Perhaps a session of banging erasers after school would put you on the right track. Dodgy sexual politics abound in Grease YouTube Considering Grease is set in the 1950s, the film can be forgiven for being a little backwards. Caesar died in 2014 at age 91. Doody, is a member of the T-Birds . Conns Resume: Helen in The Practice (1976-77),Denise Florence Stevens in Benson (1981-85), Stacy Jones/Gracie Jones in Shining Time Station (1989-93),Waitress in Frida (2002), Mrs. Devlin in Blue Bloods (2022), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: Bros. The Grease castfeatures John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing. 0000002869 00000 n
The whole gang sings and dances around Danny and Sandys romance, through such hit songs as "Greased Lightnin'", "We Go Together, and Mooning, recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. Handsome, cocky leader of the T-Birds. Kenickie is a tough guy and a charmer, most notable for trying to woo Rizzo for most ofGreaseby convincing her that he really does care and for butting up against rival greaser Leo "Crater-Face" Balmudo. Sonny | She is very flirtatious and knows exactly how to use her sexuality to manipulate the opposite sex. !#(% %$&1&,'+6(/52 Principal Male Roles Principal Male Roles
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The leader of the T-Birds. Arden died in 1990 at age 82. Must be able to convincingly play a celebrity (25+) Songs / Dance / Other Skills Required Vocal Range Summer Nights (with Sandy) D High B Alone at the Drive In Movie Good Falsetto (Solo) All Choked Up (with to High Db Sandy)
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The One That I Want (with Sandy) - TBC Excellent dancer
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Greased Lightning (with Kenickie & T Birds) Mooning (with Jan)
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Greased Lightning (with Kenickie & T Birds) Alma Mater (with Choral Group of 12) Non singing Shaking at the High School Hop (Lead) Born to Hand Jive (Lead) Good energetic solo performer Beauty School Dropout (Lead) Good dancer D G Good Falsetto to High Eb (optional) F G A C Good Falsetto to High C (optional) E B Good Falsetto to E. You have already flagged this document.Thank you, for helping us keep this platform clean.The editors will have a look at it as soon as possible. I think we all owe a round of applause for Patty Simcox and Eugene Felsnick and committee for their beautiful decorations. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. A singer who would have caused the girls (and women) to scream and riot back in 1958. Danny Zuko That Danny (Picture: Paramount/Getty Images) Ah, who wouldn't want to be Danny Zuko? Well built, good looking, with an air of cool, easy going charm. Grease is one of the 20th century's most iconic musicals and high school dramas, but what would it look like using a cast of today's actors? Ward works as a voice director for Disney Television Animation and has been behind titles such as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Jake and the Never Land Pirates. Kenickie, got any Scotch tape? Gender Donnellys Resume: Linda in The Six Million Dollar Man (1974),Teacher in Cant Hardly Wait (1998),Pastor in Cyrus (2010),Mrs. Cody in Black Mass (2015), Margot in Souvenirs (2020), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths. : : Principal McGee She also likes to eat toothpaste. Grease is an iconic musical movie from 1978 that delivers 50s vibes and high school drama. Sonny She is a no-nonsense woman who finds her secretary somewhat annoying in her displays of emotion and affection for the students, but in her own way she is just as attached to them as Blanche is and misses each graduating year when they have left. Craterface is the leader of the rival Scorpions gang who are far tougher than the T-Birds. She is humiliated by her new role of "bad girl" at Rydell, and she becomes even more lonely than she was before. If there is a remedial class for something, he will be registered in it. Must be able to convincingly play an adult (25+) A greaser student at Rydell who energetically leads a rocknroll band and likes to think of himself as a real rocknroll idol (like Elvis). Grease was a stage musical before it was a movie, so it naturally involves plenty of singing and dancing as well as acting. : A nerdy apple polisher, smug and pompous but gullible. He is a clumsy dancer and so the pair are disqualified from the dance contest pretty quickly. Every teacher I got this year has flunked me at least once! 0000021805 00000 n
