Grease Original Broadway Cast Summer Nights

[princesso8788]

Cool he went from Rocky to Broadway.

[XXXZErin]

I think Barry Waz better In Rocky

[Shakeshack78]

Hate all you want but the movie versions of the songs, new & old, are what are going to be remembered by the public. I did like the original show version............but the Film will always be thought of first.

[SecretTimeWarp]

Okay, trivia time kids.... where does Carole Demas show up in the "Grease" movie? (Yes, she's in there.)

[CrazedFanGirl4868]

wonder if any of them know how to madison xD

[rees276]

Barry Bostwick is brilliant (as always) but the girl is no Olivia ....

[ShazLoulie435]

omg barry bostwick<3

[LareQ]

Please, help me!!!! How and where can i watch Grease with this original cast?? I refuse to watch the movie, haha... Please, if someone knows tell me... Thanks a lot

[metsfreak628]

@LareQ Get the original broadway cast album, this is the only video of them, that's what Carole Demas told us anyway.

[LareQ]

@metsfreak628 Thanks, but I already have it :) I just want to watch the play :'(

Let's demand a DVD for this version!!! haha

[TesseractDigital]

I hate when people say "The original version, by Travolta and Newton-John, is the best!"

No, biotch, this is the original.

[jenniferxroseex3]

If this is early, its pretty good~! My only comlaint is I GREATLY dislike the mics. :/

[wiLemochick]

AHHH Barry Bostwick <33 XD

[TwistedSister09]

Oh so this is what happened to Brad!!!

[setp]

Danny's actor sounds like Nico Costello!

[BetteyRae]

Does anyone have a time machine? I would love to see this live!!!

[milacrzy]

woah look at those legs go!haha:)

[lucythedog1000]

i luv how they had to have the hand help mics instead of the headsets

[MissusFingerBottom]

quite different from the movie version! I hope to see Grease live someday...

[NyeTunes]

@MissusFingerBottom Good luck - the stage version has been HEAVILY censored and revised to reflect the movie.  No "fuck"s and "shit"s, and no "Alone At The Drive In Movie" or "All Choked Up".

[MissusFingerBottom]

@NyeTunes I had no idea there are "fuck"s in the original stage version.. and I thought the movie version was already quite risque hah

[NyeTunes]

@MissusFingerBottom Oh yeah, it was definitely an R-rated affair. Next year in Chicago, they're actually reviving the FIRST stage version, which was for adults only, and had *none* of the familiar songs - instead, they had songs like "Boogie Man Boogie" and "Kiss It" that were never used again. God, I can't wait.

[PKNproductions]

@NyeTunes I went to go see it, but they cancelled the show that night. Since we were in Chicago for only that night they let us watch the rehersal, meet the cast, and even meet Jim Jacobs, them man who wrote this play based off the real people he knew as a kid.

incredible night. There is so much about the show we didn't know about. Originally "Kenickie" was the new guy in the group: young and foolish. No he didn't own a car. That was Miller, Danny's best friend and right hand man.

[trooptpt80]

@NyeTunes My high school is doing a more (but not completely) original stage version: edited for language, but no "You're the one that I want" or "hopelessly devoted to you", and "All alone at the drive in" and "All choked up" are back in. And before you say "oh, its just a crappy high school version", give the kids a chance :) our theater program is a little above average

[Maestrojosh87]

@trooptpt80 My old high school did a version that most resembles the original stage version. Not a word has been edited out. NOT. ONE. WORD. Honestly, when I saw it, I thought it made all other high school productions of GREASE look like, well, high school productions of GREASE.

[Bluequotations]

hes over acting majorly, and im sorry, i like her voice but she no sandy

[popstar12002]

@Bluequotations They originated the roles on Broadway. In case you didn't know. Not trying to be rude.

[amyanda]

I <3 this

[tormentajr]

I hear the man voice more. Both the movie and the original cast were good. I like both of them. They are different in various things but they are both really good.

[leeleeoliver]

i rele like it its older but pretty cool

[illuminatioracle]

barry bostwick seems to add some strange sexual energy to any role he plays

[NyeTunes]

@illuminatioracle God, I hope you don't mean Brad.

[KevCantStop]

I hate how he says "woo" after every line.

[ChanneltoSubscribe]

i like this guy... the girl doesn't match the interpretation i feel in this song, but it was really good

oh and elgatogarcia032678, Travolta was not the origonal. This was actually the origonal. The movie was based off this play. my school's doing it this year.

[ajmccarrell]

@ChanneltoSubscribe If you recognize him, it's the Mayor from Spin City. He's sometimes an attorney on Law & Order SVU too.

[MissLizaMay]

Nah, he's Brad Majors from Rocky Horror!

[VenomScrapes]

Yeah, and the girl was a little too much like Rizzo to be a Sandy :O

[elgatogarcia032678]

the originals with travolta is the number 11111111111111111111

[timeflies91]

he wasnt the original

[MrJoshClaps]

the mics were a part of the original production. im doing the musical at my school, and we were going to do the same thing, but its way too hard.

[DarthGuybrush7]

This is cute.

As to the microphones: If you look at the description, this wasn't actually from a production of the show, but some "reunion" deal years later. So, I doubt the mikes were an actual part of the original staging (although they could have been, I don't know, I don't see Grease as being quite that 'alternative' though), but rather just something for this standalone performance (which also explains the very non-Grease-ish set they're on. That's my explanation, anyway.

[spiderguy252000]

The reason they used hand held mic's is because the play takes place in the Rock and Roll era. If you look at the original script the show was actually written so that Danny, Sandy, Doody, and the rest of the gang turn into "Rock & Roll Stars" when they break out into song.

