Brown as "Vince," Stephen R. Buntrock as "Teen Angel," Daniel Everidge as "Roger," Allison Fischer as "Patty," Robyn Hurder as "Marty," Lindsay Mendez as "Jan," Jenny Powers as "Rizzo," Jose Restrepo as "Sonny," Matthew Saldivar as "Kenickie," Jamison Scott as "Eugene" and Kirsten Wyatt as "Frenchy." The ensemble features Josh Franklin, Cody Green, Natalie Hill ("Cha-Cha"), Matthew Hydzik, Emily Padgett, Keven Quillon, Brian Sears, Christina Sivrich, Amber Stone and Anna Aimee White.

Grease is "a rock n' roll high school musical celebration of growin' up, cruisin' with friends and goin' steady. The new production will feature songs from the smash hit 1978 motion picture for the first time ever on Broadway.  After 12 weeks of nationally televised auditions, 90 million viewers and millions of votes, Laura Osnes and Max Crumm are the ones that America wants to play the iconic roles of 'Sandy' and 'Danny' in the new Broadway production," state press notes.

Grease, featuring book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, opens on Broadway on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street).  Preview performances of Grease, directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall, began on Tuesday, July 24, 2007.

Visit www.masterworksbroadway.com for more information.

Photo of Max Crumm and Laura Osnes by Scott Gries