Ladies and gentlemen! Putzie also develops an adorable relationship with Jan. Joel Courtney, another Netflix teen rom-com star, shows inThe Kissing Booth series that he can deliver an endearing and somewhatgoofy/naive character with charm, which is perfect for Putzie. Hey guys, look! Character Descriptions Grease DANNY ZUKO: Male, High School Teen(Range: tenor, D4- . Sandy and her family moved to America from Sydney, Australia, after summer vacation. Character Profile: A member of the Pink Ladies. Sonny Sonny He is no academic success, and he is not an athlete, but he excels in car maintenance class and spearheads the refurbishment of a classic car he names Greased Lightnin. Sonny Danny loves Sandy and because of this it never occurs to him that they will never see each other again; he trusts that somehow they will find a way back together. Rydell High's resident "good girl", Pattie is on every committee that there is, including the decoration committee for the dance. : Keery not only has the hair to pull of Danny Zuko, but he has also demonstrated as Steve that he's perfect as a cool guy character with a heart. Doody develops a relationship with a member of the Pink Ladies named Frenchy. The two comedians have worked with each other extensively and have the perfect chemistry to recreate McGee and Blanch's iconic dynamic, with Fey as the somewhat jaded principal and Poehler as the well-meaning but incompetent secretary. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike . She has performed in off-Broadway and Broadway productions including Other Desert Cities, resulting in a Tony nomination for best performance. Upgrade to PRO
He creeps on female classmates at thebeginning of the film. Grease has some hilarious adult characters as well. Dancer and actor Dennis Cleveland Stewart appeared in Grease as the leader of the T-Birds rival gang, the Scorpions, and in Grease 2 as the leader of the Cycle Lords. Sketch-comic and actor Sid Caesar starred as Coach Calhoun, the man infamously pie'd in the face at the end of Grease who also coached Danny to letter-sweater glory. 4 0 obj He does not suffer fools or malingerers gladly and also has little patience for the un-athletic or for time-wasters. ; Badass Biker: The T-Birds in Grease 2 all ride motorcycles. Her character Anne Wheeler fromThe Greatest Showman is similarly closed-off yet open to romance and also highlights that Zendaya could pull ofGrease's dancing and singing demands with flair. Hair Color : Doody is a slim older teenage boy, curly hair. Leaving television, Charles went out to become a speech professor at California State University, Northridge. His most recent work includes his Emmy-nominated portrayal of Robert Shapiro in The People v. O.J. Newton-Johns Resume: Olivia in Toomorrow (1970),Kira in Xanadu (1980), Debbie in Two of a Kind (1983), Barbara Ramme in A Few Best Men (2011),Olivia in The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee (2020), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: Kaleidoscope. My mom's apple pie is better than this stuff! Cole Sprouse'sThe Suite Life of Zack and Codyrole would actually be the most useful for capturing Doody's humor, even though Sprouse is currently best-known as the more darkly humorous Jughead fromRiverdale. He also plans to race the car and wants to use it to finally get the better of the Scorpions gang by beating them in a race at the tar pits. Although Kenickie is the assumed leader, Danny is well-respected and certainly someone the other T-Birds look up to. 0000001133 00000 n
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: She finds that she does not have as much aptitude for this as she had hoped and has a mishap in hair color class, accidentally coloring her own hair bubblegum pink. For clarity, the year Grease was released, the youngest cast member was John Travolta at 24.
