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Pictures from ‘Grease’
If you’re thinking about getting tickets to “Grease” at the Aronoff Center, you should probably act fast. It’s quite a spectacular, and judging by the audience reaction on opening night, my guess is it’ll be a quick-seller.
By far one of the better productions of this chestnut that I’ve seen, and the supporting performers tend to steal the show. Though the energy definitely spikes when American Idol Taylor Hicks emerges from a giant ice cream cone to sing “Beauty School Dropout,” Nashville native Allie Schulz shows just as much poise and power as Rizzo in her two big numbers, “Look at Me I’m Sandra Dee” and “There are Worse Things I Can Do,” showing a range of emotion and the ability to nail both a comic number and a torch ballad. No surprise that she joins the tour from the Broadway production, as does Brian Crum, playing Doody, who makes “Those Magic Changes” live up to the title.
The spectacle includes the onstage transformation of Kenickie’s beat-up jalopy into a sleek sports car during “Greased Lightning,” as well as the afore-mentioned giant ice cream cone.
There’s also a lively pre-show with WAXX DJ Vince Fontaine (Dominic Fortuna) that seems silly to me, but the crowd loved it, so if you want to maximize your entertainment dollar, be there when the house opens and sing along to some of the golden oldies.
Oddly enough, there weren’t any photos of the show’s big-name star, American Idol Taylor Hicks, from this tour in the image set sent by Broadway Across America, but he’s only in one song anyway. Click on the jump to see more.
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