Grease

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Grease

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  8w, 9m plus ensemble

Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

With a hip-shaking rock 'n' roll score featuring hits like "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin'," and "We Go Together," Grease celebrates Rydell High's class of 1959 in all their duck-tailed, bobby-soxed, gum-snapping glory.

Image: 2014 Paper Mill Playhouse Production (Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)

Grease

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    8w, 9m plus ensemble
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Nominee: 1972 Tony Award® for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical
    Nominee: 1994 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical
    Nominee: 2008 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical
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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 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, in a 1994 revival directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun and a 2007 revival directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.
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Performing Groups
DANNY ZUKO: Male, High School Teen (Range: tenor, D4–B5)

The leader of the Burger Palace Boys; good-looking, strong and confident, with an air of easy-going charm.

SANDY DUMBROWSKI: Female, High School Teen (Range: Soprano, A3–F#5)

New girl in town; sweet, wholesome, naive, cute, and innocent.

BETTY RIZZO: Female, High School Teen (Range:Alto A3–C5)

Leader of the Pink Ladies; tough, sarcastic, and outspoken but vulnerable.

FRENCHY: Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, A3–D5)

A dreamer; good-natured but not too smart, she is heavily made up, fussy about her appearance, particularly her hair. She can't wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician.

MARTY: Female, High School Teen (Range Alto, C4–C5)

The 'beauty' of the Pink Ladies; pretty and looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. She tries to act sophisticated.

JAN: Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, A3-C5)

Funny, loud, compulsive eater, and awkward member of the Pink Ladies. Loud and pushy with the girls, but shy with boys.

DOODY: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, D4-A5)

The youngest of the guys; small, boyish, and open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude towards the other guys. He also plays the guitar.

KENICKIE: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, C4–F5)

The second in command of the Burger Palace Boys; tough-looking, tattooed, surly, and avoids any show of softness. He has an offbeat sense of humor.

SONNY LATIERRI: Male, High School Teen (Range: baritone, G3–A5)

A member of the Burger Palace Boys; funny Italian-American, he is a braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he's a real lady-killer

ROGER: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, D4-A5)

The anything-for-a-laugh stocky type of boy; a clown who enjoys winding people up, he is full of mischief and is always dreaming up half-baked schemes and ideas.

VINCE FONTAINE: Male, High School Teen (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)

A typical 'teen audience' disc jockey; slick, egotistical and fast-talking. He is also a veteran 'Greaser.'

CHA-CHA, aka CHARLENE, DIGREGORIO: Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, C4–C5)

The best dancer at St. Bernadette's; a loud mouth, she wins the dancing competition with Danny.

EUGENE FLORCZYK: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, A3–E5)

The class valedictorian; physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high-pitched voice. He's a typical 'apple-polisher' - both smug and pompous, but gullible.

JOHNNY CASINO: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, G4-E5)

All-American, rock-star “greaser” student at Rydell High, whose real name is Clarence.

MISS LYNCH: Female, Age Flexible (Range: Ensemble/Part Flexible)

A no-nonsense, serious, loud English teacher.

PATTY SIMCOX: Female, High School Teen (Range: Alto, D4-A4)

A typical cheerleader; attractive, athletic, sure-of-herself, but can be given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. She's a bit of a pain and unpopular with the Pink Ladies, and can twirl a baton.

TEEN ANGEL: Male, Age Flexible (Range: Tenor, E4–F5)

Frenchy's suave and slick guardian angel, who encourages her to stay in school. 

THE PINK LADIES: Ensemble (SATB)

The club-jacketed, gum-chewing, hip-swinging girls' gang who hang around with the Burger Palace Boys.

THE BURGER PALACE BOYS: Ensemble (SATB)

A super-cool, DA-haired, hard-looking group of high school wheeler-dealers... or so they think.

