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OLivia Newton John IS NOT AUSTRALIAN

She is English and for a time lived in Australia. PLEASE DO NOT put this inaccuracy in the article. I removed "Australian Singer" and replaced it with "singer" which renders the article factual. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CE96:AD70:D902:A224:EAA5:5BEE (talk) 11:01, 27 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

When was the musical written ?

It would be a usefull info... (i would like to put the year in the page in the french wikipedia!)

Changes

I rearranged the article and added links, etc. Any comments welcome, here or at User Talk:Turlington. Turly-burly 10:13, 25 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong Synopsis

The current synopsis section seems to be based on the film version, and not off the actual musical.

Correct Synopsis

I have begun writing out the correct synopsis, anyone who has seen the broadway show or has been a member of a production of grease should help out!

I updated the synopsis Lmr5069 19:19, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

By definition, a synopsis is a brief recap of a plot. The one included here was so detailed that reading it made seeing the show unnecessary. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that should include basic pertinent details about its subject matter. The "summary" here went far beyond that. SFTVLGUY2 19:55, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cast

Technically, John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing and Frankie Avalon have never been in the musical production of Grease, They were only in the film. I think we should remove them. Lmr5069 19:26, 12 July 2006 (UTC)we should not remove them[reply]

Travolta was in the musical on stage. -- Ssilvers 20:11, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't it be better to break the casts down by Original, 1st revival, current revival, and movie version? This looks sloppy compared to most Wiki entries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.66.9.85 (talk) 05:42, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why is Alan Paul from The Manhattan Transfer not mentioned? He is a multi-Grammy award vocalist. He Played Johhny Casino/Teen Angel in the Original Broadway Cast of Grease and intorduced the songs "Beauty School Dropout" and "Born to Handjive". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.139.1.68 (talk) 19:47, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"real" high school

Jacobs went to Taft High School. Since he says the story is based on his experiences, Taft might be the "real" Rydell. Kdammers 211.225.32.197 10:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now we're getting somewhere

Still needs a "background" section. -- Ssilvers 20:54, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sandra Dee/Olsson/Dombrowski

Ok. The article currently says "Sandra Dee." This is just flat wrong. Sandy is NOT Sandra Dee - Rizzo makes fun of her for her SIMILARITY to the real life actress Sandra Dee. My brief web search leads me to believe that Sandy Dombrowski is the character in the Broadway version, while Sandy Olsson is the same character with a name change for the movie (possibly because of ON-J's blonde tresses?). I'm changing the name in the article to Sandy Dombrowski. Applejuicefool (talk) 20:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

T-Birds/Burger Palace Boys

Ok, another apparent film/stage difference. I've never seen the stage version, but I assume from the summary section that the gang is called the Burger Palace Boys, rather than the T-Birds, in the stage version. I will change it. If you change it back, please post why here. Applejuicefool (talk) 20:54, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I switched all references in the Characters section from T-Birds to Burger Palace Boys. I would challenge some theater buff to go through this section and pull out all the actors who were in the movie version but not in the stage version. Applejuicefool (talk) 21:00, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This got switched back by an anonymous user. Doing a quick internet search, it appears that the original was Burger Palace Boys, but now may be T-Birds, possibly due to the influence of the movie. But that is just my guess from a quick look. Once someone confirms this, it probably should reference both. PerlKnitter (talk) 19:36, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Now it appears that a similar bogus change was made -- (again!) -- by an anonymous user (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/68.70.50.2), in this edit, and the subsequent edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grease_(musical)&diff=prev&oldid=352786813 ; So I intend to revert those instances of "T-Birds" (that were changed that day, 29-March-2010) to go back to saying "Burger Palace Boys", unless it is clear from the context, that it is clearly referring to the movie or some revivial where they were actually called the "T-Birds". I originally found those incorrect edits of 29-March-2010 because today I was trying to figure out who deleted the period separating two sentences! When I found it (see the "[...]&diff" URL above), I found that the same edit had also deleted a song name, ("Alma Mater Parody") and replaced it by "Grease" (with quote marks but no parentheses); and the latter is clearly incorrect because the song "Grease (is the Word)" was - and is - already mentioned [correctly] one sentence later. NOTE: The main reason for this entry on the "Talk:" page, is not because I was concerned about some dire shortage of / need for more Wikipedia:Consensus here; I wrote this here, mainly because this volume of detail would not fit in an edit summary, and I did not want to leave out that "[...]&diff" URL [shown above] of the edit that actually amputated the period between two sentences. However, this is still a discussion page, so if anyone has any advice or comments (if anyone ever reads this stuff! :-) then [please feel free to] fire when ready. Thank you! --Mike Schwartz (talk) 05:52, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cockfight???

