There have been many versions of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s Grease: the raunchy one that premiered at Kingston Mines in 1971; a much cleaned-up version that opened a year later in New York; the star-heavy 1978 movie (which, among other abominations, takes a Chicago girl named Dumbrowski and gives her an Aussie accent). And […]
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Grease revs up the revival engines at Marriott
Scott Weinstein’s staging is far more knock-out than knockoff.
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Grease, The Lego Movie, and more outdoor film screenings in Chicago this week
Plus four screenings of Inside Out.
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Inquiring Nuns, The Wizard of Oz, and more outdoor film screenings in Chicago this week
Plus two screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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The Lorax, Thelma & Louise, and more outdoor film screenings in Chicago this week
Chicago hosts another week of alfresco entertainment.
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Grease is the show nobody wrote, according to the New York Times
The paper doesn’t think Grease‘s creators are worth mentioning.
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The Original Pink Ladies
Grease‘s girl gang had a real-life model on the northwest side.
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The Auditorium Theatre gets Greased
Grease makes the Auditorium Theatre sound like any other road show venue.