Grease

I did watch "Grease Live" last night (well I DVRed it and so didn't watch it live.) I've seen the 1978 movie - my girlfriend made me watch it when it was re-released for the film's  anniversary. Also my high school gym class (which only became co-ed for volleyball and square dancing) made us dance to it one day - I guess the single, old record (and yes it was a record) for square dancing couldn't be found that day. So I knew the story and songs (not by heart as some people though.)

 

What caught my eye first was everyone posting before the show that they were going to watch Greece on TV. There is a difference between Greece and Grease and unless there was some big event going on in Athens there are a lot of people who need to go back to their Social Studies class.

 

The show itself was good. It had Julianne Hough (I had to look up most of these names) as Sandy and  Aaron Tveit was Danny. I didn't know it until someone told me a few hours ago, but I saw him when he was in "Wicked" on Broadway. Julianne and Aaron seemed to make a good couple. Vanessa Hudgens lost her father the day before the show, but you couldn't tell as she pulled everything together and went on. There were many other actors and actresses that did well too. They even had two of the original people from the movie.

 

I know this doesn't go in-depth as some others, but it was a good show. While it focused on a younger audience (as it is based in a high school) it did have some things - cars, racing and some little jokes-  for the older crowd. I don't know if I like this Live version over the Movie version, but it held it's own.