Character Profile: Rizzos love interest. He'd used it prior to Summer Nights, squirting Putzie up the nose for hiding under the bleachers, looking up girl's skirts. After starring in television series including The Paper Chase and Its Garry Shandlings Show, Tucci spent more than three years touring as Roxy Harts husband, Amos, in the musical Chicago. A nerdy apple. Danny : will review the submission and either publish your submission or providefeedback. Principal McGee Finally, Coach Calhoun is a noteworthy adult figure inGrease, trying to recapture his youth by leading the football team to victory and tirelessly helping Danny throughnumerousfailed athletic endeavors. Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists. It's very typical of high school movies that some actors are actually in their 20s, but many of the stars ofGrease were closer to, or over, 30. No hiney biting! Playful, goofy, and a touch brave, having insulted Kenickie's newly acquired rustbucket car, which would later be overhauled and re-christened Greased Lightning, which Danny Zuko called him on. Hey Putzie 15 minutes! The film follows high schoolers during the 1958 school year, but no one in the cast was a teenager. Ok, so what do you guys think this is a gang bang? Oh, hello, ma'am. Grease Character Descriptions - The Alliance Theatre. He is hailed as one of the greats, with Billy Crystal writing in 2005, What kind of comedy would I be doing if I hadn't seen Sid Caesar?. Stewart, simultaneously to Grease, had a dancing role in the 1978 musical comedy film Sgt. It follows the life of an Australian transfer girl and a "greaser boy" who fell in love over the summer. 0000010620 00000 n
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To All the Boys showed Lana Condor's star potential, and there's no doubt her funny, sweet, and earnest persona as Lara Jean would translate beautifully to Jan's. 0000023387 00000 n
Balmudo's partner in crime, Charlene "Cha-Cha" DiGregorio, iconically steals the winning contest dance from Sandy, swooping in totake Danny at the last second. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and continued to work within the entertainment industry in both television and film. Travoltas Resume: Vinnie Barbarino in Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-79),Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (1977),Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction (1994), Chili Palmer in Get Shorty (1995), Robert Shapiro in American Crime Story (2016), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: Ginny & Georgia. Stewart died from complications of AIDS in 1994 at age 46. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Sonny She has spent the summer at the beach falling in love with Danny Zuko, whom she fears she will never see again. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. She is a master of the French Inhale who gets accepted into La Cafury Beauty School. She is deeply attached to all of the students at Rydell and gets very teary-eyed on graduation day. Actor Mark McKenna would be a good fit to play Balmudo, as his roles inWayne andOne of Us Is Lying highlight. Like his Grease co-star Didi Conn, Pearl made a cameo appearance as Mr. Weaver in Foxs Grease: Live in 2016. You really put your foot into it this time, Chisum! Wherefore art thou, Sandy? The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. He frequently fails students in P.E. Hey Putzie, why don't you call her? He tries to make her jealous by bringing Cha Cha to the graduation dance, but ultimately he and Rizzo are reunited after she lets him know that she is not pregnant after all. She tries her first cigarette and her first alcoholic drink at a slumber party at Frenchy's house, both of which make her sick, and she gets her ears pierced in Frenchy's bathroom, passing out after she hears the little "pop" sound. Blanche Simpson: American Crime Story and the title character in Gotti, which was pushed from last fall to an as-yet-determined premiere date. An understudy and eventual portrayer of Danny Zuko in the Broadway version of the musical, Conaway joined the film cast as Kenickie, Dannys best friend. Small, boyish, open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude toward the other guys. Can Danny maintain his cool dude status and still get make demure Sandy his girl? Countries of the World. Bravo's role as Del shows that she could easily pull off Cha-Cha's attitude and bravado as well. Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists, See more characters from
Sonny spreads a rumor about Rizzo. She differs from the principal in that she is secretly amused by many of the antics that the students get up to although she never voices this fully. Copyright 1999 - 2023 GradeSaver LLC. [the T-Birds have just pulled into the driveway of Frenchy's house, where the girls are having a slumber party]. She is the girlfriend of the popular greaser Danny Zuko. Batalon could also provide a refreshing re-imagining of Sonny's brand of humor to make him less of a womanizer. Frenchy is the ultimate romantic and wants Danny and Sandy to end up together and live happily ever after. (Possibility of casting two people as Eugene one as student, one as adult.) Either way, it would just be fun to see Sprouse play a greaser, as he would probably be quite convincing. Then *move*! Must be able to convincingly play an older teenager (16+) Second-in-command of the T-Birds. Making more than $394 million worldwide, it remains the fourth highest-grossing live-action musical of all time. Greasewas a stage musical before it was a movie, so it naturally involves plenty of singing and dancing as well as acting. Yes or no? Mr. LaTierre. Avalons performance of Beauty School Dropout was a hit and continued to be a song he would reprise in 1990s and 2000s performances. Sonny << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> Without further ado, here'swhat the hypothetical cast of a 2020sGrease remake could look like. Sandy is a naive teen girl without much life experience and seems to have lived a sheltered existence; she has never had friends like the girls in the Pink Ladies before, and it certainly shows. 0000009127 00000 n
