Grease Live is on this Sunday

[E&BMom]

So sad.
http://m.eonline.com/news/735713/va...-she-will-perform-in-grease-live-in-his-honor

 

[Disneylover99]

So sad.
http://m.eonline.com/news/735713/va...-she-will-perform-in-grease-live-in-his-honor

Oh wow. That's going to be tough.

 

[kimmar067]

....I'm going to DVR it....

 

[MrsDuck]

So sad.
http://m.eonline.com/news/735713/va...-she-will-perform-in-grease-live-in-his-honor

Heartbreaking.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I was just coming to post about Vanessa's father. That is rough

 

[kimmar067]

I'm planning to watch. I enjoyed the film, and have seen a few live productions of it.

....we saw it on Broadway when it first came out [it was a high school class trip] and John Travolta was Danny.....right after that, he got the part on Welcome Back Kotter...

 

[RedAngie]

....we saw it on Broadway when it first came out [it was a high school class trip] and John Travolta was Danny.....right after that, he got the part on Welcome Back Kotter...

John Travolta was really a big deal in the late 1970s. I first became aware of him on Kotter, then Saturday Night Fever, then Grease. He was in all the gossip and teen magazines too. I had the SNF and Grease soundtracks.

First live production I saw was in the late 1980s, a touring version that came to Philly. Saw it again in L.A. And DD's high school arts department put it on one year.

 

[kimmar067]

....I think I saw it in 1973'ish.....maybe '74....

 

[Tuffcookie]

But that is not what you said. You said you knew girls who did not know the difference between a play and real life. And yes, I've heard all the complaints about blaming entertainment media for corrupting their children.

But I will give the average teenager the benefit of the doubt in knowing the difference between what they see on a screen or hear through their ear buds, and what is appropriate in real life. Assuming they have parents who have instilled core life values in them since childhood. Kids are going to see and hear stuff that you may not like, no matter how much a parent may try to blinker or isolate them.

Maybe we should make West Side Story or Romeo and Juliet R rated, while we're at it. After all, they deal with gangs and teen sexuality, too.

And add to that A Chorus Line because of the mention of plastic surgery in order to further your career!

Your children know what your values are. You don't have to edit (censor) everything they watch on TV.

TC

 

[Tuffcookie]

So sad.
http://m.eonline.com/news/735713/va...-she-will-perform-in-grease-live-in-his-honor

Bless her heart!

 

[L&Lfan]

I saw the film 18 times over the summer of 78. I saw the 90s revival on Broadway with Sheena Easten as Rizzo. It paled next to the original cast and movie.

 

[Dancind]

Oh, poor Vanessa! I'm probably looking forward to her performance most of all. I've only seen the movie version of Grease and never liked Stockard Channing in that role. Too old, couldn't sing. She had the right attitude though.

Funny, Aaron Tveit looks a bit like like Jeff Conaway. Will be fun to watch!

 

[L&Lfan]

Actually I think Stockard handled There Are Worse Things I Could Do beautifully!

 

[NCDisneyMom]

Oh, please, again with "the message". When I was a kid I was obsessed with Grease. The music, the dances, John Travolta (first major crush) and Olivia Newton-John. I saw it eight times in the theater. I would have seen it more times, had I been allowed to.
I never once looked for "the message". I just wanted a little fun, OK? Bit everyone kept lecturing me about "the message". Can't young people (and everyone else) have fun without a lesson in everything? is is OK to have some mindless fun?

By the way, neither I, or anyone else who loved Grease back then turned into a *lut because of the movie.

I agree completely. I saw Grease in the theatre with my parents...I was 5-ish, maybe 6. My friends and I all had the album (remember those?), and we would 'play' Grease at recess. We all wanted Pink Lady jackets! Miraculously, we all grew up to be well-functioning adults. Go figure.

 

[elphaba91]

I'm excited because this is the first of these live musicals that they're actually showing on free to air TV here (and only a few hours after you guys!). However, it's really odd that the ads here keep focusing on Jessie J's involvement in it when all she does is sing the theme song (but she's a judge on The Voice on the same channel and I guess they want to promote their own talent) and all I really want to see is Aaron Tveit!

 

[Mizzoufan]

I'm excited because this is the first of these live musicals that they're actually showing on free to air TV here (and only a few hours after you guys!). However, it's really odd that the ads here keep focusing on Jessie J's involvement in it when all she does is sing the theme song (but she's a judge on The Voice on the same channel and I guess they want to promote their own talent) and all I really want to see is Aaron Tveit!

The Voice is on NBC and she's not a judge unless on upcoming season

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Yes, I'm aware. But NBC is the common thread. I said I was watching.

Of course someone mentioned this is on Fox.

But I wanted to chime in that The Wiz was done very well and a huge improvement over Prior productions.

 

[nicolita3]

The Voice is on NBC and she's not a judge unless on upcoming season

I believe she is a judge in other countries.

 

[StirlingSilver83]

I will be tuning in! I have been looking forward to this for months! I am super excited I loved the first movie...I hope they do it justice and don't butcher it like the Sound of Music, lol

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Okay--I panicked with that open for all of its cheesiness. And then laughed thinking they got us good. Love Jessie singing around all the sets.