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Grease
Grease is a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey set in a fictional high school in 1959. The musical gets its name from the greasers, teens, and adults from the US middle and lower middle class in the 1950s. Some ethnic groups adopted this working-class youth subculture as a part of their life in that period. Grease the musical has numbers from rock and roll. It deals with the lives of ten working-class teens as they face various complexities and deal with politics, peer pressure, family, personal values, and love.
Gang violence, teenage pregnancy, rebellion, and class conflict are the primary themes of the musical. It was first produced in 1971 at Kingston Mines nightclub in Chicago. This version was termed raw, vulgar, aggressive, and raunchy. The next versions were toned down to present the topics without being too in the face.
The musical opened on Broadway in 1972 and ran until 1980, presenting 3388 performances. It is one of the longest-running Broadway shows. The 1973 West End opening was also successful. Grease was adapted into a film in 1978 with the same title. The film made a few more changes to the already softened plot. It removed a few scenes and added some to make the adaptation appropriate for the screen. This feature film’s version of Grease was included in a revival.
Musical Numbers, Awards, and More
The musical has eighteen main characters and more unseen characters. It is presented in two acts. The original Chicago version had nine musical numbers in the first act and ten in the second. The Broadway version had more songs added to the list, and a few were replaced from the original.
Grease's original Broadway version won two categories at the Drama Desk Award in 1972 and one Theater World Award. The Broadway revival won the Theater World Award in 1994. Different versions were nominated for several awards in 1972, 1973, 1994, and 2007.
The musical also has a school version for young audiences. Jim Jacobs wrote a lighter version by removing references to alcohol, cigarettes, swearing, and bad language, and even the songs were changed. Some songs were shortened, while others were edited for language.
A particular scene (Rizzo's pregnancy) and the relevant songs were removed from the school version. There's another school version that has some adult references and explicit lyrics.
In short, Grease has multiple versions (originals and revivals included), and almost all are popular with the audience.