I definitely remember the audience yelling stuff during that performance. I would imagine Fox wouldn't want the audience yelling anything, or if they did I'm sure they would want to control exactly what gets said.

They were yelling, but they were likely planted. It's become part of the show.

True Rocky Horror fans would throw stuff as well.

It depends. I've been to live productions where thrown items were restricted. It IS live theater and the audience is expected to have some decorum. Plus, if it is network they can "cast" the audience.

A friend of mine was a producer on this show. I hadn't watched it yet, but apparently fans of the Gilmore Girls should have recognized all the recycled sets and some familiar props.

Some friend you are!

"Dude, this is the greatest production of my life!"

"Yeah. I'll get to it."

The important part was I pretended to have watched it on Facebook.

I overheard a funny exchange at work today.

Two girls, apparently discussing "Wild at Heart":
"Did you know Sherilynn Fenn is in that? She played the car accident victim."

Annoying guy who always eavesdrops/interjects himself into others conversations:
"Are you guys talking about Grease Live?"

Grease: Live Featured Iconic Sets From Pretty Little Liars, Gilmore Girls, More -
http://tvline.com/2016/02/01/grease-...s/#more-679424

Finally caught this tonight. Thought it was pretty fantastic But it was definitely a straight-up adaptation of the movie, not the stage musical (albeit with a few changes).

Sounded like Boys II Men screwed up a line in Beauty School Dropout, which I've sung too many times at karaoke and noticed immediately #nohomo #wellslightlyhomo And I agree they were their number was the absolute worst of the lot.

Carly Rae Jetson was adorable as Frenchie.

Excellent production otherwise. We had a great time watching it.

Why did she look so pale? She almost looked albino.

Because she's a fair skinned person who hasn't gotten much sun/tanning bed this winter?

hey I was Frenchie
on your TV
but where is my tan?
sunscreen, maybe

If anyone missed this, it's available on Hulu:

http://www.hulu.com/grease-live

Not a Hulu subscriber? Fox.com has it too

http://www.fox.com/grease-live/watch...703/7763025408

I was pleasantly surprised by this. I've seen the movie many times, and a few high school stage productions (which were actually not bad). The recent live TV musicals (Sound of Music, Peter Pan) were underwhelming, though, so I had low expectations here.

I mostly agree with previous posters. Julianne Hough as Sandy and Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo were the highlights. Hough was really impressive--I know she has singing experience, but she really nailed her songs.

Oh, and Carly Rae Jepsen was good, too, as Frenchie.

Well, she is Canadian.


The guys were not great. "Danny" wasn't horrible, but just kind of 'meh.' I actually thought "Alone at the Drive-In" was a high point for him. I thought Carlos PenaVega as Kenickie was pretty awful--no charisma and horrible acting.

Some things did feel rushed, like the scene with the coach trying Danny out in different sports. It was funny in the movie, but it fell flat here and shouldn't have been included.

The choreography and camera work were quite well done. The dynamic movement of the camera through the big dance numbers really helped.

Here's how it went down in the control room:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DP2QOmN57iU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

And a brief interview with that person conducted by Ken Levine:

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2016/0...ease-live.html

Finally got around to watching this

Was impressed with the scene by scene recreations

The dance competion scene in particular had great choreography

overall very good even if some of the vocal talent was variable

I would love to see Breakin live

Damm i just found out that danny was Mike warren from Graceland ! i watched Graceland but i just didn't recognise him

Don't know if anyone's brought this up, but why did they make it look like a film production if Fox was hyping that it was live?

there have been plenty of broadway/live type adaptions of Grease

I loved the fact that the sets were almost movie quality and it followed the movie scene and plot very closely

IT did still feel live