The original Summer Nights - a recreation
The original Summer Nights - a recreation
#1The original Summer Nights - a recreation
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:11pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnEdpAcFKFk
#2The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:15pm
I know this is a recreation of the original, which I appreciate, but it's kind of awful.
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#3The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:20pm
Yep, it's a recreation, and yep, it's awful. I can't remember it being that bad back then. I don't think I'd have seen it multiple times.
#4The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:30pm
I was reading an interview with Carole Demas and she said that at one point in the show's run an executive from WPIX-TV here in New York went to see the show. Towards the end of the show, her character utters a 4 letter word, she didn't reveal what that word was, but the executive took offense and asked her if she could ask the show's creatives to change it.
At the same time she was in "Grease" she was filming the local children's television program "The Magic Garden" for WPIX-TV and the executive felt it would hurt that show's image.
She flat out refused at first but then went on to mention it to the-powers-that-be and they wound up changing it.
I think it may have been the word "stud" the executive objected to, but I'm not sure.
Updated On: 2/2/16 at 02:30 PM
#5The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:31pm
I believe it was her utterance of "Nah, fuck it" towards the end of the show, which was changed to "Nah, the hell with it."
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#6The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:32pm
Aaaaaah, thank you so much g.d.e.l.g.i. !! I was thinking it may have been "stud.
#7The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:35pm
Can you imagine if they would have kept that in the film and all subsequent stage versions of the show!
Ha, parents across the nation would have a heart attack having the kiddies listen to "Sandy" saying fuck.
#8The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:41pm
That's not even the worst censored line in the original script. Here, have a look at the comparison between the censored (licensed) lines and the originals.
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#9The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:47pm
That video is so strange. It's a show from the 70's that takes place in the 50's but looks straight out of the 80's.
#10The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:53pm
Cool g.d.e.l.g.i. I will definitely read it and compare. I have never read the un-censored version, only the licensed version.
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#12The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 2:59pm
With all due respect, that is from an early 80s TV Special where many Broadway luminaries performed, in many cases original cast members performed something from their associated musical. It looks 80s-ish because there was no effort to use full set/costume recreations. Most performed their numbers in regular gowns/suits - no costume. The American Dance Machine troupe plays the background roles.
This is by no means is a recreation of how "Summer Nights" was performed in the Broadway production of GREASE. The use of hand microphones is the only concept recreated here as those were used in the Broadway production.
THIS is what "Summer Nights" looked like in the original Broadway production of GREASE (this isn't the original cast, though):
#13The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 3:05pm
I love this key art for the original version of "Grease" that was produced by New Line Theater, I especially love the tag line: "Disney is for kids. This isn't."
I would really love to get my hands on the original book performed on Broadway in 1972.
#14The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 3:13pm
A tale of 3 Dannys: John Travolta, "Grease" producer Maxine Fox, Barry Bostwick and Jeff Conaway. I believe this photo was taken on the night "Grease" became the longest running show on Broadway.
#15The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 3:24pm
You tube calls it a recreation.
#16The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 3:45pm
To heck with the original New York production. Here is an article on the first Chicago production, which preceded the New York version.
#17The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 4:12pm
I am wondering if that paperback edition of the published script is the actual one used that was used for the original 1972 Broadway production?
#18The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 4:16pm
Here are the original Doody and Rizzo from the original 1971 Kingston Mines production: James Canning, who would reprise his role on Broadway and Susan Williams, who was replaced by Adrienne Barbeau.
#19The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 4:19pm
You think Aaron Tveit looked old? Get a load of the original Danny Zuko - - - Doug Stevenson (right) is Danny and on the left is Bruce Hickey who played Kenickie. Stevenson looks like he could be Kenickie's father.
Updated On: 2/2/16 at 04:19 PM#20The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 4:22pm
Another poster from the original 1971 Kingston Mines production.
#21The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 4:26pm
Cast members from the original 1971 Kingston Mines production. Mary Ann Zawadowski (who replaced Marilu Henner as "Marty"
, Susan Williams (Rizzo) and Russ Badger.
#22The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 4:28pm
Kind of amazing that this little "fringe" theatre show from Chicago would not only evolve into one of the longest running shows on Broadway but also one of the highest-grossing movie musicals.
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#23The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 6:27pm
Actually, this footage of "Summer Nights" shows the number as it looked on Broadway. This is the London production with Richard Gere as Danny.
#25The original Summer Nights
Posted: 2/2/16 at 7:11pm
Oy! Gere hammed it up even more than Bostwick did.
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