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Your file is uploaded and ready to be published. More books than SparkNotes. In the latter half of her career, Blondell received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in the 1977 film Opening Night. . Yeah, try hopscotch, you hot dog! Danny is a loyal friend to Kenickie and drives for him when Kenickie gets a concussion. Doody is Frenchy's casual high school boyfriend. Sonny Having already been nominated for an Academy Award and with a top 10 single on the Billboard chart, Travolta was already a star when he signed on to Grease. Simpson: American Crime Story and the title character in Gotti, which was pushed from last fall . What a gavone! Grease follows a group of teenagers in 1958. Responsible for shows including Your Show of Shows and Caesars Hour, Caesar was known as the comedian of comedians and was nominated for 11 Emmy awards over the course of his career. "What do you drive?" Sonny Humorously austere Principal McGee and her bumbling secretary Blanch provide some ofGrease's best comic relief, which is whyAmy Poehlerand Tina Fey would be perfect for reimagining the duo in the 2020s. Sandy goes through a fight with herself when it comes to her feelings about Danny. A traditional, proper and straight-laced kind of head teacher, Principal McGee seems offended by the modern age and has unfulfilled dreams of a return to gentility for her female students that they don't seem to have for themselves. Sandy is a relatively naive teenager who learns life lessons from her new friends. : Thus, a 2020s retelling of Grease would also require a pretty heavy-hitting cast. thissection. : 0000004574 00000 n
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves. Frenchy hosts a sleepover party. His most recent work includes his Emmy-nominated portrayal of Robert Shapiro in The People v. O.J. [They start heading out when Sonny stops him]. Character Doody Show Grease Gender Male Age Range Early Teen Role Size Supporting Dancing Mover Voice Tenor High Note A4 Low Note D3 Vocal Technique Falsetto Time & Place 1950s, rydell high school and surrounding locations Tags young boyish small open disarming deferential awestruck guitarist foolish gullible guitar Analysis He is a horny Italian-American man who dates a member of the Pink Ladies named Marty. [the T-Birds have just pulled into the driveway of Frenchy's house, where the girls are having a slumber party] Sonny : Hey Putzie, why don't you call her? Diane Warren Performs Her 14 Oscar-Nominated Songs in Six Minutes (Exclusive Video), Twilight at 10: Director Catherine Hardwicke on Films Surprising Success, Breaking Down Gender Walls, Laura Dern, Nina Shaw Honored at Global Womens Right Awards, Jodie Foster Says America Has a Problem With Female Directors, Box Office: Michael B. Jordans Creed III Grabs Title With Series-Best $51M Opening, Tom Sizemore, Saving Private Ryan, Heat and Natural Born Killers Actor, Dies at 61, Awards Chatter Podcast Malala Yousafzai (Stranger at the Gate), Feinberg Forecast: Updated Projections As Final Oscar Voting Gets Underway, Ted Donaldson, Young Actor in Father Knows Best and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Dies at 89, Star Hairstylist Jen Atkin Reveals Must-Have Hair Tools, Tutorials and Pro Tips In New MasterClass, Rihannas Puma x Fenty Is Coming Back Heres Where You Can Still Buy Those Cult-Fave Creepers, The Best Bridesmaid Dresses for Every Budget, From Under-$100 Gowns to Hollywood-Inspired Classics, BTS Army: Heres When and Where Legos Dynamite-Inspired Set Arrives Online and In Stores, The Big Lebowski Turns 25: People Didnt Get It, Jeff Bridges Recalls, How the Landscape of Native-Led Stories Has Changed Between Avatars: Were Flexing Our Sovereignty, The Definitive Voice of Entertainment News. : Sonny might be the most distinctive T-Bird, and while they are all funny, he feels like the true comic relief throughoutGrease. What are you doing? Playing the role of Miss Connie Brooks in the CBS show Our Miss Brooks from 1952-56, Arden became the first woman awarded the Primetime Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series. Heres every actor and character in Grease, an adaptation of Jim Jacobs and Warren Caseys 1971 musical. Ciara Bravo has played the bad girl to McKenna's bad boy before inWayne, so they'd have perfect chemistry as Balmudo and Cha-Cha. Danny Zuko is one ofGrease's iconic protagonists. She shows off her new glasses and likes to spend money. The problem's in your mouth. After you claim a section youll have 24 hours to send in a draft. New York, NY, Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall
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