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The producers of the Tony Award nominated Broadway revival of GREASE announced today that the gang at Rydell High will get a new 'class couple' on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 when Derek Keeling and Ashley Spencer join the cast in the lead roles of 'Danny' and 'Sandy.
Inside Broadway, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, and has introduced over 750 thousand New York City children to musical theatre, presented Creating The Magic, its unique annual free public Broadway educational event, on Thursday May 29 at 10:30 AM.
The second of two interviews featuring the stars of CENTERSTAGE's Arsenic and Old Lace, Brynn O'Malley (Broadway's Hairspray) and Ian Kahn (The Importance of Being Earnest).
Grease, featuring book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, opened on Broadway on Sunday, August 19, 2007 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, and BroadwayWorld caught all the excitement!
Lance Bass, a member of the boy band phenomenon 'N Sync, will join Hairspray's cast Tuesday, August 14 through Sunday, January 6, in the role of Corny Collins, at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre.
Ashley Spencer, who was a runner-up on the TV reality talent search 'Grease: You're the One That I Want,' will join previously announced Lance Bass as they make their Broadway debut in the cast of Hairspray.
On April 9th, composer Georgia Stitt - recently seen as the on-camera vocal coach for NBC's 'Grease: You're the One That I Want' - appeared in concert at Birdland with some very special guests
That's a wrap, and it seems as though 'nerd' is the word.
Finally, after what has to have been one of the longest audition processes for a Broadway show, NBC's 'Grease: You're the One That I Want' narrowed down the nation-wide search for Danny and Sandy to the final four, whittling away the lesser talents along the way.
In hopes of finding two virtually unknown talents to lead this summer's upcoming revival of Grease on Broadway, NBC's reality casting special, 'Grease: You're the One That I Want' reached the semi-finals round, narrowing down the Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko wannabes to six overall.
The outfits were divine and the amount of talent packing the house was innumerable as self-congratulatory praise was spread around.
