Vanessa Hudgens and Julianne Hough to Star in Live TV Broadcast of Grease
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Vanessa Hudgens and Julianne Hough will star in a live television broadcast of the classic musical Grease, airing July 31, 2016 on the Fox network.
Hough, whose credits include the film versions of Rock of Ages and Footloose, will take on the role of Sandy, while Hudgens, a High School Musical veteran and the star of the upcoming Broadway revival of Gigi, will play Pink Lady leader Rizzo.
Grease: Live is a production of Paramount Television, executive produced by Marc Platt. The broadcast is expected to be based on the original stage musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey and its 1978 screen adaptation.
Grease made it's Broadway debut in 1972, with Barry Bostwick, Carole Demas, and Adrienne Barbeau leading the cast. A 1994 revival starred Ricky Paull Goldin as Danny, Susan Wood as Sandy, and Rosie O'Donnell as Rizzo. An NBC television reality show cast the leads of a 2007 Broadway revival, with competition winners Laura Osnes and Max Crumm as Sandy and Danny. The original film starred John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, and Stockard Channing.
Full casting and additional information about Grease: Live will be revealed in the coming months.
