MAX CRUMM TO LEAVE THE NEWEST REIVAL OF GREASE 7/20/08

[yankees1253]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:06pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=28307

hes leaving. i like the guy hes voice is good but needs work on the acting and didn't improve at all since previews.

as for laura i think shes improved 100 percent and def has the chemistry with all the girls on stage. i also got over her hair being brown. shes alot going for her in the future.

heres the full article:

According to recent reports Max Crumm, currently starring in the lead role of Danny Zuko in the musical Grease, will be leaving the show on July 20th, 2008.

Crumm and his co-star Laura Osnes were chosen for the leads in the musical in the twelve week long nationally televised competition, "Grease: You're The One That I Want". The two winners were announced during the live finale episode of the NBC talent competition series last March and have been with the production every since.

Grease opened on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Sunday, August 19, 2007 following preview performances which began on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Directed and choreographed by two-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall, Grease features book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.

After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with Sandy Dumbrowski (Laura Osnes), the new girl in town, Danny Zuko's (Max Crumm) world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock n' roll celebration of growin' up, cruisin' with friends and goin' steady. The new production of Grease features songs from the smash hit 1978 motion picture for the first time ever on Broadway including "Sandy," the Academy Award nominated song "Hopelessly Devoted to You," "Grease" an "You're the One That I Want" both of which were #1 hits on the Billboard Top 100 list. These songs will be heard in addition to the Jacobs/Casey songs made famous by the original stage production including "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin'" and "We Go Together."

Tickets for Grease are $121.50 - $71.50 and are available through TicketMaster at [phone] or www.ticketmaster.com or by visiting the Brooks Atkinson box office. Group Sales are available by calling Nederlander Group Sales at 212-840-3890. Premium seating is available. Performances are Tuesdays at 7PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8PM, Wednesday and Saturday at 2PM and Sunday at 3PM. For more information on the show and ticket availability, please visit our website, www.greaseonbroadway.com.

Updated On: 5/26/08 at 02:06 PM

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:19pm

I heard from someone who heard from someone that his contract was not renewed.

The article is not really confirming anything is it?

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:34pm

Be more specific in the title.

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:41pm

Oh, finally - can Mr. Crummy take the whole production with him?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:42pm

The burning question here is whether he'll be missed.

[WiCkEd4LyFfE]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 2:51pm

Considering that the only thing that would get me back to GREASE is if they add a number where they get Jesus to tap-dance, I couldn't (and I think I speak for the majority of the people on the board) care less.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 3:17pm

Bye.

[yankees1253]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 3:21pm

sorry for not being specific about the title of the thread on vacation right now and was typing it and parents were yelling at me to go eat lunch.
i feel he wont be missed at but mostly by the 13-18 year old girl group. laura bell bundy is leaving the same day, so i think most of the press will be at the palace theatre.
i didnt see any chemistry between him and laura osnes(johnson).

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 3:30pm

Can you change your original thread title to:

Max Crumm To Leave 'Grease' On 7/20

[broadwayfan3]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 3:56pm

Can't say I'm sad...I hope his understudy takes over for him-I saw him this winter as Danny and he was so good! He really blew me away!

[yankees1253]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 4:02pm

the only u/s for danny i could think of right now is josh frnaklin.

i will change the thread name, no problem. by the way i can not wait to go back to new york, in myrtle beach right now. how do you change the thread name again?.

Updated On: 5/26/08 at 04:02 PM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 4:04pm

Change it in the FIRST POST.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 4:08pm

Getting there.

Let's try it with capitals this time.

[yankees1253]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 4:22pm

sorry i was not ever taught to write in captials on the computer.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 4:24pm

Ever been to school?

[Elphie3]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 4:29pm

Does anyone know if he's going to another show?

[yankees1253]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 4:34pm

not sure i am usher at the nederlander theatres so i can't ask him at the stagedoor, sorry. i will pm you about my tony pool choices this friday late or the latest early next week.
not sure what options he has after grease. i wont be surprised if they ask laura to renew hers, but would love to see alison fischer in the role as sandy.

Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:06pm

I heard and read that Constantine Maroulis is joining the cast this summer.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:08pm

Goodbye, ya piece of Crum.

I love Laura - she deserves to be in something better than GREASE. what a joke.

[Elphie3]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:14pm

Cool

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:15pm

Boy, boy, crazy boy... get COOL boy!

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:21pm

Ever been to school?



I don't think they teach typing in PreSchool.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:29pm

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:32pm

That of course is a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black. BTW- Revival is now spelled wrong.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 5/26/08 at 5:39pm

Oh well.

Whenever Laura Osnes leaves, I hope she finds a good show. She actually is quite talented.