The King’s Theatre, Glasgow has shared the announcement of the total forged of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey’s iconic musical GREASE, directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Arlene Phillips.
Marley Fenton (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Gielgud Theatre) will play Danny, Hope Dawe (Mountview graduate) will play Sandy, and Scottish actor Kieran Lynch who lately play the lead function of Peter Pan on the Edinburgh Festival Theatre for Capital Theatres stars as Doody.
Further principal roles might be performed by Rebecca Stenhouse (Legally Blonde, UK Tour) as Rizzo, George Michaelides (Disney’s Newsies, Wembley Park Troubadour Theatre) as Kenickie, , Lewis Day (Beauty and the Beast, Cast Theatre Doncaster) as Roger, Sario Solomon (Pacific Overtures, Menier Chocolate Factory) within the function of Sonny, Alicia Belgarde (Bugsy Malone, UK Tour) as Frenchy, Emerald B (National Lottery New Years Eve Bash) as Jan and India Chadwick (P.S I’m A Terrible Person, Cockpit Theatre) as Marty. Additional casting consists of Jayd’n Tyrone (Grease, Dominion Theatre) as Eugene, Phoebe Roberts (Mamma Mia!, International & UK Tour) as Patty Simcox, Dominique Planter (The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre) as Miss Lynch, Joe Gash (Rock of Ages, UK Tour) as Vince Fontaine and Teen Angel, Deena Kapadia (Death Note, London Palladium & Lyric Theatre) as Cha Cha and Adam Davidson (Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre) as Johnny Casino.
They are joined by Zera Aitken, Dylan Gordon-Jones, Sergi Ibanez, Thomas Inge, Lauren Hampton, Imogen Malone, Ben Middleton and Carly Miles within the ensemble. The Company lately carried out on the National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals on BBC One, closing the present with a megamix of hits from the present.
GREASE has been seen by over 500,000 folks within the West End, making it the Dominion Theatre’s most profitable summer time run since We Will Rock You. GREASE obtained 4 WhatsOnStage Award nominations for Best Musical Revival, Best Choreography for Arlene Phillips and Best Supporting Performer in a Musical for unique forged members Jocasta Almgill and Paul French.
GREASE initially opened in Chicago in 1971, adopted by a transfer to Broadway in 1972, the place it obtained seven Tony Award nominations, together with one for Best Musical. During the present’s eight-year run on the time, little identified actors together with Peter Gallagher, Patrick Swayze and John Travolta all appeared within the manufacturing, with Richard Gere understudying many roles earlier than happening to star as Danny Zuko within the 1973 London premiere. GREASE was first carried out on the Dominion Theatre in 1993 earlier than transferring to the Cambridge Theatre in 1996. It returned to the West End, opening on the Piccadilly Theatre in 2007.
The 1978 movie adaptation starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John is the fourth highest-grossing stay motion musical of all time. The musical options beloved songs, together with Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin’, Hopelessly Devoted To You and You’re The One That I Want.
LISTINGS
The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Mon 17 – Sat 22 June 2024
Mon – Sat at 19:30
Thu and Sat at 14:30
