GREASE is the Word at the Van Wezel 3/29

The 2010-2011 national tour of the new Broadway production of GREASE will play the Van Wezel on Tuesday, March 29 at 8 p.m.

After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with Sandy Dumbrowski, the new girl in town, Danny Zuko's world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock n' roll celebration of growin' up, cruisin' with friends and goin' steady. The show will feature songs from the classic film like "Sandy," the Academy Award nominated "Hopelessly Devoted to You," "Grease" and "You're the One That I Want" - both of which were #1 hits on the Billboard Top 100 list, in addition to the Jacobs/Casey songs made famous by the original stage production such as "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin'" and "We Go Together."

Grease made its first appearance on Broadway in 1972, and was nominated for seven Tony Awards. It closed as the longest running show in Broadway history after playing 3,388 performances. In 1978, Grease became a hugely popular feature film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The film version of Grease produced one of the best-selling soundtracks in history and is the highest-grossing movie musical of all time. A Broadway revival opened in 1994 and won three Tony Award nominations. The new Broadway production opened in 2007 and was nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

Ticket prices range from $30 to $75. For more information and to buy tickets, contact the Van Wezel Box office at (941) 953-3368 or log onto www.vanwezel.org.

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus