Grease

We were pleasantly surprised to see Eddie Mekka 'Carmine' from Laverne & Shirley take the stage and warm up the crowd.  We didn't know he was in the musical. He sang and announced that next year is the 40th anniversary of Grease. The show is timeless and we were ecstatic to finally see the musical version of Grease!

For the most part, the scenes were very close to the movie. The first scene featured the theme song 'Grease' with the whole cast including T-Birds & Pink Ladies. Second scene was 'Summer Nights' which introduced us to Danny and Sandy at Rydell High.

The 'Greased Lightning' scene featured a rocking red convertible with flames on it which the T-Birds restored on stage. However, (unlike the movie), the song was lead by Kenickie instead of Danny. The choreography was spectacular and exceeded our expectations.

Eddie Mekka played two characters. The first was Vince Fontaine from the WAXX radio station at the dance as well as the Teen Angel who sang ‘Beauty School Drop Out’ to Frenchie (with pink hair). Our favorite cast member was Rizzo. She had Stockard Channing's character traits of a bad-girl down pat. She exuded attitude as she sang ‘Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee’ and ‘There Are Worse Things I Could Do’.

The musical ended similar to the movie with Sandy getting a fabulous makeover by Frenchie to the ‘Tell me about it…stud’.  Like the movie Sandy and Danny and everyone are together in the end. The final two songs were 'You're the One that I Want' and 'We Go Together'.  They received a standing ovation.