By Staff Report
The Holmes County High School Theatre Department will present the musical GREASE on Thursday, April 23; Friday, April 24; Saturday, April 25; Monday, April 27; and Tuesday, April 28, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the HCHS Auditorium.
Here is Rydell High’s senior class of 1959: duck‑tailed, hot‑rodding “Burger Palace Boys” and their gum‑snapping “Pink Ladies” in bobby socks and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head “greaser” Danny Zuko and new girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their “Summer Nights” as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as “Greased Lightnin’,” “It’s Raining on Prom Night,” and “We Go Together,” recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.
An eight‑year run on Broadway and two subsequent revivals, along with innumerable school and community productions, place Grease among the world’s most popular musicals.
Grease debuted off‑Broadway on February 14, 1972, at the Eden Theatre in New York City. The show transferred to Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre, and later to the Royale Theatre, closing on April 13, 1980, after a record‑breaking 3,388 performances. The film adaptation of Grease premiered in 1978 and became the highest‑grossing movie musical of all time. Grease returned to Broadway twice, in 1994 and in 2007.
Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Tickets go on sale Thursday, April 9.
For more information, please visit the Holmes County High School Drama Department Facebook page or call HCHS at (850) 547‑9000.
AMBER PATINO 