so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
itstheM
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#1so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:30pm
Who out there was wactching "You're the One That I Want" and immediately purchased their tickets? Was it any of you people? Did Broadway finally reach that tourist demographic that yearns to see a new production of Grease? (in only one episode??)
I don't get it.
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Bwayfan4
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#2re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/9/07 at 4:59pmYou could not pay ME to get tickets...
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#2re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/9/07 at 5:01pmHow exactly can we know what demographic everyone who bought tickets was in?
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#3re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/9/07 at 5:01pmI'll probably see this one with standing room only tickets...
CJR
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#4re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:09amPsh. I'll be waiting on comps. This isnt something I'll be spending my money on.
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blueroses
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#5re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:16amNot me. Although I grew up with the movie and love it, I've never been crazy about the show.
CurtainPullDowner
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#6re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:20am
This show is the movie blueroses.
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#7re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:24am
Well, more or less, CurtainPullDowner. And I think by show, she meant the musical, not the TV show
There are indeed differences between the show and the movie. I've done Grease a number of times in a number of capacities. One director even decided she was going to keep it "as true to the movie as possible." That burned me. I've also done the Tommy Tune version (which I ADORED!).
Each version is slightly different from the original script and none completely mimic the movie.
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blueroses
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#8re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:26amI know the show is about finding the leads for the new production of Grease, Curtain. I meant that I really don't care for the stage version of Grease (though I loved the movie). Even if they incorporated elements from the movie into the show, I still wouldn't be into seeing it.
#9re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:30am
CJR, let me guess. You were Sandy, right?
Hehe, just kidding. They don't make 'em any more Rizzo than you, girlfriend.
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Yankeefan007
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#10re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:38amThey are indeed staging more-or-less the movie. Hopelessly, YTOTIW, and 1 other will be added.
#11re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:42amI believe this show will also incorporate "Grease Is The Word."
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CurtainPullDowner
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#12re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:45am
Is John lloyd Young running over to sing it?
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#13re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:45amA**holes.
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#14re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:55am
I saw the London production on which this will be based and it was without a doubt, the best production of "Grease," i've seen.
I still don't see what the big deal here is. It's 1.3 Million pumped into the Broadway economy.
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#15re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:58amI will not watch that show. I thought the show was boring. I mean at least the bad people on American Idol are fun to watch, "You're the one that I want" is just really boring.
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#16re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 10:01amIf memory serves, "Grease is the word" was just played during the opening credits of the movie. It wasn't like it was sang by the characters during the movie. I don't know how they would stage it with the cast singing it.
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#17re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 10:03amIn the London production, if I recall, there is an overture, (yes, a Grease overture), followed by Sandy and Danny on opposite sides of the stage, on balconies singing a wistful, abbreviated version of "Sandy." As the song ends abruptly, the orchestra comes to life, blares the opening chords of "Grease is the Word," the brick wall splits, smoke pours out and the Pink Ladies and Burger Palace Boys are standing there ready to sing.
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#18re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 10:07amApparently enough people that the producers are hoping to move into the Palace....if you believe Reidel.
CJR
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#19re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 10:50am
Wanna Be a Foster, you kill me! Yeah, I played Rizzo most of those times. Except in the Tommy Tune version; I played Ms Lynch. 
She was a fun role to play.
And my lack for being a convincing Sandy is exactly one of the reasons why I couldnt be bothered to audition for this. That, and well, I take issue with the whole letting america cast Danny and Sandy thing.
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CurtainPullDowner
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#20re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 10:57amWhy did "smoke pour out"?
#21re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 11:13amWho is buying tickets? Everyone. It's Grease! It's pretty much a brand. With or without the TV show they would sell tickets.
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itstheM
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#22re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:04pmBut no one admittingly on here has bought tickets and I consider this to be a really good representation of NY Theater fanatics. So my question is, if it's not the Broadway fans buying tickets--is it the Grease fans?
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#23re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:15pm
This whole thing makes me think of a "Forbidden Broadway" parody of the "cross-over" album craze of the 1980's.
In the skit, Jose' Carreras and Kiri Te Kanawa are recording the operatic version of "Grease" and they sing (to the tune of "Some Enchanted Evening"):
Who can explain it?
Who can tell you why?
Fools do the casting,
Stupid people buy...
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#24re: so WHO was buying these Grease tickets??
Posted: 1/10/07 at 12:18pm
Someone mentioned that the producers are eyeing the Palace for this production... are they counting on Legally Blonde closing really fast?
Does anyone have any other ideas of houses that might be used?
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