Editing Grease (musical) (section)

===Original productions and Broadway===
The show's original production was directed by Guy Barile, choreographed by Ronna Kaye and produced by the Kingston Mines Theatre Company founded by June Pyskacek on Chicago's Lincoln Avenue. The script was based on [[Jim Jacobs]]' experience at William Taft High School, Chicago.<ref name=taft/> Warren Casey collaborated with Jim and together they wrote the music and lyrics. It ran for eight months.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-85724145/ |title=Chicago Tribune |access-date=January 31, 2016 |archive-date=April 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413224112/http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-85724145/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The cast: Doug Stevenson (Danny), Leslie Goto (Sandy), Sue Williams (Rizzo), Polly Pen (Patty), Gary Houston (Roger), [[Marilu Henner]] (Marty), James Canning (Doody), Hedda Lubin (Frenchy), Bruce Hickey (Kenickie), Sheila Ray Ceaser (Jan), Bill Cervetti (Miller), Jerry Bolnick (Sonny), Judy Brubaker (Miss Lynch), Mike O'Connor (Vince Fontaine), Steve Munro (Eugene), Barbara Munro (Cha Cha), Mac Hamilton (Teen Angel) and George Lopez (Bum). In addition to the "R-rated" profanity and deliberate use of [[shock value]], the Chicago version of ''Grease'' included a substantially different songbook, which was shorter and included multiple references to real Chicago landmarks.<ref name=bringback>{{cite news|title=Bring back our own, original R-rated 'Grease'|url=http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2009/01/bring-back-our.html|access-date=28 June 2015|date=8 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117163229/http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2009/01/bring-back-our.html|archive-date=17 November 2013}}</ref>

Producers [[Ken Waissman]] and Maxine Fox saw the show and made a deal to produce it [[Off-Broadway]]. The team headed to New York City to collaborate on the New York production of ''Grease''. It was after test runs of the original Chicago production had drawn extremely poor reviews that the production team transformed ''Grease'' into its familiar form.<ref name=greaseat50/> The new production, directed by [[Tom Moore (director)|Tom Moore]] and choreographed by [[Patricia Birch]] (who later choreographed the film adaptation, and directed the [[Grease 2|ill-fated sequel]]), opened Off-Broadway at the [[Village East by Angelika|Eden Theatre]] in [[lower Manhattan]] on February 14, 1972. Though ''Grease'' opened geographically off-Broadway, it did so under first class Broadway contracts.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Guernsey|editor-first=Otis L.|title=The Best plays of 1971–1972|year=1972|publisher=Dodd, Mead|location=New York|isbn=0-396-06698-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/bestplaysof1971100otis/page/492 492]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bestplaysof1971100otis/page/492}}</ref> The show was deemed eligible for the 1972 [[Tony Awards]], receiving seven Tony Award nominations.

On June 7, 1972, the production moved to the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], and on November 21, it moved to the [[Royale Theatre]] there, where it ran until January 27, 1980. For the five final weeks of the run, the show moved to the larger [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]]. By the time it closed on April 13, 1980, it had run 3,388 performances.

The original Broadway cast included [[Barry Bostwick]] as Danny, [[Carole Demas]] as Sandy, [[Adrienne Barbeau]] as Rizzo, and [[Timothy Meyers]] as Kenickie, with [[Alan Paul]], [[Walter Bobbie]] and [[Marya Small]] in supporting roles. Replacements later in the run included [[Jeff Conaway]] as Danny, [[Candice Earley]] as Sandy, John Lansing as Danny, [[Peter Gallagher]] as Danny, [[Richard Gere]] as Sonny, [[Ilene Graff]] as Sandy, [[Randee Heller]] as Rizzo, [[Marilu Henner]] as Marty, [[Judy Kaye]] as Rizzo, [[Marcia Mitzman Gaven]] as Rizzo, [[Patrick Swayze]] as Danny, [[John Travolta]] as Doody, [[Treat Williams]] as Danny, [[Laurie Graff]] as Frenchy, and [[Jerry Zaks]] as Kenickie.