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Grease Musical Grease musical Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers, the musical is set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School and follows ten working-class teenagers as Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey with additional they navigate the complexities of peer pressure, politics, personal core values, and love songs written by John Farrar. They wanted to break the traditional musical style The film was released in 1978 The show mentions social issues such as teenage pregnancy, peer pressure and gang violence; its themes include love, friendship, teenage rebellion, sexual exploration during adolescence, The score borrows heavily from the sounds of early rock and roll and, to some extent, class consciousness/class conflict. including Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Prestley At the heart of the story is the romance between hot-rodding gangster Danny Zuko and the sweet new girl in town, Sandy Dumbrowski. They had a secret romance in summer, but now back in the context of school, peer-pressure and cliques make their love a bit more complicated.pink ladies Can 1 Danny maintain his cool dude status and still get make demure Sandy his girl? The whole gang singshttp://www.bin and dances g.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=jEQ77DUR&id=B49D933FAB28B9013C11C4613636F75CE2C6ADCB&thid=OIP.jEQ77DURq4AmqParound Danny and Sandy’s romance, through such hit songs as "Greased Lightnin'", "We Go Together”, and “Mooning”, recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. Starting off with an eight-year Broadway run, Grease is among the world’s most popular musicals and has a yY99kLCwEsDN&q=images+of+t+birds+from+grease&simid=607987729438868238&selectedIndex=23&adlt=strict cult-like following, especially among teens! Key characters Pink Ladies Sandy – key lead, sweet, naïve girl next door. Transformaton in Key characters T Birds Act 2. Danny – Leader of the T Birds, cool, air of easy going Rizzo – tough and sarcastic. Represents teen culture. Mature and charm self-confident Kenickie – 2nd in command of the T Birds, surly, off Frenchy – fun loving, bubbly. Dropped out of high school to go to beat sense of humour Beauty School. In a relationship with Doody. Doody – youngest of the gang, hero worships the Marty - boy crazy, sassy, interested in gossip. Wants to appear other guys mature. Roger – full of mischief, a clown Patty – Cheerleader, self-assured, enthusiastic Sonny – a wannabe tough guy, thinks he’s a real lady killer .
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