Auditorium TheatreMarch 16-21, 2010Tuesday, March 16 – 7:30pmWednesday, March 17 – 7:30pmThursday, March 18 – 7:30pmFriday, March 19 – 8:00pmSaturday, March 20 – 2:00pm & 8:00pmSunday, March 21 – 2:00pm & 7:00pmNominated for 2008 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
The one that you want is back! GREASE, Time Magazine’s 2007 pick for “#1 musical of the year,” is rockin’ across the country in this new production direct from Broadway.
Take a trip to a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins, and T-birds. “Bad boy” Danny and “the girl next door” Sandy fall in love all over again to the tune of your favorite songs: “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightnin’” and “We Go Together” as well as additional songs from the hit movie: “Grease,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You” and “You’re the One That I Want.”
So throw your mittens around your kittens and Hand Jive the night away with the show that’ll make you want to stand up and shout, “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop A-wop-bam-boom!” GREASE!Review of GreaseBy Robert A. Hammond Fun is THE Word!
Originally from Buffalo, I remember several summers when the theme park Fantasy Island ran an advertising campaign that fixated on two words: fun wow! They must have had an endless advertising budget because the spots saturated television and radio. It worked. I dare say there isn’t anyone from Buffalo who upon hearing the word fun doesn’t immediately think of the word wow.
Last night the Broadway tour of Grease lit up the stage at the Auditorium Theatre and it was fun wow! Presented by the Rochester Broadway Theatre League and Albert Nocciolino, Grease was a fun-filled show that put a smile on the grumpiest of people. Its energy and vibrancy is similar to shows like Hairspray and Mama Mia! The choreography, directed by Kathleen Marshall, was outstanding. It certainly gave the perfectly in-sync and dazzling costumed (Martin Pakledinaz) cast a thorough workout. (To read complete review, click here: www.robertonbroadway.com)www.greaseonbroadway.com