Grease: Live touts its differences from NBC’s live musicals - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 01-30-2016, 02:19 AM

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/29...nt-tv-musicals

"We are embracing the fact that it’s live,” says director Thomas Kail. Costume designer William Ivey Long adds that the 650-member audience will bring life to the three-hour musical: “With The Wiz, a song would end and your heart would be exploding, but then there was just complete silence,” he says. “We’re going to have an audience there to burst into applause.”

Mace Dolex · 01-30-2016, 03:22 AM

I grew up on the feature film that I'm actually curious to watch this, I'll be DVR'ing it of course only to see Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens.

Zoneboy · 01-30-2016, 03:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mace Dolex

I'll be DVR'ing it of course only to see Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens.

They're among the reasons I'm not even going to bother.

Mace Dolex · 01-30-2016, 03:40 AM

Well their acting might be questionable but at least they can sing and dance.

opus · 01-31-2016, 02:55 PM

I've been looking forward to this longer than I should probably publically admit.

Here's a quiz on the lyrics:

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/31/quiz-grease-lyrics

Torgo · 01-31-2016, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by opus

I've been looking forward to this longer than I should probably publically admit.

Here's a quiz on the lyrics:

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/31/quiz-grease-lyrics

You're just hoping this is successful enough they'll do a live version of Grease 2.

opus · 01-31-2016, 11:22 PM

My verdict-

Not as good as the original play, on par with the movie. I was secretly hoping they ended with All Choked Up, not You're the One that I Want, but I knew there was no chance. Major props to Vanessa Hudgens for her performance after her father died yesterday.

mets82 · 02-01-2016, 12:04 AM

I watched. Vanessa's father died yesterday?? That's sad. She did a damn good job. She really did. They all did. It was a little different. They seemed to add more music numbers and changing the music numbers. Also, how come they didn't do the final sequence outside? I mean the whole scene with Rizzo saying she wasn't pregnant was outside as well as Danny and Sandy's " Your the one that I want" was outside.

Mace Dolex · 02-01-2016, 03:16 AM

I missed the entire thing because the damn winds gave my neighborhood block a blackout.

TMC · 02-01-2016, 04:53 PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ve-yes-libido/

The three-hour musical made watching the TV screen the priority over your Twitter feed. "It was a technological feat that was full of dazzle and tricky camera angles and, most important, it was unafraid of coming across as corny,” says Hank Stuever. "Somewhere in its organized chaos, it honored the principles of live musical theater. Instead of just playing to a vast sound stage and a satellite link, as recent live musicals on NBC have done, Grease: Live played first and foremost to a mobilized army of audience member/participants clustered throughout its acres of back-lot sets. This lent a much-needed hyperactivity to the proceedings, as Grease: Live drew on everything that the Fox network has learned about energy from its recent musical heritage, including the past glories of American Idol and Glee.” PLUS: Grease: Live featured iconic sets from Gilmore Girls, Pretty Little Liars and more, Grease fans weren’t happy with the family-friendly censorship, here’s the Brady Bunch star you might have missed, was the finale actually “live”?, Fox raised the bar for live musicals, Grease: Live by the numbers, the dazzling production almost made up for the lackluster leads, it's the first TV musical to feel like theater, this was live musical TV at its best, and it put spectacle above story.

opus · 02-01-2016, 06:14 PM

Here's the dedication to Vanessa's father who died Saturday if you missed it at the very end

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mets82 · 02-02-2016, 05:14 PM

You know I say the in loving memory part but I just missed who it was for.

icecream · 02-02-2016, 11:31 PM

Grease Live was terrible, both the acting and the singing. The original movie runs circles around it.

opus · 02-06-2016, 02:53 PM

FOX is re-airing it Easter Sunday.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rating...20160205fox01/

TMC · 03-21-2016, 08:46 PM

http://deadline.com/2016/03/the-pass...ox-1201723502/

The “semi-live” New Orleans-set Tyler Perry musical on Jesus crucifixion was down double digits from Grease Live in January. PLUS: The Passion felt at times more like a concert than a play, it was the ultimate experiment in turning religion into entertainment, it was beautifully sung and awkwardly assembled, and there were some inescapably campy production choices.

