BWW TV Exclusive: Aaron Tveit, Carlos PenaVega & Designer William Ivey Long on Becoming a T-Bird for Fox's GREASE: LIVE! - Full Interview!

By: Jan. 15, 2016
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With just a few weeks ahead of its Jan. 31 premiere, the cast and crew have hit the rehearsal space for Fox's GREASE: LIVE. In celebration, BroadwayWorld has made THE JOURNEY to Los Angeles to capture this week's intense round of preparation. Below, check out an exclusive video interview featuring Tony-winning costume designer William Ivey Long, stars Aaron Tveit and Carlos PenaVega, and BWW's own Richard Ridge, giving BWW the full scoop on what it's taken to become a T-Bird!

GREASE: LIVE will reintroduce and reimagine some of the show's most memorable moments, great music and timeless love story to an entirely new generation. In this live television adaptation of the musical classic, the beginning of senior year means the end of Danny and Sandy's summer romance - until Sandy unexpectedly transfers to Danny's high school. With their friends pulling them in different directions, it's up to Danny and Sandy to stay hopelessly devoted as they make their way from Rydell High to a new frontier.

The live event stars Hough ("Safe Haven," "Rock of Ages") as the angelic "Sandy" - Rydell High's most talked-about newcomer - and Tveit ("Graceland," "Les Miserables") as bad boy "Danny Zuko." Also tapped to star are Vanessa Hudgens (Broadway's "Gigi," "Spring Breakers") as iconic bad girl "Rizzo"; Keke Palmer (SCREAM QUEENS, "Masters of Sex") as sassy Pink Lady "Marty Maraschino"; Carlos PenaVega ("Big Time Rush") as "Kenickie," Danny's tough-guy sidekick; multi-Platinum Grammy® Award-nominated singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen as Pink Lady and beauty school dropout "Frenchy"; Kether Donohue ("You're The Worst") as Pink Lady "Jan";David Del Rio ("Spare Parts," "The Troop") as T-Bird "Putzie; Jordan Fisher as "Doody"; and Andrew Call as "Sonny."



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