Grease Live! on FOX

[ranger_scout]

After NBC had success with live musicals, FOX is deciding to do one as well. They will be doing Grease and some pretty big names are attached to it. The cast includes Aaron Tveit as Danny Zuko, Julianne Hough as Sandy, Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo, Keke Palmer as Marty, Carly Rae Jepsen as Frenchy, Kether Donahue as Jan, Carlos PenaVega as Kenickie, David Del Rio as Putzie, Ana Gasteyer as the Principal, and Mario Lopez as Vince Fontaine. Here are some photos:

https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/gl-s1_21-julianne-sandy-white02_5913-rc-copy.jpg?w=970

https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/gl-s1_12-vanessa-aaron-julianne-white_3270-rc-2-copy.jpg?w=970

https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/gl-s1_17-julianne-aaron-white02_4947-rc-a-copy.jpg?w=970

https://deadline.com/2015/11/first-look-images-grease-live-1201635879/

Plus, an advertisement just debuted.

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http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/24/grease-live-carly-rae-jepsen-keke-palmer-sneak-peek-video

[Etsyturtle2]

Yes.
Just kidding.
I couldn't care less.

[ranger_scout]

Eve Plumb, best known for playing Jan Brady on The Brady Bunch, is playing the T-Birds shop teacher.

http://deadline.com/2015/12/grease-live-cast-eve-plumb-mrs-murdock-susan-kalechi-watson-dan-fogelman-1201657702/

[ranger_scout]

Boyz II Men will be singing "Beauty School Dropout" on the special.

http://deadline.com/2016/01/grease-live-boyz-ii-men-teen-angel-fox-live-musical-1201676846/

Plus, a brand new featurette has been released.

http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/645763-grease-live-featurette-will-get-your-toes-tapping#/slide/1

[Neutrino]

I'll actually watch this, I love the original 2 movies.

[ranger_scout]

Joe Jonas and his band DNCE will be playing Johnny Casino and the Gamblers. That is the band that plays at high-school dance.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/13/grease-live-joe-jonas-dnce

[MsMarvelDuckie]

This looks like fun! I love the originals, and this looks pretty close with the actors. I might watch it.

[ranger_scout]

Here are some behind-the-scenes photos from Entertainment Weekly.

http://www.accesshollywood.com/galleries/hopelessly-devoted-foxs-grease-live/

[ranger_scout]

It was entertaining show and I thought Vanessa Hudgens held it very well after losing her father the night prior to the broadcast. One of the highlights was definitely the choreography. I thought it was outstanding! The "Freddy My Love" number was extremely well-done. I had never seen the stage production before, so I am glad that I got the opportunity to watch it tonight. At one point during the "Hand Jive" sequence, the sound just completely disappeared. As for all of the actors, they had some pretty big shoes to big fill. However, I thought they fine job. The movie was still obviously better and if I had to chose between this special or NBC's The Wiz Live!, then I would definitely go with the latter. Maybe I'll re-watch this Saturday evening.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Yeah, I agree. I personally enjoyed The Wiz more because it had some real memories attached to it from my high school's production of it during my senior year (I was in it). But this was fun, even though I thought some of the numbers were a little flat compared to the original movie. My fave highlight of this was having Frenchy from the original movies playing Vi!

[ranger_scout]

Here is a peak inside the control room.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/03/grease-live-behind-scenes-control-room

[ranger_scout]

In case anyone missed it, FOX is rebroadcasting the special tomorrow night.

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/03/fox_to_re-broadcast_grease_liv.html