Watch an exclusive reunion with the cast of the Grease: You're the One That I Want! reality competition series, including Kathleen Elizabeth Monteleone, Kate Rockwell, Laura Osnes, Ashley Spencer, Allie Schulz, Ashley Anderson, Matt Nolan, Chad Doreck, Kevin Greene, and Austin Miller.
On August 19, 2007, Grease was the word for the third time in Broadway history. The revival opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre following a nation-wide search for its leading players on NBC's You're the One That I Want, throwing winners Laura Osnes and Max Crumm into the Broadway spotlight. The show, directed by Kathleen Marshall, went on to play for 554 performances.
First there was Grease: You're the One That I Want! On NBC in 2007. Then on MTV came Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Elle Woods on Broadway in 2008. Soon, theater fans will be excited to watch the next Broadway-themed reality show.
They're the ones WE want! Laura Osnes and Maxx Crumm reunited at today's #Ham4Ham with Rory O'Malley to perform the classic GREASE duet 'You're The One That I Want'. Check it out below!
Trace the evolution of Grease's score from Chicago to Broadway to Hollywood and back to Broadway.
GREASE is the word for groom Jared Basham, who decided to share his wedding vows with his bride Kyndra in a rather unique fashion.
Broadway's next HEDWIG Darren Criss is anything but shy, and boy, does he commit! Below, watch the star lip sync to Laura Osnes' rendition of 'Hopelessly Devoted to You' from the 2007 GREASE revival cast album!
It was a GREASE reunion for Olivia Newton-John and Didi Conn in Las Vegas on Saturday night, January 3rd.
Morales joined the singer and actress on stage at her show in Las Vegas' Flamingo Hotel as an honorary Pink Lady.
Paper Mill Playhouse concludes its 75th Anniversary Season with America's favorite musical, GREASE. With book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease will be directed by Daniel Goldstein with original choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Additional songs are by John Farrar, Barry Gibb, Scott Simon and Louis St. Louis. Grease plays the Millburn, New Jersey, theater through June 29, 2014. Click below to watch a fun video of audience members attempting to join in on 'We Go Together'!
Paper Mill Playhouse concludes its 75th Anniversary Season with America's favorite musical, GREASE. With book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease will be directed by Daniel Goldstein with original choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. Additional songs are by John Farrar, Barry Gibb, Scott Simon and Louis St. Louis. Grease plays the Millburn, New Jersey, theater through June 29, 2014. The official press opening night is Sunday, June 1, at 7:00pm. Check out highlights from the production below!
To honor the memory of Cory Monteith, who died yesterday in Vancouver at the age of 31, BroadwayWorld brings you some of the actor's finest musical performances from his time on GLEE. Click the link below to check out his take on songs GREASE, HAIRSPRAY, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, and more.
Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 204th season with an all-new production of Broadway and Hollywood's smash-hit, GREASE. Directed by Bruce Lumpkin, with choreography by Michelle Gaudette, this musical extravaganza opened on May 22nd and runs through July 14th on the WST Mainstage. Click below to watch highlights from the show!
Happy Birthday Laura Osnes! Osnes made her Broadway debut in the 2007 revival of Grease. On March 10, 2009 Osnes took over the role of Ensign Nellie Forbush from Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara, who went on maternity leave, in the Lincoln Center Theater Broadway revival of South Pacific. She then starred as Hope Harcourt, alongside Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes. Osnes then played Bonnie Parker opposite Jeremy Jordan in Bonnie & Clyde, which opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in 2011. She will soon lead the upcoming revival of Cinderella.
Today in 2007, the second Broadway revival of Grease opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it ran for 554 performances. Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School (loosely based on William Howard Taft School), follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love, cars, and drive-ins.
Happy Birthday Sherie Rene Scott! On Broadway Scott has starred as Christine in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, garnering nominations for a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award; Amneris in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (2000), for which she won the Clarence Derwent Award and was a Drama League Honoree; Sally in Tommy (1993); Marty in Grease (1995-96); Maureen in Rent (1997); and originated the role of Ursula in The Little Mermaid (2007). In 2010 Scott starred in the critically acclaimed production Everyday Rapture, which Scott wrote with co-author Dick Scanlan. She most recently starred as Pepa in the musical adaptation of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
Encabezado por Edurne, que interpretará a Sandy en las funciones en castellano, Diana Roig, que será Sandy en las funciones en catalán, Jordi Coll, que dará vida a Danny Zucko, Iván Santos, que será Kenickie y Manoli Nieto, que será Rizzo, Grease regresa a la Ciudad Condal. ¡No te pierdas este vídeo con dos números de la presentación del show en Barcelona!
Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theatre of California, and Tony-nominated directorSheryl Kaller(Broadway's Next Fall and Off-Broadway's Adrift in Macao) present DANGEROUS BEAUTY, starringJenny Powers(Broadway's Grease as Rizzo and Little Women as Meg) as Veronica Franco. The world premiere musical features book and verse byJeannine Dominy(Warner Bros' Dangerous Beauty and Fox's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir), lyrics byAmanda McBroom(Pasadena Playhouse's Heartbeats and 'The Rose'/Bette Midler) and music byMichele Brourman(TV's The Land Before Time andUniversal Studios' The Little Engine that Could) and will be presented in association withSusan DietzandTara Smith. The production opens on February 13, 2011, atPasadena Playhouse(39 South El Molino Avenue). For production photos, see below!
Gerónimo Rauch (Grease, Jesucristo Superstar, Chicago), acompañado por Sergi Cuenca al piano, interpreta Bring Him Home, uno de los temas más conocidos de Les Miserables, musical en el que ya participó en el año 2000 en Buenos Aires.
Ashley was a popular finalist on the NBC talent competition series 'Grease: You're the One That I Want.' Ashley's good girl charm and blonde tresses evoked an example of the perfect 'Sandy'. Ashley Spencer came directly from the Broadway company of Hairspray where she starred as 'Amber von Tussle.' She took BWW TV backstage at 'Rydell High' to give us a look at life at Grease!
On September 11th, 2008 the smash hit Broadway production of Grease welcomed 'American Idol' Season Five finalist, Ace Young, in his Broadway as he joined the company in the role of 'Kenickie' at the Brooks AtkinsonTheatre. BroadwayWorld TV chatted with the engaging young talent about the thrill of making his big debut on the Broadway stage!
'American Idol' Season Five winner, Taylor Hicks, made his Broadway debut when he joined the cast of GREASE in the role of 'Teen Angel' on Friday, June 6, 2008 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. BroadwayWorld.com was there to catch all the 'Hand Jivin' action!
BroadwayWorld continues its three part video series introducing you to the cast of GREASE. In this second part, Jenny Powers (Rizzo) introduces the Pink Ladies...and Patty. Featuring highlights from this brand new revival starring Max Crumm and Laura Osnes, winners of 'Grease: You're the One That I Want,' you won't want to miss this special series!
BroadwayWorld begins a three part video series introducing you to the cast of GREASE. In this first part, Matthew Saldivar (Kenickie) introduces the Thunderbirds...and Eugene. Featuring highlights from this brand new revival starring Max Crumm and Laura Osnes, winners of 'Grease: You're the One That I Want,' you won't want to miss this special series!
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