Grease Live! Official Thread- Page 9

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 1/27/16 at 10:17pm

I highly doubt that's Aaron and Julianne singing. It doesn't sound like either of them.

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/27/16 at 10:18pm

Julianne already confirmed that it's not them. Don't worry, they'll be great.

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 1/27/16 at 10:18pm

Thanks so much for the clarification because lord those vocals were horrendous!

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 1/27/16 at 10:30pm

The official DVD cover artwork.

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/27/16 at 10:48pm

Come. On. Really? Ugh.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 1/27/16 at 10:54pm

 My hope is that since the DVD is being released in March that they will include a lot of cool behind-the-scenes videos and featurettes.  Maybe even some of the second screen stuff they are going to be showing live online during the broadcast.  I have the DVDs of all three NBC live musicals, but I wish there were some bonus features like that besides those making of documentaries that air beforehand. 

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 12:22am

That's really the artwork they're going for...

[best12bars]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 7:48am

I'm not surprised by the cover, having worked on DVDs for a decade. They go for big stars' heads or full figures over a white background with red letters. It's the "safe" marketing concept. I can't tell you how many times we were asked to do that on our menu designs and key art. Ugh.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 10:39am

Wow. Their DVD art is so edgy. And cool. And rad.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 10:57am

I can create a better DVD cover blindfolded with one hand tied behind my back on an old Apple II from 1977.

 

 

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 11:00am

Way to make them all look 40!

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 11:01am

Not to harp about it "too much" but the artistry behind advertising for music, movies, etc has just gone out the window. When I was a kid I used to marvel at the time and attention to detail given to movie poster, etc. Everything is so damned generic and superimposed heads on other peoples bodies.

 

Another lost art form....

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 12:52pm

The playbill is out.

 

I thought they gave Frenchie a song because she was the only Pink Lady without one?  But Jan doesn't have a song on their song list. 

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 1:05pm

I see they've cut "Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)". I don't think any production to date has done that before, but I may be wrong. 

Updated On: 1/28/16 at 01:05 PM

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 1:21pm

It'll be in the broadcast AND included as a bonus track on the Target release of the soundtrack.

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 1:23pm

I don't think they cut it from the production. At least I hope to God they didn't. Maybe they just didn't see the deluxe track list? Other than that, why do they go back and forth with Frenchy's spelling? It is Frenchy, but in the playbill it's Frenchie, then Frenchy, then Frenchie. It's weird. It's easy to google that sort of thing. Other than that, I'm happy Carly Rae is closer to the top with fifth person billing. Wish she had made it on the DVD/Album covers. She is definitely a draw, more so than Vanessa, I'd say. Especially after her critically raved 2015 album. But oh well. 

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 1:32pm

jacobsnchz14 said: "It'll be in the broadcast AND included as a bonus track on the Target release of the soundtrack."

 

It's not listed as one of the musical numbers in the playbill linked by Phyllis Rogers Stone. Which leads me to believe that it's not going to be in the broadcast. The fact that it was also left off the soundtrack and only included as a bonus track on the Target edition also leads me to believe this as well. 

 

But if you can provide me a source confirming that it was not cut I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

Updated On: 1/28/16 at 01:32 PM

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

Posted: 1/28/16 at 1:58pm

What bugs me is that any credit for the other songwriters has disappeared. How hastily was this thing slapped together anyway?

 

Allow me:

"Grease (Is The Word)"
Written by Barry Gibb
 

"All I Need Is An Angel"
Written by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey
 

"Hopelessly Devoted To You"
"You're The One That I Want"
Written by John Farrar
 

"Sandy"
Written by Louis St. Louis and Scott Simon

Updated On: 1/28/16 at 01:58 PM

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 2:08pm

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "What bugs me is that any credit for the other songwriters has disappeared. How hastily was this thing slapped together anyway?

 

Allow me:

 

"Grease (Is The Word)"
Written by Barry Gibb
 

"All I Need Is An Angel"
Written by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey
 

"Hopelessly Devoted To You"
"You're The One That I Want"
Written by John Farrar
 

"Sandy"
Written by Louis St. Louis and Scott Simon"

 

Oh, that's a good catch g.d.e.l.g.i. 

 

It seems this was a rush job. That's a major oversight.

 

 

 

 

 

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

Posted: 1/28/16 at 2:13pm

So I brought it to PLAYBILLder's attention on Facebook, and tag L. St L. They get all snarky on me. "Actually, check the song list, it's there." Suddenly, 28 minutes later, an "Additional Music Credit" footnote has popped up on the song list page. They now claim it was hidden by a technical error.

 

You're welcome?

Updated On: 1/28/16 at 02:13 PM

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 2:15pm

Yup, that was all you. Sometimes Playbill gets on my nerves like that. It happens a lot.

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

Posted: 1/28/16 at 2:18pm

As a producer myself who looks only to credit and pay people for what they've done, it seemed like a grievous omission that needed rectifying. After ten years in the business, too often one is coming across bodies that are buried. If it has an innocent explanation, fine. They're content to report it, I'm content to 'accept' it.

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 2:30pm

Wow, Playbill is so high and mighty that they are beyond reproach in regards to an error being cited. That's rich. Then they try to cover it up by claiming it was "hidden" due to a technical error? 

 

"Technical error". I need to use that one one of these days.

 

Maybe, just maybe "Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee (Reprise)" is hidden by this technical error.

 

They may need to look into the title page as the title of the show is not displaying at all. 

 

Sloppy, sloppy, slo-ppy! 

 

Updated On: 1/28/16 at 02:30 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 2:38pm

They should really be crediting the costume design to whoever designed the movie costumes. 

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 1/28/16 at 2:42pm

Yes, I agree with you Phyllis Rogers Stone.

 

William Ivey Long is taking credit for lifting Albert Wolsky's designs from the 1978 film version.