Grease
Music by: Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs
Lyrics by: Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs
Directed by: Michael Schottenberg
Book by: Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs
Choreography: Dennis Callahan
September 28th 1994 – June 30th 1995
Raimund Theater
Vienna, Austria
Synopsis
An American High School at the end of the fifties. Danny meets Sandy, they experience a typical teenage love story; Vince Fontaine, with his velvet voice is the schmaltziest tout of all school dances. Miss Lynch, the teacher, uses the school loudspeaker to keep control. With Rizzo, Kenickie has a girl with whom he can steal cars, and Patty, the cheerleader, gives Sandy reason to be jealous. There are also Freddy, Jan and the clumsy Eugene; the "Burgers" and the "Dukes" hold battles in car scrapyards and on the baseball field, the "Pink Ladies" dance and sing at pyjama parties, until Sandy finally gets the right hairdo and leaves the dream world of "Rydell High" hand in hand with Danny.
(Synopsis Taken From VBW International)|
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Duncan Anepool, Bernie Blanks, Arthuer Büscher, Isabell Classen, Marion Hägele, Christa Helige, Patrick Kästli, Marco Krämer, Susa Meyer, Axel Olzinger, Ariane Swoboda, Caroline Vasicek
Alexander Balga, Jutta Ellinger, Petra Kreuzer, Christian Tschinder
Act 1
The lights rise on a Rydell High School class reunion, Alma Mater. Miss Lynch, the old English teacher, Patty, a former cheerleader, and Eugene Florcayk, former class valedictorian, enter the room. They make short speeches, which lead to the years gone by. The scene switches to 1959 where the "Greaser" parodies the school song, Alma Mater.
It is the first day of school and, in the cafeteria; the "Pink Ladies" meet Sandy, a typical "Sandra Dee," type who has moved to town. Patty Simcox, a snobbish honor student, joins the girls and tells them she is running for class vice-president.
The lights cross fade to the boys who eagerly greet Danny, the gang leader, and ask him about his summer. The lights rise on the cafeteria where Sandy is telling the girls about a boy she met over vacation: Summer Nights. The two songs are performed in separate areas of the stage, but the audience realizes the different stories are about the same people. Danny, followed by the boys, sees Sandy and decides to act cool, a drastic change from their summer romance. In the school, Doody, one of the "Burger Palace" boys, shows off his new guitar a la Elvis style: Those Magic Changes.
The girls, at a slumber party at Marty’s, start to smoke and drink. Trying to force Sandy to conform, they pierce her ears, but she gets sick. Marty tells the girls about her new boyfriend in the marines: Freddy, My Love. The girls all fall asleep except Rizzo who climbs out the window to meet her boyfriend, Kenickie. The scene changes to the gang and Kenickie who enters driving a beat up, `51 Ford Convertible. Kenickie sings of the potential greatness of the car: Greased Lightnin’. Rizzo enters and drives off with Kenickie.
The scene changes to Sandy, now a member of the cheerleading squad, practicing. Danny enters to invites her to a party, but the two argue about sports and Sandy ends up forcing him into joining the track team. The play moves to a deserted part of a park where the Pink Ladies and the Burger Palace boys are sitting. Roger, the king of the mooners, sings to Jan about caring for her: Mooning. Rizzo, upset by all the attention the boys have been giving Sandy, parodies Sandra Dee, the clean living movie star of the 50s: Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee. Sandy enters and the two girls fight. When Sandy shuns Danny, he spitefully asks Rizzo to the school dance. The rest of the kids pick dates and comment on the way out that the Burger Palace boys and the Pink Ladies go together: We Go Together.
Act 2It is the first day of school and, in the cafeteria; the "Pink Ladies" meet Sandy, a typical "Sandra Dee," type who has moved to town. Patty Simcox, a snobbish honor student, joins the girls and tells them she is running for class vice-president.