I think its very different and creative. My High School director played Danny on Broadway in the late 70's early 80's and decided to use them in our production of Grease. I thought it was a cool addition to the show =]

[DarthGuybrush7]

Huh. Well, I stand corrected. Interesting, I didn't know the OBC did it that way.

That's cool having a director with that kind of experience, though. Lucky to have gotten to work with someone who's done that, clearly not many people have.

Anyway, thanks for the info.

[donpazer]

1985 they were still using MICROPHONES in stage show musicals??? wow! how archaic!

[jeffmems]

Those microphones!

[Carthsting]

All i see is too overselfish actors,not characters they playing.Thats what i see.

[zentraedi27]

great , remember , that,s genial great version , and song beatiful

[cheesenedd]

hard to believe this started this as a street show

[theatrelover559]

Explain.

[TomALehrer]

Brad Majors is the first name that pops into my head when I see him, but same sentiment.

[broadwayfashionista]

I love this cast. They have the best rawness, energy and sexual energy.

[src403]

I am 43 years old and this was my first broadway play. I think I was 7 or 8 at the time. Remember very little so nice to see something up on the tube

[genungapearl]

I don't understand: people are saying that they needed microphones like that because there weren't any cordless mikes back then. But we know for a fact that's not true, there are lots of videos of broadway performers singing without handhelds that were taken before this year. Oh well, I don't suppose anyone really knows why they did it this way.

[burkem13]

oh man we just finished our last show of grease at y high school in nova scotia. it was so much fun... its such a great show/ movie :)

[jennyskaf1]

the microphones make me laugh hahah so old skool!

[WhiteIguana]

Depending on when Barry Bostwick and Carole Demas were on Broadway. I may have seen them on Broadway as Danny Zuko and Sandy Drumbowski. I was visiting NYC and went to see Grease on Broadway in October 1975. Anyone know when the 2 were actually on Broadway? If so, please let me know. Thank You Very Much in Advance. :)

[avidrentfan]

The show opened In February of 73. The chances aren't great, but it's a possibility!

[TheOutsidersloover]

they were from 1972 or 3 through 1976 i think it was something like that

[MEE051677]

Barry Bostwick is awesome! Never really cared for Carole as Sandy! But there is nothing like Grease on stage!

[adang621]

1985? 13 years ago? This is early 1972!!!  Barry Bostwick created the role. Travolta was in the cast as was Jeff Conaway and Adriane Barbeau. And I was sweeping up at the back of the Eden Theater.

[velkaaja]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­h! Film version is MUCH more better

[Magalamb]

Not if you think of the original purpose of Grease- which was to make fun of people's false impressions of the 1950s...

[TheOutsidersloover]

But i LIKE how they make it there own and not how they sang it in the movie version cuz the same thing with Derek Keeling in the revival of Grease when he replaced Max in the song Summer Nights he try to put that hih voice and im like OH-GOD! can u make it ur own

[Gavilan3x]

Yo quiero unos pantalones como los de Danny!

[stoneelf]

omg this was amazing lol, i love the actors onstage, and they obviously are very "friendly" those two, from that little end part.

[HunterHuiet105]

Barry Bostick is amazing

[AllShookUprocks]

horriable

[MichaelCrawfordsFan]

If you think this is Horrible There's something wrong with you . This is great.

[AllShookUprocks]

nevermind your right its great whats up with microphones

[tar4w]

its 1985... there weren't really cordless microphones, and this is Broadway not the movies aka no lip syncing.

[bluebelles255]

WOw, they don't look like high schoolers...LOL

[tar4w]

well it is 13 years after they originally performed it on broadway...

[TheOutsidersloover]

my favorite part is from 2:10-2:14:)

[MichaelCrawfordsFan]

Wow their good.

[methesunshine]

so thats the original Grease? the first one?

[TheOutsidersloover]

Yup!

[popstar12002]

This is so cool! Especially (spelling) since it is the original broadway cast! How'd you get a copy of this?

[diggoryjoshua]

OMG this rocks! it's quite amazing how time changes (and improves) everything! huh?

but after all... they really WERE Danny and Sandy u know?

wow

[DefyGravity18]

OMG is that John Travolta as Doody??????? I know he played the part on Broadway.

[TheOutsidersloover]

No thats not hime he didnt play Doody on broadway it was community theater

[nathannightmarex]

It doesn't even matter that they're using hand mics, this is just good singing/acting.

[MySweetBoard]

Wow, this was great! Thanks for posting it. I LOVE Barry B, and it is really nice to see Carol Demas in this role. She was one of the girls on the childrens program "The Magic Garden" that aired in the Ny area I believe, for many years starting in the 7o's I think.

Hey Barry- Pretty fancy footwork...Do you know how to madison? LOL

Carol- "It's nice to say Hello..Hello!..and how do ya do! "

Thanks again!

[jtco3]

Wow I didn't know the Original Sandy was a Burnett! I thought Laura Osnes started that!

[medivalclown50]

No she was the one that started as Sandy when they disided to do a revival of the play.

[SingingFool123]

aha i love barry bostwick!!!

he was sooo good in rocky horror pic show too!

[TweetyGirlz]

This is SOOOOOOOOOOO Good! i L.O.V.E Grease:)

[spiderguy252000]

We are doing our production of Grease like the original Broadway cast, using Wire Mics and everything, I wasnt conviced it could work, but after watching this, im sure itll be fine.

[bopeep123]

ahhhhhhhhh! i love grease! thank you sooooooooo much! ^.^

[AshleySpencerfan]

they are so good !! lol i heart grease!

~AshleySpencerfan~

[TheOutsidersloover]

AMAZING video!

[wickedander]

LOL They all share 2 mics