Radio Voice: Male, Age Flexible (Rage: Tenor, A3–C5)

A Radio Voice



  • Time Period 1950s
  • Setting Rydell High School. 1958-59.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“A seat-filling crowd pleaser... delivers miles of smiles and a night of nostalgic delight.” – Syracuse.com

“A lively and funny musical – as well as the dancingest one in town. It's a winner... the songs are dandies... with zip and charm. The sheer energy of Grease carries all before it” – New York Daily News

“Perhaps more than any other musical, Grease embodies those seven words most commonly heard in the theater just before the curtain rises: ‘Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.’” – Syracuse.com

“A fast-moving period piece that pays affectionate homage to the bittersweet coming-of-age of a group of blue-collar high school kids in the late 1950s.” – Chicago Sun-Times

Photos

  • Grease

    Image: 2014 Paper Mill Playhouse Production (Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)

  • Grease

    Image: 2007 Broadway Production (Joan Marcus)

  • Grease

    Image: 2007 Broadway Production (Joan Marcus)

  • Grease

    Image: 2007 Broadway Production (Joan Marcus)

Music

Song Samples

ROCS performance track sample

Act I

1. “Alma Mater” – Miss Lynch, Patty, Eugene
2. “Alma Mater Parody” – Pink Ladies, Burger Palace Boys
3. “Summer Nights” – Sandy, Danny, Pink Ladies, Burger Palace Boys
3a. Scene Change #2 – Orchestra
4. “Those Magic Changes” – Doody, Burger Palace Boys, Pink Ladies
4a. Scene Change #3 – Orchestra
5. “Freddy, My Love” – Marty, Pink Ladies
6. “Greased Lightnin’” – Kenickie, Burger Palace Boys
6a. “Greased Lightnin’ / Rizzo’s Entrance” – Kenickie, Burger Palace Boys
7. “Rydell Fight Song” – Sandy, Patty
8. “Mooning” – Roger, Jan
9. “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee” – Rizzo
10. “We Go Together” – Pink Ladies, Burger Palace Boys

Act II

11. “Shakin’ at the High School Hop” – Company
12. “It’s Raining on Prom Night” – Sandy, Radio Voice
12a. Scene Change Into High School Hop – Orchestra
12b. Underscore Into High School Hop – Orchestra
12c. Enter Miss Lynch – Orchestra
12d. Enter Vince Fontaine – Orchestra
13. “Born to Hand Jive” – Johnny Casino, Company
13a. Crossover / Last Dance Out of Hop – Orchestra
14. “Beauty School Dropout” – Teen Angel, Frenchy, Choir
14a. “Beauty School Dropout (Reprise)” – Teen Angel
14b. Scene Change into Drive-In Movie – Orchestra
15. “Alone at a Drive-In Movie” – Danny, Burger Palace Boys
16. “Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Queen” – Doody, Roger
17. “There Are Worse Things I Could Do” – Rizzo
18. “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee (Reprise)” – Sandy
18a. Scene Change Out of Sandra Dee (Reprise) – Orchestra
19. “All Choked Up” – Sandy, Danny, Pink Ladies, Burger Palace Boys
19a. Crossover – Orchestra
20. “Finale: We Go Together (Reprise)” – Company
21. Bows and Exit Music – Orchestra
22. House Exit Music – Orchestra

  • Musical Style Pop/Rock
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Medium
  • Chorus Size Medium

Licensing & Materials

  • PLEASE BE ADVISED: Grease is a premier, high royalty title that requires further information to license. Following your application, your licensing representative will be in contact with you directly to determine pricing. Call or email your representative with any questions.

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    Neither version includes the movie songs. You will have to secure separate permission to include those songs in your performance, regardless of which version you choose. More information will be included as part of the licensing process.

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Music Rentals

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1   Piano-Conductor (rehearsal & performance)
18   Vocal Book

2   Tenor Saxophone 1&2
2   Guitar 1&2 — Electric
1   Drums
1   Bass — Electric

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1   Piano-Conductor
18   Vocal Book

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Authors

Warren Casey

Warren Casey

Warren Casey was born in Yonkers, New York, and attended Syracuse University. During the late ‘50s, he learned all about “greasers” while working as an art teacher in upstate New York. He moved to Chicago in 1962, where he hoped to pursue an acting career. He appeared in d ...

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Jim Jacobs

Jim Jacobs

Jim Jacobs, who created Grease (in 1970) with Warren Casey, was born and raised on the mean streets of Chicago’s far northwest side. During the golden era of rock ‘n’ roll (1956-1960) he was a guitar-playing “greaser” student at Taft High School. In 1963, Jacobs met Warren ...

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