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Tonight, FOX's GREASE: LIVE is not only LIVE on your TV but will be going LIVE backstage! Streaming exclusively on Facebook Live

We're bringing you and and all things GREASE: LIVE today! Be sure to tune in at 7/6c on FOX!

Tonight is the night, FOX's first live musical telecast!  The buzz about GREASE: LIVE couldn't be bigger, with a star-studded cast lead by Aaron Tveit and Julianne Hough and direction from HAMILTON director, Thomas Kail, and  DANCING WITH THE STARS vet, Alex Rudzinski. BroadwayWorld has you covered tonight with a live blog of the show! So, if you had to run and pay the delivery guy or aren't home to watch, don't worry, you'll have minute to minute updates so you won't miss out on what the rest of the country is talking about! 

Leave it to the network that reinvented television with AMERICAN IDOL and created SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, one of the most artistically significant shows in recent memory, to figure out the proper balance in merging musical theatre and live television. FOX's GREASE: LIVE learned from three years of live, middling musicals on NBC (the satisfying WIZ LIVE! notwithstanding) and produced the best, most thrilling live TV musical in half a century.

There's no doubt “Grease” will be the word of the nation tonight, as millions of people worldwide tune into FOX for the legendary GREASE: LIVE musical broadcast.  As previous broadcasts have shown us, everyone loves to live-tweet the big show, and Broadway's best and brightest are certainly no exception! (In most cases, perhaps, they're even more likely to tweet!) 

Like all theatre fans, we here at BroadwayWorld are excited to the max for Fox's broadcast of GREASE: LIVE tonight. Following in the footsteps of NBC's THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE!, PETER PAN LIVE!, and THE WIZ LIVE!, Marc Platt and Thomas Kail have filled their cast with stars of both stage and screen. While not every T-Bird, Pink Lady, and denizen of Rydell High has Broadway credits on their resume, nearly all of them have some sort of theatrical related experience under their belts.

Freddy My Love, Beauty School Dropout - what's your favorite song from GREASE? Today FOX released a slew of all-new GREASE: LIVE dress rehearsal photos featuring the some of the show's most iconic numbers.

Streaming exclusively on Facebook Live and hosted by GREASE: LIVE's Mario Lopez and special guest Jeannie Klisiewicz of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' this exclusive second screen experience will give audiences a sneak peek behind the scenes throughout the show!

Hold on to your bobby socks and poodle skirts! FOX has just released a slew of all-new rehearsal photos featuring the GREASE: LIVE cast in full costume!. GREASE: LIVE airs Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 7:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed on FOX!

On Wednesday, February 3rd at 8 pm, ITV will offer UK viewers an exclusive first chance to see the US TV event of the year as a star-studded cast performs the classic musical GREASE: LIVE.

Grease is the word! CTV and CraveTV(TM) have joined forces to bring GREASE: LIVE first to audiences on CTV and CTV GO and then exclusively to subscribers of premium streaming service CraveTV.

GREASE: LIVE has enlisted a Jonas brother.

Pride Films and Plays will enliven the New Year by bringing back two leading actresses from its recent acclaimed production of the musical The Boy From Oz in a new show entitled Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli - Once in a Lifetime: The London Palladium Concert - a Tribute, featuring Nancy Hays (as Judy Garland) and Michelle Lauto (as Liza Minnelli), with music direction and orchestral arrangements by Robert Ollis (co-producer).  This loving musical tribute recalls the historic concert by these two famous performers at the London Palladium, just as Liza's singing career was beginning to take off. The Boy from Oz veterans Cameron Turner (choreography) and John Nasca (costume design) will round out the creative team for this dynamic new show.

On January 18, British aristocrats Georgie and Poppy Carlton make their triumphant and highly-anticipated return to the United States to more closely examine the subjects that define American life today in an all-new eight-episode season of BBC AMERICA's original comedy series, ALMOST ROYAL.

 Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb are kicking off the New Year's Eve celebration with “A Toast to 2015!” - the ultimate year-end look at the buzziest stories and events over the last twelve months. An all-star cast of celebrities – from Zooey Deschanel and Eva Longoria to Michael Bublé and Blake Shelton – recount the most talked about moments and mishaps that made for an unforgettable year. Produced by Dateline NBC, the two-hour primetime special airs Thursday, December 31 at 8pm/7c.

The Actors Fund's Looking Ahead Program celebrated the 2015 Looking Ahead Awards with a star-studded gala on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at the Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood, CA. Below, check out photos from the star-studded event, featuring Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, Rose Marie, and more!

Actor and recording artist Corbin Bleu ('Dancing With The Stars,' 'High School Musical') is joining The Actors Fund's 2015 Looking Ahead Awards to present the Judy and Hilary Swank Award for parenting to his parents, Martha Callari Reivers and David Reivers, tonight, December 3 at Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood.

The 2015 Looking Ahead Awards will honor leaders in the current and former young performer community today, December 3 at the beautiful Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood, California. Hosted by Disney Channel's 'Austin & Ally' star Calum Worthy, the gala raises awareness and financial support for The Actors Fund's Looking Ahead Program.

NBC's popular party-time series HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT is set to return for its fourth season on Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 8 p.m.

Roll call! The team for GREASE: LIVE is getting bigger. Joining previously announced Marc Platt and Thomas Kail, the one-night musical production of the massively popular crossover musical will also include Music Supervision by Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize winner TOM KITT, Production Design by Drama Desk Award winner DAVID KORINS and Costume Design by Tony Award winner WILLIAM IVEY LONG.