Shows · Grease
Grease
Opened 1972
3,388 performances
Musical, Revolution
At fictional Rydell High School in 1959, tough greaser Danny Zuko and sweet new girl Sandy Dumbrowski struggle to reconcile their summer romance with the social pressures of teenage cliques. Danny must choose between maintaining his cool image with his T-Birds gang and showing his true feelings for Sandy, while she navigates the world of the sassy Pink Ladies and ultimately transforms herself to win Danny back.
"The first of these two historic musicals was Grease which opened at the Eden Theatre, previously a home for the Yiddish ": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey
- Lyrics
- Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey
- Book
- Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey
Productions6 productions: 3 on Broadway, 3 in the West End
Songs1 song
Summer Nights
Recordings 19 recordings
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| US | Theatrical Rights Worldwide | not stated by this source |
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…
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