Grease Broadway Debut: 1972 Film Release: 1978

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GreaseBroadway Debut 1972Film Release 1978
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Important Information

• Music by (composers)
• Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
• Lyrics by (lyricists)
• Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
• Book by (Librettists)
• Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
• Based on Jim Jacobs and Warren Caseys stage
  musical, Grease
• Setting Rydell High School
• Southern, California

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Important Characters Danny Zuko

• Leader of the T-Birds
• Falls in love with Sandy over the summer

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Important Characters Sandy Olsen

• New in town
• Wholesome, pure, kind and innocent
• Originally planned on going to a Catholic school
• Goody-goody and does not smoke or drink
• Teased by the Pink Ladies
• Falls in love with Danny over the summer.

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Important Characters Betty Rizzo

• Leader of the Pink Ladies
• Tough and sarcastic
• Does not like to hang out with Sandy because
  shes not tough enough
• Drinks, smokes and doesnt care what others think
  of her
• Dates Kenickie

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Important Characters Frenchy

• Member of the Pink Ladies
• Fun-loving and foolish but friendly a little
  dumb
• Dropped out of HS to enter Beauty School
• Cares a lot about her appearance

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Important Characters Kenickie

• Second-in-command of the T-Birds
• Tough and rude
• Dates Rizzo

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Important Characters Teen Angel (Frankie
Avalon)

• Guardian Angel from above
• Tries to guide Frenchy when she drops out of
  Beauty School

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Other Important Characters

• T-Birds the boys gang of working-class
  greasers-to-be
• Doody Youngest
• Sonny LaTierri obnoxious and tricky
• Roger jolly prankster

• Pink Ladies the greasers girls gang
• Marty prettiest and likes older men
• Jan fun, loud, overweight and awkward

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Important Songs

• Grease
• Summer Nights
• Hopelessly Devoted to You
• Sandy
• Beauty School Dropout
• Look at Me, Im Sandra Dee

• Greased Lightnin
• There are Worse Things I Could Do
• Look at Me, Im Sandra Dee (Reprise)
• Youre the One That I Want
• We Go Together

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Plot Summary

• Danny and Sandy meet at the beach.
• Danny and Sandy say goodbye.
• Sandy is due to return to Australia but her
  family changes their minds and she enrolls in
  Rydell HS as an exchange student.
• Sandy makes friends with Frenchy, a member of The
  Pink Ladies.
• Danny also attends Rydell HS where he is the
  leader of The T-Birds

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Plot (cont.)

• Sandy joins the cheerleaders
• The Pink Ladies want to reunite Danny and sandy
  but Danny wants to protect his cool image.
• Frenchy tries to cheer Sandy up by inviting her
  to a sleepover
• The Pink Ladies make fun of Sandy for being so
  conservative
• Frenchy decides to drop out of school and attend
  beauty school.

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Plot (cont.)

• The T-Birds fantasize about what their car will
  look like when its done being remodeled.
• They are fixing the car for the race at Thunder
  Road
• Danny sees Sandy having a soda so decides to try
  sports to impress her.
• Danny tries to take Sandy out alone but finds
  that the T-Birds and Pink Ladies are there and
  finds it hard to charm her without looking weak.

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Plot (cont.)

• Frenchy drops out of Beauty School
• Danny takes Sandy to the school dance where the
  TV show National Bandstand plans to broadcast
  live.
• Danny takes Sandy to the drive-in and trys to
  hook up with her, causing her to leave.
• Rizzo has a pregnancy scare.

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Plot (cont.)

• Sandy realizes there is more to her than her
  conservative ways and says goodbye to the old
  Sandy.
• Danny races Leo (the leader of the rival gang)
• Seniors have a graduation carnival
• Sandy shows up completely changed.
• They sing We Go Together and the movie ends.

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Other Important Facts

• Budget for the film was 6,000,000
• Gross revenue for the film is 394, 589, 888.
• Grease confirmed John Travoltas fame.
• The movie soundtrack was a number 1 album in many
  countries.
• Grease spawned a sequel, Grease 2 in 1982