Grease will be showing July 29, July 30, August 5, & August 6, 2023. All shows start at 7:30pm.
Ticket pricing ranges from $15-$39. See website for more details.
Summary
Here is Rydell High’s senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding “Burger Palace Boys” and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking “Pink Ladies” in bobby sox and pedal pushers. Evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head “greaser” Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their “Summer Nights” as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as “Greased Lightnin’,” “It’s Raining on Prom Night,” “Alone at the Drive-In Movie” recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. An eight-year run on Broadway and two subsequent revivals, along with innumerable school and community productions place Grease among the world’s most popular musicals.
History
Grease debuted Off-Broadway on February 14, 1972 at the Eden Theatre in New York City. The show transferred to Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre, and later to the Royale Theatre, closing on April 13, 1980. Only after a record-breaking 3,388 performances. The film adaptation of Grease premiered in 1978 and became the highest-grossing movie musical of all time. Grease returned to Broadway twice. Once in a 1994 revival directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun. Lastly, a 2007 revival directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
Directed by Michael Thomas Musical Direction by Kelly Knowlton
Our Sponsors Park National Bank Broadway Series Baker’s Collision K. E. McCartney & Associates
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Renaissance Theatre presents Grease.
GREASE is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company. www.concordtheatricals.com
