GREASE brings “summer lovin’” to
Chicago This January
Broadway In Chicago is proud to present GREASE™, the classic musical that has made generations of audiences root for Sandy and Danny’s lighting romance. Tickets are now available for Chicago audiences to bop and jive with the Pink Ladies and the T-Birds at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University during a limited engagement January 6 – 18, 2009.
After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with Sandy Dumbrowski (Emily Padgett), the new girl in town, Danny Zuko's (Eric Schneider) world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock n' roll celebration of growin' up, cruisin' with friends and goin' steady. The new version of GREASE™ features, for the first time ever in a Broadway production, songs from the smash hit 1978 film including “Sandy,” and the Academy Award nominated song “Hopelessly Devoted to You.” The new version of the musical also includes the songs from the film adaptation, “Grease” and “You’re the One That I Want,” both of which were #1 hits on the Billboard Top 100 list. These songs are heard in addition to the Jacobs/Casey songs made famous by the original stage production, including “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin’” and “We Go Together.”
As previously announced, “American Idol” Season Five winner Taylor Hicks will star as “Teen Angel.” Taylor Hicks made his debut on Broadway in the role this past summer. He achieved widespread fame in 2006 as a contestant on the hugely successful FOX singing competition “American Idol.” Starring as “Rizzo” will be Allie Schulz, a contestant on NBC’s “Grease: You’re the One That I Want.” Allie comes directly from the Broadway Company of GREASE™.