01-30-2016, 02:19 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,470	Grease: Live touts its differences from NBC’s live musicals http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/29...nt-tv-musicals "We are embracing the fact that it’s live,” says director Thomas Kail. Costume designer William Ivey Long adds that the 650-member audience will bring life to the three-hour musical: “With The Wiz, a song would end and your heart would be exploding, but then there was just complete silence,” he says. “We’re going to have an audience there to burst into applause.”

01-31-2016, 11:22 PM	#7
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,282	My verdict- Not as good as the original play, on par with the movie. I was secretly hoping they ended with All Choked Up, not You're the One that I Want, but I knew there was no chance. Major props to Vanessa Hudgens for her performance after her father died yesterday.
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02-01-2016, 12:04 AM	#8
mets82 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 14, 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,058	I watched. Vanessa's father died yesterday?? That's sad. She did a damn good job. She really did. They all did. It was a little different. They seemed to add more music numbers and changing the music numbers. Also, how come they didn't do the final sequence outside? I mean the whole scene with Rizzo saying she wasn't pregnant was outside as well as Danny and Sandy's " Your the one that I want" was outside.
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02-01-2016, 04:53 PM	#10
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,470	Grease: Live was a lesson in what a televised musical ought to look like in the 21st https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ve-yes-libido/ The three-hour musical made watching the TV screen the priority over your Twitter feed. "It was a technological feat that was full of dazzle and tricky camera angles and, most important, it was unafraid of coming across as corny,” says Hank Stuever. "Somewhere in its organized chaos, it honored the principles of live musical theater. Instead of just playing to a vast sound stage and a satellite link, as recent live musicals on NBC have done, Grease: Live played first and foremost to a mobilized army of audience member/participants clustered throughout its acres of back-lot sets. This lent a much-needed hyperactivity to the proceedings, as Grease: Live drew on everything that the Fox network has learned about energy from its recent musical heritage, including the past glories of American Idol and Glee.” PLUS: Grease: Live featured iconic sets from Gilmore Girls, Pretty Little Liars and more, Grease fans weren’t happy with the family-friendly censorship, here’s the Brady Bunch star you might have missed, was the finale actually “live”?, Fox raised the bar for live musicals, Grease: Live by the numbers, the dazzling production almost made up for the lackluster leads, it's the first TV musical to feel like theater, this was live musical TV at its best, and it put spectacle above story.

02-02-2016, 11:31 PM	#13
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01-30-2016, 03:22 AM	#2
Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,668	I grew up on the feature film that I'm actually curious to watch this, I'll be DVR'ing it of course only to see Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens.

01-30-2016, 03:40 AM	#4
Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,668	Well their acting might be questionable but at least they can sing and dance.

01-31-2016, 02:55 PM	#5
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,282	I've been looking forward to this longer than I should probably publically admit. Here's a quiz on the lyrics: http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/31/quiz-grease-lyrics

02-01-2016, 03:16 AM	#9
Mace Dolex Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 12, 2013 Posts: 2,668	I missed the entire thing because the damn winds gave my neighborhood block a blackout.

02-01-2016, 06:14 PM	#11
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,282	Here's the dedication to Vanessa's father who died Saturday if you missed it at the very end

02-02-2016, 05:14 PM	#12
mets82 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 14, 2011 Location: Connecticut Posts: 5,058	You know I say the in loving memory part but I just missed who it was for.

02-06-2016, 02:53 PM	#14
opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,282	FOX is re-airing it Easter Sunday. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rating...20160205fox01/

03-21-2016, 08:46 PM	#15
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,470	The Passion down sharply from Grease Live http://deadline.com/2016/03/the-pass...ox-1201723502/ The “semi-live” New Orleans-set Tyler Perry musical on Jesus crucifixion was down double digits from Grease Live in January. PLUS: The Passion felt at times more like a concert than a play, it was the ultimate experiment in turning religion into entertainment, it was beautifully sung and awkwardly assembled, and there were some inescapably campy production choices.