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Grease is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers and set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School in Northwest Chicago [1] (based on Taft High School in Chicago, Illinois, [2] and named after rock singer Bobby Rydell [3]), the musical follows ten working-class teenagers as ...
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway [1] (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011) [1] was an American actor. He portrayed Kenickie in the film Grease and had roles in three television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in Taxi, Prince Erik Greystone in Wizards and Warriors, and security officer Zack Allan on Babylon 5.
Carole Demas (born May 26, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress, best known for originating the roles of Sandy in the 1971 Broadway musical Grease and the title role in the original 1976 production of The Baker's Wife, for many prime time television roles, hundreds of commercials, and for her role in the long-running children's television show The Magic Garden.
Grease Warren Casey (April 20, 1935 – November 8, 1988) was an American theater composer , lyricist , writer , and actor . He was the writer and composer, with Jim Jacobs , of the stage musical Grease .
Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard; February 13, 1944) [1] is an American actress. She played Betty Rizzo in the film Grease (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing (1999–2006).
Annette Charles (née Cardona; March 5, 1948 – August 3, 2011) [1] was an American actress, dancer, and educator best known for her role as Charlene "Cha-Cha" DiGregorio in the 1978 feature film Grease. She made several appearances on television as well.
Earley had Broadway roles in Hair, Grease, [3] and Jesus Christ Superstar. [citation needed] She also portrayed Sheila with a touring company of Hair and sang in the chorus of a touring company of Jesus Christ, Superstar. [2] A lyric soprano, Earley also performed in cabarets. [4] She was starred as Sandy Dumbrowski in Grease in 1974.
Timothy Meyers (August 31, 1945 – March 14, 1989) was an American actor famous for originating the role of Kenickie in Grease and was a 1972 nominee for Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical. His first stage role was in 1970 as Crookfinger Jake in Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera.