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"Grease opened downtown in the Eden Theatre February 14, 1972, short of money, short of audience, short of critical raves, and seemingly destined for a short run. But like the little engine that could, this musical of high school kids from the 1950s moved uptown. On December 8, 1979, it became the longest running show--play or musical--in Broadway history. [This book offers] a collection of memories and stories from over one hundred actors and musicians, including the creative team and crew who were part of the original Broadway production and in the many touring companies it spawned"--Publisher marketing.
A propos de l'auteur
Tom Moore directed the original Broadway production, eight national tours, and two London productions of
Grease in the West End. He also directed Broadway's Pullitzer Prize-winning
'night Mother, the subsequent film, and other Broadway productions receiving two Tony nominations. Moore directed many years of film and television, earning three Emmy nominations along the way. His most recent project was the documentary on the Flying Trapeze,
The Flight Fantastic. Adrienne Barbeau won a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award for her performance as Rizzo in the original Broadway production of
Grease. She has appeared in over four hundred films and television shows, including the hit series
Maude and HBO's
Carnivale. She is the author of the
Los Angeles Times bestseller
There Are Worse Things I Could Do as well as the
Vampyres of Hollywood series.
Ken Waissman discovered
Grease at the Kingston Mines Theatre in Chicago where it was running on weekends in the summer of 1971. Ken and his then partner Maxine Fox produced the original Broadway production, plus eight national tours and two London productions in the West End. Ken is a Tony Award-winning producer whose iconic hits, in addition to
Grease, include
Agnes of God and
Torch Song Trilogy. He is one of only two producers in the history of Broadway to have a musical run over 3,000 performances and a play run over 1,000 performances.
