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Grease: Live (TV)

2016

Thomas Kail, Alex Rudzinski

Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Hudgens, Kether Donohue ...

6.7

386

Musical. Comedy After enjoying a summer romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High. There Sandy must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies in attempt to win Danny's heart again.

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Director Thomas Kail's ambition will be hard to top for future live TV musicals."	POS
United States	Maureen Ryan Variety	"It was (...) so solidly and smartly crafted that the dullness of the central duo didn’t matter all that much. Kail and fellow director Alex Rudzinski (...) gave the affair energy and momentum, their cast was game and their commitment never lagged."	POS
United States	Robert Rorke Los Angeles Times	"It was an exuberant, technically audacious staging."	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"'Grease: Live' was a lesson in what a televised musical ought to look like in the 21st century: able to keep all eyes on the screen rather than the Twitter feed."	POS
United States	Sarah Rodman Boston Globe	"[It] was so expertly executed and choreographed visually and exuberantly performed by most of the actors that it more than compensated for its flaws."	POS
United States	Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"The actors did fine, but the characters and their arcs became secondary (...) This, in other words, was a show that was more about individual moments than about building a story."	NEU

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