0000002642 00000 n Filming & Production #.&;*/&#(')%)+,2 ?)%"),$&#(+,@? Joan Blondell brought had numerous credits before she signed on to play the gang's waitress at the Frosty Palace. Adult, a typical teen audience radio disc jockey. ; The Alleged Car: Greased Lightning, until the end of the movie. Is that all it takes 15 minutes? Having struggled with a substance-abuse problem for years, Conaway appeared in two seasons of Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew. So cool that a British girl band named themselves after him, Kenickie is the leader of the T-Birds greaser gang. [after Marty tells Sonny Riz is pregnant, Sonny spreads the news to others] : After her son was diagnosed with autism, Conn began to advocate for the cause and was named the spokesperson of Autism Speaks in 2008. 0000013268 00000 n He is able to laugh at himself just as much as the others laugh at him. Ladies and gentlemen! Making her film debut in Grease as Marty, Dinah Manoff was projected into a career in both television and theater. Character Doody Show Grease Gender Male Age Range Early Teen Role Size Supporting Dancing Mover Voice Tenor High Note A4 Low Note D3 Vocal Technique Falsetto Time & Place 1950s, rydell high school and surrounding locations Tags young boyish small open disarming deferential awestruck guitarist foolish gullible guitar Analysis : New York, NY, Linda Ray Dingleberries On Parade! He creeps on female classmates at thebeginning of the film. He also has an impressive throwing arm that reveals itself when he successfully hits Coach Calhoun in the face with a pie at the school carnival. Balmudo's partner in crime, Charlene "Cha-Cha" DiGregorio, iconically steals the winning contest dance from Sandy, swooping in totake Danny at the last second. The Grease cast features John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing. I don't take no crap from nobody. : WhenGrease hit theaters in 1978, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John were some of the biggest names in Hollywood, which played a big part in the film's success. Sonny She eats a lot and is often on a diet that lasts a few minutes at the most. Must be able to convincingly play an older teenager (16+) Youngest of the guys. Playing a car thief in the 1976 film Sweet Revenge, a stuntwoman in the 1979 film Silent Victory and the First Lady in the television series The West Wing, Channing maintained her career far into the 2000s. I loved squirt guns when I was a kid in the '50's, so I grabbed the yellow squirt gun. Jim Jacobs Putzie Character Profile: Rizzos love interest. When Danny Zuko reunites with his Australian love interest, theyboth posture while hanging out with their respective friend groups. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. I was just going for a walk. Conaway left Taxi after the third season finished filming due to health concerns. He is particularly attracted to Marty and spends the entire school year trying to get her to notice him, but she finds him annoying, like a constantly-buzzing fly that she can't seem to get rid of. It will increase your chances of being cast tremendously. When she does see Danny, she is filled with joy, but is shortly humiliated by his cool, T-Bird act that seems to her, at least, to be a deliberate attempt to brush her off. Related:Grease: The Actors Who Almost Played Sandy And Danny. : Danny : Doody develops a relationship with a member of the Pink Ladies named Frenchy. Mrs. Murdock was not like the other women of Grease she sported dungarees instead of a poodle skirt and helped the T-Birds fix up Greased Lightnin. : Doody Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Your file is uploaded and ready to be published. [With a serious but confused face] Sonny spreads a rumor about Rizzo. He perseveres and ultimately earns enough athletic credit to become a letter man too. Doody, a variant of O'Dowd ( Dubhda), is a surname of Irish heritage. Perpetually sneering, he insults The T-Birds throughout the movie and shows off his much nicer car, finally challenging Kenickie to a race to try to steal Greased Lightning. Batalon could also provide a refreshing re-imagining of Sonny's brand of humor to make him less of a womanizer. View character biography, pictures and memorable quotes. He gives Danny a chance on the track team and is surprised at his ability, and by the fact that for once he has actually stuck to something. Mr. LaTierre. : Zendaya has almost cornered the market on this type of teenage persona, as she shows off inEuphoria and theSpider-Man: Homecomingfranchise as MJ. Lead Characters Sandy Dumbrowski Grease - Musical 13 Danny Zuko Grease - Musical 7 Doody Grease - Musical 6 View All Characters in Grease Guide written by Avital Shira Michael Miller His most recent work includes his Emmy-nominated portrayal of Robert Shapiro in The People v. O.J. He decides to change his image from greaser to prepster, and presents a far more clean cut appearance to her, hoping that this will make her view him as the kind of boy she wants to date. Eugene wasn't the only nerd Eddie Deezen would portray in his career: He also played nerdy characters in movies including I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Stephen Spielbergs comedy 1941. 0000002869 00000 n Kelly Ward portrayed Putzie in the 1978 musical. : Channings Resume: Ouisa in Six Degrees of Separation (1993),Aunt Frances in Practical Magic (1998), Sister Husband in Where the Heart Is (2000),Veronica Loyin The Good Wife (2012-16), Chloe in Angry Neighbors (2022), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: White Noise. She falls in love with Danny during the summer and then shows up at his school. 