Grease, 1972

Other stagings of Grease 5 more

Who was in it118 named

Barry Bostwickb. 1945

Carole Demasb. 1940

Adrienne Barbeaub. 1945

R

Rosie O’Donnell

R

Ricky Paull Goldinb. 1965

S

Susan Wood

Sam Harris

M

Marcia Lewis1938–2010

Billy Porterb. 1969

M

Michelle Blakely

B

Brian Bradleyb. 1971

P

Paul Castree

H

Hunter Fosterb. 1969

C

Carlos Lopez

Megan Mullallyb. 1958

J

Jason Opsahl

S

Sandra Purpurob. 2000

H

Heather Stokes

Jessica Stone
Paul
Don Billett
Walter Bobbie
Jim Borrelli
James Canning
Katie Hanley
Ilene Kristen
Dorothy Leon
Timothy Meyers
Kathi Moss
Alan Paul
Marya Small
Garn Stephens
Kerin Blair
Alaina Warren
Meg Bennett
Joy Garrett
Gardner Hayes
Richard Quarry
Jim Weston
Lloyd Alann
Stan Birnbaum
Peggy Lee Brennan
Lorelle Brina
Philip Casnoff
Walter Charles
Carol Culver
Ray Demattis
Karen Dille
Jamie Donnelly
John S Driver
Duffi
Meghan Duffy
Candice Earley
Greg Evigan
Shannon Fanning
Joela Flood
Char Fontane
Peter Gallagher
Bob Garrett
Livia Genise
Richard Gere
Rebecca Gilchrist
Ilene Graff
Stephen M Groff
Randee Heller
Marilu Henner
John Holly
Scott Holmes
Albert Insinnia
Danny Jacobson
Lori Ada Jaroslow
Judy Kaye
Mimi Kennedy
Robin Lamont
Matt Landers
Jim Langrall
John Lansing
Ellen March
Ann Ngaire Martin
Katherine Meloche
Marcia Mitzman
Mary Murray
Denise Nettleton
Lisa Orberg
David Paymer
Pippa Pearthree
Richard Peterson
Elaine Petricoff
Frank Piegaro
Randy Powell
Paul Regina Jr
Joe Rifici
Michael Riney
Jill P Rose
Forbesy Russell
Ruth Russell
Jim Shankman
Barrey Smith
Diane Stilwell
Randy Stumpf
Patrick Swayze
Barry J Tarallo
John Travolta
Michael Tucci
Stephen van Benschoten
Barry Vigon
Bill Vitelli
Andrea Walters
George Wentzler
Treat Williams
Dan Woodard
Nicholas Wyman
Jerry Zaks
Sandra Zeeman
Adrian Zmed
Laurie Graff
Vincent Otero
Tom Wiggin

Creative team

Director

Tom Moore

Choreographer

Patricia Birch

Producer

The Tommy Tune production presented by Barry and Fran Weissler and Jujamcyn Theaters, in association with Pace Theatrical Group, the Broadway Fund and TV Asahi

Orchestrations

Michael Leonard

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Recordings 1 released while this run was on

1972

Grease (1972 original Broadway cast) MGM Records 1SE-34OC, released 1972

United States

18 more exist for other runs of this show: see Grease for all of them.

Around this production

Grease is a 1971 musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers and set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School in Northwest Chicago (based on Taft High School in Chicago, Illinois, and named after rock singer Bobby Rydell), the musical follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of peer pressure, politics, personal core values, and love. The score borrows heavily from the sounds of early rock and roll. In its original production in Chicago, Grease was a raunchy, raw, aggressive, vulgar show. Subsequent productions toned down the more risqué content. The…