Thursday, May 01, 2014
Fox to Air Live Version of ‘Grease’
Variety: “From Broadway to film, and across generations, ‘Grease’ is one of the most beloved musical stories ever told — and we can’t wait to bring it to our air in a spectacular live event,” said Shana C. Waterman, senior VP of event series for Fox. “Its iconic characters and addictive songs make it the perfect fit for Fox, and we’re going to give it the kind of star power and production quality to make every Sandy, Danny, Rizzo and Kenickie out there want to get up and sing along.”
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Wow, another live televised production of a musical. Is this going to be the new thing. Fox has announced its first live musical, probably to try to compete with NBC's sound of music which didn't go too well unfortunately. Carrey Underwood wasn't to great in the acting area. But anyways, this is interesting because it might be the start of a new type of theatrical acting with cameras involved. So it's not really film acting but its also not really theatre acting. Is it going to mean the development of next techniques to accommodate this new hybrid. We shall see what the future holds. Its pretty cool though, I think.
Grease it seems will never die. This legendary musical shaped the future for many musicals that are popular today and without Greaces influence it would be less dull. I am ofcourse very biased in this matter seeing as how I absolutely love Greace and cant wait for it to air on Fox. But the main reason I chose to comment on this post was because of the interest I have in long running shows. What makes them special? Why have they lasted so long? I guess you just cant beat the classics.
I'd say this going to be happening more and more often. I forget what show it was early in the year that also had a live performance, I think it was Mary Poppins on NBC. This is definitely a great way to expand the audience of a show and expand peoples horizons for those who would never think about going to a show before watching one on TV. That being said, what will happen to "regular" or "normal" theater and televised shows become more popular?
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