0000002531 00000 n Join the StageAgent community First Letter Europe Blitz. As one who wore the famous T-Bird leather jacket, Doody, as portrayed by Barry Pearl, left moviegoers laughing along with his comedic personality. It's also an iconic component of Grease that the movie is set in 1959, featuring greasers and other distinct high school types of the era. The West Wing brought Channing critical success, resulting in an Emmy win for best supporting actress in a drama series. Well built, good looking, with an air of cool, easy going charm. %PDF-1.5 % The anything for a laugh stocky type. : Sonny Character Profile: A member of T-Birds. Then *move*! Jan changes her look at the end of the film. Here's what the Grease character you wanted to be says about you. In addition to her work in Grease, Donnelly is known for her role in the United States premiere of The Rocky Horror Show, playing Magenta and The Usherette. Buckner has kept a relatively low profile, her last appearance being on an episode of 1 vs. 100 in 2007. No, ma'am. : Playful, goofy, and a touch brave, having insulted Kenickie's newly acquired rustbucket car, which would later be overhauled and re-christened Greased Lightning, which Danny Zuko called him on. She has performed in off-Broadway and Broadway productions including Other Desert Cities, resulting in a Tony nomination for best performance. You were just dawdling, weren't you? Dodgy sexual politics abound in Grease YouTube Considering Grease is set in the 1950s, the film can be forgiven for being a little backwards. More Memorable Characters from Grease: John Travolta as: "Danny Zuko" Olivia Newton-John as: "Sandy Olsen" Stockard Channing as: "Betty Rizzo" Jeff Conaway as: "Kenickie" Michael Tucci Finally, Coach Calhoun is a noteworthy adult figure inGrease, trying to recapture his youth by leading the football team to victory and tirelessly helping Danny throughnumerousfailed athletic endeavors. Beginning her career in the 1930s, Arden starred in the 1937 drama Stage Door and won an Academy Award for her role in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce. Sonny might be the most distinctive T-Bird, and while they are all funny, he feels like the true comic relief throughoutGrease. Physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high pitched voice. Despite her efforts to keep this quiet the news spreads like wildfire and she is socially shunned and whispered about at school. Sonny They had a secret romance in summer, but now back in the context of school, peer-pressure and cliques make their love a bit more complicated. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. The storylinefollows the main protagonists as they renew their relationship through a series of lively musical performances. 0000001649 00000 n She finds that she does not have as much aptitude for this as she had hoped and has a mishap in hair color class, accidentally coloring her own hair bubblegum pink. Sonny : I'm not taking any of her crap, that's all, I'll take no crap from nobody. He filled the role of the heartthrob who sings to a career-lost Frenchy in the diner, but Frankie Avalon was no newcomer to the entertainment industry. before returning to act in the Lionsgate film The Newest Pledge. Although Doody may remain 72-year-old Barry's most iconic role, the actor went on to appear in major shows such as House, Beverly Hills 90210, Criminal Minds, ER . Characters Edit Below is a list of characters that have appeared in Grease and Grease 2 . Grease Character Descriptions !"#$%#! Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists. The Question and Answer section for Grease is a great Principal McGee He is a horny Italian-American man who dates a member of the Pink Ladies named Marty. (Possibility of casting a wellknown NZ celebrity to play this role.) She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role and performed the Academy Award-nominated song Hopelessly Devoted to You at the 1979 Oscars. A/&#(&7:-BCD:AE-FG&4+$')%)+,),.2 3%?)//),!$&#(&5+6$!"#,!&(+4G&),. Hair Color Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! Those leather jackets, those school rivalries, "those summer nights" they were decades ago. Grease follows a group of teenagers in 1958. In addition to her obsessions with writing and movies, Ruth also loves dogs, cooking, and adventuring in the great outdoors. Charles had roles in series including The Incredible Hulk in 1980 and Magnum, P.I. Her character, Maeve Rojas, from the Peacock originalOne of Us Is Lying, is perpetually confident and self-reliant, just as Marty requires. There are so many talented actors in their 20s in today's Hollywood, however, that a 2020s remake ofGrease wouldn't need to push the ages quite so much. Although Kenickie is the assumed leader, Danny is well-respected and certainly someone the other T-Birds look up to. Yeah, and if you don't watch it, you're gonna be spending all your time in McGee's office. After the success of Grease, he went on to star in television series including Happy Days and Taxi. ,6BkCG>'=btv|)kPgMwm,m-OIB$ ,R4OA=:-d0va]Lm[`9m s2ghlvAe Sandy isGrease's other star, a sweet, if somewhat naive, Australian transplant who falls in love with Danny over the summer but is faced with the cruel reality of Rydell High's social scene come fall. Stewart died from complications of AIDS in 1994 at age 46. Tuccis Resume: Norman Briggs in Diagnosis Murder (1993-97),Judge in Evasive Action (1998),Dr. Bay in Blow (2001), Mr. Mullins in The Heat (2013), Weezi Abramowitz in The Rich & the Ruthless (2018), Read More at VV Know the Voice Cast & Characters: Guillermo Del Toros Pinocchio. Adult, a typical 'teen audience' radio disc jockey. (Possibility of casting two people as Eugene one as student, one as adult.) Leo's girlfriend is trouble; she still seems to hanker after Danny, whom she once casually dated, and blatantly steals him away from Sandy at the school dance so that they can win the dance contest together and be seen on national television. *Our system only provides suggested monologues or songs for select characters if we have matching monologues and song information in our database. What are you doing? 