The lights cross fade to the boys who eagerly greet Danny, the gang leader, and ask him about his summer. The lights rise on the cafeteria where Sandy is telling the girls about a boy she met over vacation: Summer Nights. The two songs are performed in separate areas of the stage, but the audience realizes the different stories are about the same people. Danny, followed by the boys, sees Sandy and decides to act cool, a drastic change from their summer romance. In the school, Doody, one of the "Burger Palace" boys, shows off his new guitar a la Elvis style: Those Magic Changes.
The girls, at a slumber party at Marty’s, start to smoke and drink. Trying to force Sandy to conform, they pierce her ears, but she gets sick. Marty tells the girls about her new boyfriend in the marines: Freddy, My Love. The girls all fall asleep except Rizzo who climbs out the window to meet her boyfriend, Kenickie. The scene changes to the gang and Kenickie who enters driving a beat up, `51 Ford Convertible. Kenickie sings of the potential greatness of the car: Greased Lightnin’. Rizzo enters and drives off with Kenickie.
The scene changes to Sandy, now a member of the cheerleading squad, practicing. Danny enters to invites her to a party, but the two argue about sports and Sandy ends up forcing him into joining the track team. The play moves to a deserted part of a park where the Pink Ladies and the Burger Palace boys are sitting. Roger, the king of the mooners, sings to Jan about caring for her: Mooning. Rizzo, upset by all the attention the boys have been giving Sandy, parodies Sandra Dee, the clean living movie star of the 50s: Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee. Sandy enters and the two girls fight. When Sandy shuns Danny, he spitefully asks Rizzo to the school dance. The rest of the kids pick dates and comment on the way out that the Burger Palace boys and the Pink Ladies go together: We Go Together.
The Greasers and the Pink Ladies prepare for the high school dance, Shakin’ At The High School Hop, while Sandy sits mournfully at home with her radio: It’s Raining On Prom Night. At the dance, Johnny Casino, disc jockey and teen idol, prepares the group for the dance contest: Born To Hand Jive. Danny and Cha-Cha, a girl from another school, win the dance contest.
Several days later, Frenchy, who dropped out of high school to attend beauty school, drops out of beauty school. She desperately wishes for a guardian angel to advise her. He appears, complete with a chorus of angels, Beauty School Dropout, and tells her to finish high school. At the drive-in movie theatre, Danny gives Sandy his ring, which she accepts. He instantly tries to make-out with her and she angrily walks home, despite his argument that no one walks home from a drive-in. He sits alone in the car and sings Alone At A Drive-In Movie.
At a party in Jan’s basement, Roger and Doody perform Rock ‘N Roll Party Queen. Everyone learns Rizzo might be pregnant and Sandy privately offers some advice. Rizzo angrily comments on the difference in their lifestyles: There Are Worse Things I Could Do. Sandy decides to change her "Sandra Dee" image and returns in the final scene dressed as a Greaser. Danny is overwhelmed and comments on her new look: All Choked Up.
(Taken from Musical Notes, by Carol Lucha-Burns)Several days later, Frenchy, who dropped out of high school to attend beauty school, drops out of beauty school. She desperately wishes for a guardian angel to advise her. He appears, complete with a chorus of angels, Beauty School Dropout, and tells her to finish high school. At the drive-in movie theatre, Danny gives Sandy his ring, which she accepts. He instantly tries to make-out with her and she angrily walks home, despite his argument that no one walks home from a drive-in. He sits alone in the car and sings Alone At A Drive-In Movie.
At a party in Jan’s basement, Roger and Doody perform Rock ‘N Roll Party Queen. Everyone learns Rizzo might be pregnant and Sandy privately offers some advice. Rizzo angrily comments on the difference in their lifestyles: There Are Worse Things I Could Do. Sandy decides to change her "Sandra Dee" image and returns in the final scene dressed as a Greaser. Danny is overwhelmed and comments on her new look: All Choked Up.
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