Editing Grease (musical) (section)

==Adaptations==
===Film===
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The [[Robert Stigwood]] Organization adapted ''Grease'' into a 1978 feature film, directed by [[Randal Kleiser]]. [[John Travolta]], who had played Doody on Broadway and the national tour, performed as lead Danny Zuko, while [[Olivia Newton-John]], an English Australian country-pop singer, was cast as Sandy; to accommodate the casting move, the character was rewritten as Australian immigrant Sandy Olsson (named after the maiden name of [[Ann-Margret]], who was briefly considered for the role in the film), and parts of the score were replaced. Substantial portions of the script — which included replaced or reduced supporting character roles and added on-screen roles for characters unseen in the stage version — were written in by [[Bronte Woodard]].

''Grease'' was a major success both for Stigwood and for [[Paramount Pictures]], the latter of which re-released the film several times; the [[Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture|film soundtrack]] made international hits out of several of the songs. Paramount also produced a sequel ''[[Grease 2]]'' in 1982, which featured a younger class of students at Rydell High School led by [[Maxwell Caulfield]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]]. ''Grease 2'' was both a financial disappointment and a critical failure that Jim Jacobs disowned after its release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Playwright a hit at Taft High: 'Grease'-er revisits scene of his teens 'Grease'-er visits scene of his teens|author=Clifford, Terry|work=Chicago Tribune|date=Apr 12, 1983|page=d1}}</ref><ref name=bringback/> In the 2010s, work began on expanding the ''Grease'' brand into a full-fledged [[media franchise]], with two [[prequel]]s in production, ''Summer Lovin' '' (a film focusing on Danny and Sandy's summer before the events of the original ''Grease'') and ''[[Rise of the Pink Ladies]]'' (a television series documenting the ascent of the Pink Ladies clique).

===Television production===
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On January 31, 2016, in the wake of similar productions that [[NBC]] had performed for other musicals, [[Fox network|Fox]] broadcast a live production of ''Grease'', known as ''[[Grease: Live]]'', as a television special starring [[Julianne Hough]], [[Aaron Tveit]], [[Vanessa Hudgens]] and [[Jordan Fisher]].<ref name="variety-review">{{cite web|last1=Ryan|first1=Maureen|title=TV Review: 'Grease Live!'|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/reviews/grease-live-review-fox-julianne-hough-aaron-tveit-1201693411|website=Variety|date=February 2016 |access-date=1 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fox-orders-grease-live-broadcast-699348 | title=Fox Orders 'Grease Live' Broadcast for 2015 | work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=April 28, 2014 | access-date=December 4, 2014}}</ref>