The too-cool-for-school Burger Palace Boys are stealing hub-caps and acting tough and their gum-snapping, chain-smoking Pink Ladies are looking hot in bobby sox and pedal pushers. 0000002126 00000 n Doody do you want some? 0000001232 00000 n McKenna has mastered the scornful teenager act, and it's easy to imagine him staring down Centineo and Keery with his patented glare. Doody was one of the first who saw - and were deeply stunned by - Sandy Olsen's radical transformation from schoolgirl sweetheart to biker beauty. Without further ado, here'swhat the hypothetical cast of a 2020sGrease remake could look like. Grease was a stage musical before it was a movie, so it naturally involves plenty of singing and dancing as well as acting. "&,?&#$& Please !#(%),.%"&(&("+? She is seemingly emotionless and cold and can be unkind when she wants to be, which seems to be often. Grease Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. In the latter half of her career, Blondell received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in the 1977 film Opening Night. Upgrade to PRO Well, which is it? Doody was a character played by Barry Pearl in the 1978 film 'Grease' directed by Randal Kleiser. I don't take no crap from nobody. Doody, is a member of the T-Birds . | Grease's final Pink Lady is Marty, the "one-woman USO" who keeps upnumerous pen pal relationships with army guys and is most noteworthy for flirting with Vince Fontaine at the dance contest. Doody is a slim older teenage boy, curly hair. : What a gavone! Sonny His most recent work includes his Emmy-nominated portrayal of Robert Shapiro in The People v. O.J. Her character Anne Wheeler fromThe Greatest Showman is similarly closed-off yet open to romance and also highlights that Zendaya could pull ofGrease's dancing and singing demands with flair. [the T-Birds have just pulled into the driveway of Frenchy's house, where the girls are having a slumber party]. He is easy going and a goofball, who tries hard to be as cool as Kenickie and Danny but never quite manages it. You know, if we fix up this car, it could be make-out city, you know that. Character Profile: A member of the Pink Ladies. Putzie Ok, so what do you guys think this is a gang bang? When a guy picks a chick over his buddies, something's gotta be wrong. She died in 2011 at age 63. This info article contains minor spoilers and character details for Randal Kleiser's 1978 movie on Netflix.Check out more streaming guides in Vague Visages' Know the Cast section. Must be able to convincingly play an older teenager (16+) Youngest of the guys. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> 0000023387 00000 n Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and continued to work within the entertainment industry in both television and film. hb```b``~ ,@Q. View character biography, pictures and memorable quotes. (Possibility of casting two people as Eugene one as student, one as adult.) Kenickie saves money for a new car and hopes to race at Thunder Road. He also plays the guitar. 0000013268 00000 n 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. : before returning to act in the Lionsgate film The Newest Pledge. Physically awkward, with. DOODY: Male, High School Teen (Range: Tenor, D4-A5) The youngest of the guys; small, boyish and open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude towards the other guys. Doody, a variant of O'Dowd ( Dubhda), is a surname of Irish heritage. 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 Eye Color Must be able to convincingly play a celebrity (25+) Songs / Dance / Other Skills Required Vocal Range Summer Nights (with Sandy) D High B Alone at the Drive In Movie Good Falsetto (Solo) All Choked Up (with to High Db Sandy) Greased Lightning (with (optional) Kenickie & T Birds) Youre The One That I Want (with Sandy) - TBC Excellent dancer Greased Lightning (Lead) D F# Those Magic Changes (Lead) RocknRoll Party Queen (with Roger) Greased Lightning (with Kenickie & T Birds) Mooning (with Jan) Greased Lightning (with Kenickie & T Birds) Greased Lightning (with Kenickie & T Birds) Alma Mater (with Choral Group of 12) Non singing Shaking at the High School Hop (Lead) Born to Hand Jive (Lead) Good energetic solo performer Beauty School Dropout (Lead) Good dancer D G Good Falsetto to High Eb (optional) F G A C Good Falsetto to High C (optional) E B Good Falsetto to E. You have already flagged this document.Thank you, for helping us keep this platform clean.The editors will have a look at it as soon as possible. : Kenickie That is no way to start a new semester Mr. LaTierre. : Sonny Sonny Starting her career in the 1950s, Ghostley appeared in projects including the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the television show Bewitched. Of course, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta were both incredible dancers when they took on the roles of Danny and Sandy, but Travolta was not a trained singer. She is deeply attached to all of the students at Rydell and gets very teary-eyed on graduation day. And in a 2020s remake ofGrease, it would be gratifying for audiences to see not only big names in the younger cast but also in the musical's adult supporting characters. Transitioning into voice-acting in the 1980s, Deezen has been the voice behind characters in Kim Possible, Whats New Scooby-Doo, Dexters Laboratory and The Polar Express. Coach Calhoun is a tough gym teacher with the manner of an army drill sergeant. 