Grease Tour

[Missy37]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 6:45pm

Does anyone know the cast?

[kristinchenofan570]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 7:09pm

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 7:18pm

http://www.broadway.com/Schneider-Padgett-Schulz-Join-Taylor-Hicks-in-Grease-Tour/broadway_news/5013952

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 7:19pm

I know them all. They're all buddies of mine. I call them up, we hit a few bars, have a few laughs. We're one kick-ass group of kids.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 5/26/09 at 8:10pm

LOL AllThatJazz22.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 5/29/09 at 1:02pm

Can someone confirm if this tour is using the onstage band/orchestra set-up or the regular orchestra pit set-up?

[Eris0303]

Posted: 5/29/09 at 1:10pm

They were using a pit in Baltimore. I'd have to think it might change based on each venue but, I believe, most of the theatres they're going to have pits. The Brooks Atkinson has no pit so that's way the orchestra/band was on stage.

[fbueller]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 11:35am

Late summer replacements include Susan Byle as Danny and Adam Lamber as Sandy.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 11:53am

I doubt Susan Byle and Adam Lamber will generate any ticket sales. No one knows who they are.

[wickedpoppinsfan]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:07pm

Is the new Grease tour going to be non equity??

[tourboi]

Posted: 7/7/10 at 10:20pm

Yep. And while the first few weeks are solid week bookings, it's doing a LOT of one or two nighters.

[nolax16jok]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:57am

Rydell High is welcoming a new class for Grease's 2010-2011 national tour, led by Tony nominee Eddie Mekka as TV DJ Vince Fontaine. Matt Nolan, who was a finalist on Grease: You're The One That I Want, the TV series that cast the 2007 Broadway revival, will star as Danny opposite Alyssa Herrera as Sandy. The tour kicks off October 12-17 in Denver, CO, at the Buell Theatre. The tour is directed by David John O'Brien and choreographed by Joyce Chittick.

Mekka is best known for his role as Carmine Ragusa on TV's Laverne and Shirley. He received a 1975 Tony nomination for the rock opera The Lieutenant and appeared on Broadway in Jumpers and The Magic Show. His many film credits include Beaches, A League of Their Own and Dear God. Nolan recently toured with Hairspray, and Herrera's stage credits include High School Musical and Little Women.

The tour also features Patrick Cragin as Kenickie, Audrey Filson as Patty Simcox, Kelly Teal Goyette as Miss Lynch, Patrick Joyce as Sonny, Alicia Kelly as Marty, Brad Lawson as Roger, Ashley Rubin as Frenchy, Lauren Elaine Taylor as Rizzo, Lauren Turner as Jan and Marc Winski as Doody.

Grease, the popular musical following teenagers in love during the soda shop culture of the 1950s, opened on Broadway in June 1972 and closed in 1980 after playing 3,388 performances. Kathleen Marshall's most recent Broadway revival which opened in August 2007, ran for 554 performances and received a Tony nomination for Best Revival of a Musical.

Tour dates have been set through November 21 with stops in Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Ednomton, AB; Great Falls, Bozeman and Billings, MT; Rapid City, SD; Casper WY.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 3:41am

I did not know they were going to tour this for another year. Is it going to go non-equity?

[tourboi]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 11:27am

Yes see above.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 7/9/10 at 2:30pm

Oh sorry I didn't see that! Thanks. I wonder if there will be cuts made to the sets since it is doing so many two night stops.