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Mr Popular, Danny is certified cool, and is a member of the greaser gang the T-Birds. In the latter half of her career, Blondell received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in the 1977 film Opening Night. Sonny : Its mark on U.S. culture however, feels just as fresh today as it did the day it was released. % Heres every actor and character in Grease, an adaptation of Jim Jacobs and Warren Caseys 1971 musical. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages founding editor. "What do you drive?" After the success of the movie, Newton-John launched a new image of herself as a musician and released her most successful studio album in 1981. Sonny Results may vary. She is deeply attached to all of the students at Rydell and gets very teary-eyed on graduation day. Likewise,Teen Spirit, in particular, indicates that she could probably handleGrease's choreography and songs. Grease is one of the 20th century's most iconic musicals and high school dramas, but what would it look like using a cast of today's actors? Actor Mark McKenna would be a good fit to play Balmudo, as his roles inWayne andOne of Us Is Lying highlight. He is a mechanic who gets allowance money from his parents. Character Profile: A member of the Pink Ladies. Humorously austere Principal McGee and her bumbling secretary Blanch provide some ofGrease's best comic relief, which is whyAmy Poehlerand Tina Fey would be perfect for reimagining the duo in the 2020s. Movies Movie Characters. She dates Putzie and wears pigtails. She is a Pink Lady, but seems on the periphery of a lot of their activities. Physically awkward, with. : 2. Thus, a 2020s retelling ofGrease would also require a pretty heavy-hitting cast. : Q.V. Jacob Batalon has made a name for himself as a loyal friend and comic-relief-with-a-heart type of character as Ned in theSpider-Man: Homecoming movies, which would make him a good fit for the lighthearted Sonny. Blanche She deliberately engineers a surprise reunion for Sandy and Danny knowing that it is likely to be a complete disaster. Doody, a character in the 1978 film Grease (film) This page was last edited on 26 December 2022, at 16:27 (UTC). Sonny Black Conns Resume: Helen in The Practice (1976-77),Denise Florence Stevens in Benson (1981-85), Stacy Jones/Gracie Jones in Shining Time Station (1989-93),Waitress in Frida (2002), Mrs. Devlin in Blue Bloods (2022), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: Bros. Three hits from her performance in the film reached the top five on the Billboard chart, making her the second woman to have more than two songs on Billboards top five list at the same time. She acts as the starter on race day. 0000002755 00000 n Grease's primary antagonist is Leo "Crater-Face" Balmudo of The T-Birds' rival greaser gang, The Scorpions. before turning his attention to behind-the-camera work. Starting off with an eight-year Broadway run, Grease is among the worlds most popular musicals and has a cult-like following, especially among teens! The 1950s high school dream is about to explode in this rollicking musical that is both an homage to the idealism of the fifties and a satire of high schoolers age-old desire to be rebellious, provocative and rebellious. (Possibility. Since her diagnosis, she has worked as an advocate for cancer and founded the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Australia. Ward works as a voice director for Disney Television Animation and has been behind titles such as Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Jake and the Never Land Pirates. Grease has some hilarious adult characters as well. When I hear music, I just can't make my feet behave. 0000002126 00000 n Sonny He's best known as Peter Kavinsky inTo All the Boys I've Loved Before, a role that shows off his impeccable charm and winning smile. Doody Youngest of the guys. : Small, boyish, open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude toward the other guys. Magazine: Grease Character Descriptions - The Alliance Theatre. "Grease" was released on June 16, 1978. Dancer and actor Dennis Cleveland Stewart appeared in Grease as the leader of the T-Birds rival gang, the Scorpions, and in Grease 2 as the leader of the Cycle Lords. After taking time away from the industry to raise her child, Newton-John released another album in 1992, but was diagnosed with breast cancer soon after the album was released. She is the girlfriend of the popular greaser Danny Zuko. Avalon went on to star in the 1987 film Back to the Beach and has appeared in recent stage productions of Grease. 0000009889 00000 n At the same event, he was one of the three T-Birds (Sans Kenickie and Danny) who `Mooned' the TV camera, pulling his pants down the whole way, briefly exposing his white underpants. Sonny Lantieri 0000009127 00000 n It follows the life of an Australian transfer girl and a "greaser boy" who fell in love over the summer. The class valedictorian. But things get complicated when they discover that they are now in the same high school. Jan loves to eat and is the best-known of the girls at the diner where she chows down frequently on freshly-baked pie. She tries her first cigarette and her first alcoholic drink at a slumber party at Frenchy's house, both of which make her sick, and she gets her ears pierced in Frenchy's bathroom, passing out after she hears the little "pop" sound.

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