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. Rizzo is dating Kenickie and the two are involved in a sexual relationship which leads to a fear that she might be pregnant. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. : The two comedians have worked with each other extensively and have the perfect chemistry to recreate McGee and Blanch's iconic dynamic, with Fey as the somewhat jaded principal and Poehler as the well-meaning but incompetent secretary. %PDF-1.3 "Grease" is the word and has been for four decades now, with no signs of slowing down, so TooFab reunited on-screen couple Didi Conn (Frenchy) and Barry Pearl (Doody), along with Pearl's T-Bird . Grease Live his character (played by Jordan Fisher) sings "Those Magic Changes". Sonny Depicting the love story of Danny and Sandy though 1950s complete with doo-wops and hand jives Grease became an immediate box office success and fan favorite. Sonny Results may vary. weak eyes and a high pitched voice. It will increase your chances of being cast tremendously. Pearls Resume: Recruit Mignone in CPO Sharkey (1976-77),Dr. Abbott/Strip Club Manager in Days of Our Lives (1986-99), Dr. Aikman in Port Charles (1998),Dr. Paulson in House (2009), Auctioneer Sims in The Walls Are Watching (2022), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: The Banshees of Inisherin. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. 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. YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves. Characters Grease Danny Zuko Danny Zuko Grease See more characters from Jim Jacobs Warren Casey Breakdown Key Information Character Danny Zuko Show Grease Gender Male Age Range Late Teen Role Size Lead Dancing Dancer Voice Tenor High Note B4 Low Note D3 Vocal Technique Falsetto Time & Place 1950s, rydell high school and surrounding locations Tags Oh yeah? {c\Z~4,}tk}>oQ5Y9lie1%]N!^)Rk?OBm2_ Doody, who ends up with Frenchy, is most iconic for wielding a yellow squirt gun during fights and his odd comments. SURE! Barry played hilarious goof Doody in Grease (Image: Getty) Barry played T-Bird funnyman Doody, who ends up pairing with aspiring beautician and Pink Lady Frenchy at the school dance. Grease Character Descriptions !"#$%#! For clarity, the year Grease was released, the youngest cast member was John Travolta at 24. Starting off with an eight-year Broadway run, Grease is among the world's most popular musicals and has a cult-like following, especially among teens! He'd used it prior to Summer Nights, squirting Putzie up the nose for hiding under the bleachers, looking up girl's skirts. I'm not taking any of her crap, that's all, I'll take no crap from nobody. Recasting Grease If It Was Made In The 2020s - ScreenRant 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. Putzie also develops an adorable relationship with Jan. Joel Courtney, another Netflix teen rom-com star, shows inThe Kissing Booth series that he can deliver an endearing and somewhatgoofy/naive character with charm, which is perfect for Putzie. He is unable to drive and has to relinquish the driver's seat to Danny. Principal McGee Thus, a 2020s retelling of Grease would also require a pretty heavy-hitting cast. Principal McGee She died 1979 at age 73. Grease Character Descriptions Principal Male Roles Character Description Songs / Dance / Other Skills Required VocalRange Danny The leader of the "T-Birds". Full of mischief, half-baked schemes and ideas. At the heart of the story is the romance between hot-rodding gangster Danny Zuko and the sweet new girl in town, Sandy Dumbrowski. x[}WLZ\SI'K[]k-`Err3g0H1}ejTnUux~T^}P+N("n7jKmfl3y^SOUiw7thuFm#uVVPWPky|ViSvL>>KxQBm|zQ]/_>~1?gVEBVg,oFTtEU&SVpUh3VUTL~kkQUeZ_@U>S~n X_R_m>zXgM6"-X6fqz(m:I}b5Wd{;'&M[C2Z+)~ ! : The funniest thing about Coach Calhoun is his youthful personality and upbeat optimism despite being firmly middle-aged, which is why anotherParks & Rec star, Rob Lowe, would play the part perfectly. [the T-Birds have just pulled into the driveway of Frenchy's house, where the girls are having a slumber party] Sonny : Hey Putzie, why don't you call her? Romantic Relatonship Black Sensibilities were different in the '50's. Character Descriptions Grease DANNY ZUKO: Male, High School Teen(Range: tenor, D4- . Sonny He tries to remain cool and tough at all times but there is genuine depth and emotion in his friendship with Danny. Is that all it takes 15 