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Grease Advance Sales Hit $8 Million; TV Appearances Coming
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 26, 2007
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After 12 weeks of nationally televised auditions, 90 million viewers and millions of votes, America has voted for Laura Osnes and Max Crumm to play the roles of "Sandy" and "Danny" in the new Broadway production of GREASE. The production took in 1 million dollars this past weekend in anticipation of the casting, live on NBC- TV's "GREASE: YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT" on Sunday, March 25, 2007. Produced by Paul Nicholas and David Ian Associates, Nederlander Presentations, Inc. and Phoenix Productions by arrangement with Robert Stigwood, the new Broadway production of GREASE has sold 8 million dollars worth of tickets total.
9 a.m.: NBC-TV's "THE TODAY SHOW" (7-10am on channel 4 in NYC)
7:30 p.m.: NBC-TV's "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD," (7:30-8pm on channel 4 in NYC)Wednesday, March 28th
9:45 a.m.: FOX-TV's new national morning program "THE MORNING SHOW
WITH MIKE AND JULIET" (9-10am on channel 5 in NYC)GREASE, featuring book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, is a rock n' roll high school musical celebration of growin' up, cruisin' with friends and goin' steady. The new production Broadway production will feature scenic design by Tony Award nominee Derek McLane (The Pajama Game), costume design by two-time Tony Award winner Martin Pakledinaz (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Kiss Me Kate) and lighting design by Tony Award nominee Kenneth Posner (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wicked).
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