Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Grease, Original Broadway Revival Cast (2007)
Cast: Max Crumm (Danny Zuko), Laura Osnes (Sandy Dumbrowski), Ryan Patrick Binder (Doody)
For complete cast info, see the official Grease page.
I hate to admit that I was addicted to Grease: You're the One That I Want TV show, since I'm not normally into reality TV, but how could I possibly resist watching the casting of two leads from one of the musicals I love in a revival on Broadway? I love theatre way too much to resist a show like that.
Surprisingly, I was happy with who they chose for Danny & Sandy and really wanted to see them on Broadway. I was also interested in seeing them merge some of the movie into the Broadway show, which hadn't really been done before. I think Hopelessly Devoted to You fit better where they put it in the Broadway revival than it did in the movie and I was generally happy with the changes they made to the show (including using the T-Birds, etc.).
The cast is okay. Laura and Maxx are wonderful. Ryan Patrick Binder was surprisingly good. I wasn't impressed with Kirsten Wyatt as Frenchy, but hopefully we just caught an off night for her. The rest of the cast was pretty good. It was nice to see Christina Sivrich (who was wonderful as the lead in The Wedding Singer last year when we saw her) again, even if it was in the ensemble. I hope to see her in a leading role that's hers someday, she was really great.
Basically, if you love Grease this is worth seeing, but it's not the best production that's been done of the musical.
Grade: C+Labels: 2007, Broadway, comedy, Laura Osnes, Maxx Crumm, musical, revival