Grease Live! Official Thread- Page 3

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:35pm

 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:36pm

Jesus Christ, dude. You could have just posted the link to the cast portraits. http://www.fox.com/grease-live/photo-gallery/grease-live-cast-gallery

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:38pm

I didn't feel like it. I felt like posting them individually to the thread, okay?  

Updated On: 1/6/16 at 01:38 PM

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:39pm

To me, the production itself so far seems to be along the lines of 2007 revival from Kathleen Marshall. The look, tone, the fact that it's being catered more toward the film rather than the original script/score, which is how most revivals of the show are usually done these days anyway.

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:39pm

Double.

Updated On: 1/6/16 at 01:39 PM

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:40pm

AKarp2013 said: "To me, the production itself so far seems to be along the lines of 2007 revival from Kathleen Marshall. The look, tone, the fact that it's being catered more toward the film rather than the original script/score, which is how most revivals of the show are usually done these days anyway."

 

Oh yes, I agree it's totally a television adaptation of the film and not the original stage show. Could you imagine the outcry on social media if instead of "You're the One That I Want" they had the audacity to use "All Choked Up" instead?!! The internet would break.

 

 

 

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:42pm

I guess they are being keen to giving the masses what they want/expecting.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:44pm

Ha! Posted by BWW at 1:39 pm. AKarp2013 broke the news at 1:12pm. I confirmed via Entertainment Weekly article at 1:20 pm. 

 

Catch up BWW!! 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:47pm

AKarp2013 said: "I guess they are being keen to giving the masses what they want/expecting."

 

In their defense I think they are implementing certain aspects from the original stage version. I've read that "Freddy, My Love" and "Those Magic Changes" as well as several other songs cut from the film version will be re-instated and sung by their original characters. 

 

I'm not sure if they will be using "It's Raining on Prom Night" or "Shakin' At The High School Hop" 

 

 

 

Updated On: 1/6/16 at 01:47 PM

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:48pm

It's definitely the film. Keke Palmer had a snapchat video that showed the set for Beauty School Dropout and it's that all-white room like in the film, and they were working pyrotechnics for the Yhinder Road sequence from the looks of it. The set looked like a dark tunnel looking alley rather than the outdoor setting in the film. 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:50pm

Oh yes if the Thunder Road drag race is in this then it's most definitely the film all the way. 

 

So if Boys II Men are playing 'Teen Angel' is 'Teen Angel' a 3-headed angel? How is that going to work? Shouldn't the casting announcement say they are playing Teen Angels?

 

 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:52pm

I think the mentality to take is more of the 2007 revival, not more of the film. Because the 2007 revival included (what I think to be) the best standing version of the show. Meaning, it included the better songs from the movie, but kept the classic solid songs from the original. It would be interesting to see the original with no changes, but I don't even think they license that version anymore, and it would be so boring to see that played on television, in my opinion.

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:53pm

CarlosAlberto said: "So if Boys II Men are playing 'Teen Angel' is 'Teen Angel' a 3-headed angel? How is that going to work? Shouldn't the casting announcement say they are playing Teen Angels?"

 

I think they might do one member appears, another appears, and the last appears. Something like that would work, and could even be comical. Plus, it is a dream sequence.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:55pm

Actually, barring some censored bits of language (the original versions of certain lines can be found here), the original version is still what's licensed by Samuel French. Check out the preview sample if you don't believe me.

 

Of course, that doesn't stop people from adding film material of their own volition...

Updated On: 1/6/16 at 01:55 PM

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:57pm

That is CRAZY to me. But I love that, so much. Good for Samuel French for licencing the original.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:57pm

Did the 2007 revival add a dance at the gym?

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 1:58pm

CindersGolightly said: "I think the mentality to take is more of the 2007 revival, not more of the film. Because the 2007 revival included (what I think to be) the best standing version of the show. Meaning, it included the better songs from the movie, but kept the classic solid songs from the original. It would be interesting to see the original with no changes, but I don't even think they license that version anymore, and it would be so boring to see that played on television, in my opinion."

 

I don't think they would even attempt to do the original stage version as written anyway. The film and the subsequent revivals that have preceded it have eclipsed that version. The only people who actually remember it are those that saw it in during it's original run in the '70s.

 

I certainly hope that they at least give some of the characters their original songs to sing or else talent like Kether Donahue, Keke Palmer and Jordan Fisher will just be heard in ensemble numbers, all their characters had solos and/or duets in the original show.

 

Also, since the film is so popular and iconic I don't think audiences would accept any other version than the film version, so the producers are playing it safe. 

 

Paramount Television is the studio behind this live adaptation and they released the 1978 film.

 

 

 

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 2:00pm

Phyllis Rogers Stone said: "Did the 2007 revival add a dance at the gym?

 

I know there was a dance in the original but was it set at a gym or at a local hangout? I don't remember. 

 

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 2:10pm

The beginning of act two had the dance where they sang "Shakin at the High School Hop"

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 3:21pm

Thanks!

[perfectliar]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 6:46pm

CarlosAlberto said: "I don't think they would even attempt to do the original stage version as written anyway. The film and the subsequent revivals that have preceded it have eclipsed that version. The only people who actually remember it are those that saw it in during it's original run in the '70s."

 

Or anyone who performed in or saw a live production of the show not on Broadway/tour, considering that's the version currently being licensed.

[Jos2486]

Posted: 1/7/16 at 4:51pm

Does anyone know if there will be a watching party somewhere in New York?

[NOB88]

Posted: 1/8/16 at 8:59pm

I finally saw a TV commercial for this tonight. Has anyone seen a commercial prior to tonight?

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/8/16 at 9:26pm

I think they license movie/revival add-ons for additional fees per song or per songwriter.

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 1/8/16 at 11:51pm

FOX just released this "First Look" promo featuring interviews with Marc Platt, Julianne, Vanessa and Aaron. I'm not gonna lie, I am really looking forward to this -- much more than I was looking forward to The Wiz Live even thought I found it to be absolutely wonderful. I'm hopeful that this will be a fun, exciting production of a show I very much have an affection for.

 

Updated On: 1/8/16 at 11:51 PM