"The Asian tour opened in Macau in October and has booked dates for Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Pusan, Taegu, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Taipei, Hong Kong, Dubai, and various cities in India, and brought back the controversial cockfight scene during the Rydell Fight Song."

WHAT cockfight scene???? —Micahbrwn (talk) 18:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is arguably the greatest edit Wikipedia has ever experienced.Ataqui (talk) 16:53, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Show Dates and Timings

I was wishing to add show dates & times as shown below:

Booking From: Wednesday, 25 July 2007
Booking Until: Saturday, 10 January 2009
Matinees: Friday 5pm, Saturday 3pm
Evenings: Monday-Thursday, Saturday 7.30pm. Friday 8.30pm[1]

Could you tell me if this was appropriate to go ahead with? Or if not, why? Thank You, John A25130177 (talk) 13:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not the editor who deleted the material, but I think that your link and information probably violates item 5 in this guideline: WP:External links, and probably WP:Spam. I cannot advise you on whether to add the material and link again, because there are so many editors on Wikipedia, and I do not speak for them. JeanColumbia (talk) 14:03, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See also the answer to your question here: Talk:Never Forget (musical). JeanColumbia (talk) 14:49, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of Interest

I've removed a paragraph added by Newchaz64 (talk · contribs), who happens to be Scott Miller, the artistic director of New Line Theatre - see Talk:Johnny Appleweed - [2]. The removals are is this edit: [3]. Having studied all of Mr. Miller's edits, I'm convinced that he's seeking to use wikipedia for personal and corporate purposes, in violation of WP:COI, and I'm persuaded that the inline link in this article was perhaps 9 parts publicity for his theatre group & his writings, and 1 part of less concern for the readers of the encyclopedia. --Tagishsimon (talk) 02:44, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Vocal Ranges

The list of characters has Danny classified as a 'tenor or baritone.' I changed it to tenor, and it was reverted. Danny is not a baritone. Look at 'Alone at the Drive-In Movie.' He has a bunch of B-flats and even goes up to a D. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.152.162.205 (talk) 20:44, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

But in the original version, it is sung in a falsetto Phaeton23 (talk) 16:01, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Grease" as 1990's revival finale?

The article states that in the 1990's revivial that the song "Grease" from the movie was used as a finale song in place of "We Go Together." Can somebody confirm this somehow? The cast recording of the revival still has "We Go Together" at the end, and "Grease" is nowhere to be found on it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fenician (talk • contribs) 22:15, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment

I moved this down from B-class to C-class. It has no critical reception section; no background section about how the musical came to be written and developed; no analysis of music, text and themes (except what's in the lead); it is very listy and full of undated information about cast members, some of whom were not in notable productions, and some of whom were only in the movie. See the WP:MUSICALS project article guidelines for more ideas on what a good musicals article might include. Compare Hair (musical). There are a number of "references" listed that could be used to add information, and the Miller article is full of analysis that could form the beginning of a good analysis section. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:09, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Roles and notable cast

Who are all these lovvies listed as notable cast against each of the roles, and how do we decide if each thesp is notable or not? There's a complete absence of references making it somewhat difficult to judge whether to believe any of the listings. And I suspect it is becoming a promotion magnet - I see some fairly obscure redlink names being added.

Perhaps you should consider how you farm this section, before it becomes more overgrown. --Tagishsimon (talk) 08:01, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Tony Awards

Not a single Tony Award, in all these years? 32.209.69.24 (talk) 05:19, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]