Grease: Tell Me More, Tell Me More with Tom Moore 5/29/2022

Published: May 29, 2022, 11 p.m.

b'For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:\\xa0https://youtu.be/fQKCiKM5GZQ\\n\\n\\u201cGrease, Tell Me More, Tell Me More is a fabulous rockin\\u2019 and rollin\\u2019 origin story with every juicy inspiration that went into creating it. . . . A must read for all Grease fans.\\u201d \\u2014Didi Conn, Grease\\u2019s \\u201cFrenchy\\u201d Grease opened downtown in the Eden Theatre February 14, 1972, short of money, short of audience, short of critical raves, and seemingly destined for a short run. But like the little engine that could, this musical of high school kids from the 1950s moved uptown. On December 8, 1979, it became the longest running show\\u2014play or musical\\u2014in Broadway history.\\n\\nHere are stories\\u2014some touching, some hilariously funny\\u2014from names you may recognize: Barry Bostwick, John Travolta, Adrienne Barbeau, Treat Williams, Marilu Henner, Peter Gallagher, and others you may not. Tom Moore directed the original Broadway production, eight national tours, and two London productions of Grease in the West End. He also directed Broadway\\u2019s Pullitzer Prize\\u2013winning \\u2019night Mother, the subsequent film, and other Broadway productions receiving two Tony nominations. Moore directed many years of film and television, earning three Emmy nominations along the way. His most recent project was the documentary on the Flying Trapeze, The Flight Fantastic. Adrienne Barbeau won a Tony nomination and Theatre World Award for her performance as Rizzo in the original Broadway production of Grease. She has appeared in over four hundred films and television shows, including the hit series Maude and HBO\\u2019s Carnivale.'