In tribute to the late Olivia Newton John interesting facts about Grease the musical.
Grease was a stage Musical before it was a film and is set in the 1970s at a high school reunion where the characters reminisce about their time at high school in the 50s, the film is set in the 50s.
the stage musical us narrated by Eugene who is a minor character in the film.
Patrick Swayze and Richard Gere were both in the stage version. John Travolta and Jeff Conway both appeared in the stage and film versions. John played Putz in the stage play and Jeff played Danny in the film Jeff played Kennickie and was asked to be in the film by John.
the first actor to play Danny in the Stage show was Barry Bostwick who went on to play the part of Brad in the film version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Henry Winkler was offered the film role of Danny after playing the Fonz in happy days but turned it down as he did not want to be typecast as a greaser.
Stockyard channing played Rizzo who was meant to be 18 in the film but she was actually 33 at the time making her the oldest cast member.
The director was Randal Kreisler in his feature film directorial debut but he had previously directed Travolta in the TV movie called Boy in a bubble in 1976
Grease was a stage Musical before it was a film and is set in the 1970s at a high school reunion where the characters reminisce about their time at high school in the 50s, the film is set in the 50s.
the stage musical us narrated by Eugene who is a minor character in the film.
Patrick Swayze and Richard Gere were both in the stage version. John Travolta and Jeff Conway both appeared in the stage and film versions. John played Putz in the stage play and Jeff played Danny in the film Jeff played Kennickie and was asked to be in the film by John.
the first actor to play Danny in the Stage show was Barry Bostwick who went on to play the part of Brad in the film version of the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Henry Winkler was offered the film role of Danny after playing the Fonz in happy days but turned it down as he did not want to be typecast as a greaser.
Stockyard channing played Rizzo who was meant to be 18 in the film but she was actually 33 at the time making her the oldest cast member.
The director was Randal Kreisler in his feature film directorial debut but he had previously directed Travolta in the TV movie called Boy in a bubble in 1976
