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Photo Flash: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aaron Tveit & More at GREASE: LIVE Q&A Panel in NYC

By: Aug. 16, 2016
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Last night, HAMILTON star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda moderated a Q&A with the cast and creative team of FOX's GREASE LIVE, including Thomas Kail (director), William Ivey Long (costumes), Aaron Tveit (Danny Zuko), Alex Rudzinski (television director) and Bernard Telsey (casting). The event took place at the Hudson Ballroom in New York City. Check out photos below and stay tuned for more on the event, including interviews with the participants by BWW's own Richie Ridge!

Featuring a young ensemble cast, GREASE: LIVE, a Paramount Television production, reintroduced and reimagined some of the most memorable moments, great music and timeless love story to an entirely new generation and earned 10 Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Nonfiction, Event or Award; Special Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program; Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special; Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special; Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety Special; Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special; Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic); Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special; Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Limited Series, Movie or Special; and Outstanding Special Class Program.

The live event starred Julianne Hough ("Safe Haven," "Rock of Ages") as the angelic "Sandy" - Rydell High's most talked-about newcomer - and Aaron Tveit ("Graceland," "Les Miserables") as bad boy "Danny Zuko." Also tapped to star are Vanessa Hudgens (Broadway's "Gigi," "Spring Breakers") as iconic bad girl "Rizzo"; Keke Palmer (SCREAM QUEENS, "Masters of Sex") as sassy Pink Lady "Marty Maraschino"; Carlos PenaVega ("Big Time Rush") as "Kenickie," Danny's tough-guy sidekick; multi-Platinum Grammy® Award-nominated singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen as Pink Lady and beauty school dropout "Frenchy"; Kether Donohue ("You're The Worst") as Pink Lady "Jan"; David Del Rio ("Spare Parts," "The Troop") as T-Bird "Putzie; Jordan Fisher as "Doody"; and Andrew Call as "Sonny."

Photo credit: Anthony Behar/Fox/PictureGroup




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