minutes? : Actor Mark McKenna would be a good fit to play Balmudo, as his roles inWayne andOne of Us Is Lying highlight. : Making her film debut in Grease as Marty, Dinah Manoff was projected into a career in both television and theater. Sonny He also plans to race the car and wants to use it to finally get the better of the Scorpions gang by beating them in a race at the tar pits. Cast of Grease: John Travolta, Olivia Newton and others who appeared in In some fanfictions, his full name is given as Anthony Del Fuego. Physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high pitched voice. Here's who could star in a 2020s remake of Grease. The Grease cast features John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing. I think we all owe a round of applause for Patty Simcox and Eugene Felsnick and committee for their beautiful decorations. After the movie-musical, Ghostley went on to star in series including The Julie Andrews Hours and Designing Women, for which she received an Emmy nomination. Male Come on, guys let's go for some pizza. Doody is Frenchy's casual high school boyfriend. Grease Character Descriptions - The Alliance Theatre. Rizzo is the kind of person who fears rejection and so rejects others before they have the chance to reject her first. : 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? Gender My mom's apple pie is better than this stuff! She has a traditional pin-up girl figure and at the same time uses, and has trouble understanding, her sexuality to get what she wants. 0000000896 00000 n Mrs. Murdock was portrayed by Tony-winning actress Alice Ghostley, who brought decades-long acting experience with her to Grease. Related:Grease 2: Why Sandy And Danny Didn't Return For The Sequel. She is also cousin to Michael Carrington (from Grease 2). 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. Yeah, well, this year, she's gonna wish she's never seen me. 0000009889 00000 n The problem's in this rubber band engine. [Putzie looks unsure, then leans forward, gesturing dramatically]. Things In Grease You Only Notice As An Adult - TheList.com ; Bad Butt: They smoke and drink, but in general act more . Frenchy is the first Pink Lady to welcome Sandy to Rydell High, and while she seems a bit more worldly than the naive protagonist, Frenchy also has her share of uncertainly, mainlyabout going to beauty school. And what are you gonna do? Adult, a typical teen audience radio disc jockey. Frenchy Danny Zuko from Grease Summary & Breakdown | StageAgent He is often the butt of the jokes within the T-Birds but he is good natured and actually seems glad that he has a role within the gang, albeit that of fall guy. Rizzo got a bun in the oven. It's easy to imagine Centineo delivering the classic line, "a hickey from Kenickie's like a Hallmark card," and he could no doubt hold his own in a fight as well. Danny In the novelization, his surname is never stated but his real first name is given as Donald. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages founding editor. Warren Casey, Doody is the youngest of the Burger Palace Boys. 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. THIS FEATURE IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR PRO MEMBERS. Marty is probably the group's most self-assured member, which is why Melissa Collazo would be a good fit. She is the girlfriend of the popular greaser Danny Zuko. After Opening Night, Blondell appeared in two more feature films, one of which was Grease. Doody Though he flirts with Marty, Sonny's romance is the most humorously unsuccessful of the bunch. He is a mechanic who gets allowance money from his parents. Doody develops a relationship with a member of the Pink Ladies named Frenchy. His most recent work includes his Emmy-nominated portrayal of Robert Shapiro in The People v. O.J. Barbour, Polly. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make yourown. Character Profile: A member of the T-Birds. Sonny 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. She has also worked with the Foundation for Educating Children With Autism, performing in benefit concerts. Kenickie is in love with Rizzo and is hurt when the two break up. "Yeah, I.. ooh, whuh" "That's what I thought.". 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. He frequently fails students in P.E. 7kp."f~3DOu3L1 TR:}:/4m\!0iO4kg~XI qaUI3I^Zg=/~'@tVj]jaak`aly-2Ag56 :>O#$ 5}Iqi#>y#y When Danny Zuko reunites with his Australian love interest, they both posture while . Having devoted herself wholeheartedly to this task, she takes it very badly when her decorations meet a sticky end and collapse. She differs from the principal in that she is secretly amused by many of the antics that the students get up to although she never voices this fully. #.&;*/&#(')%)+,2 ?)%"),$&#(+,@? Company Credits After a slight slump in his career in the 1980s, Travolta received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance in Quentin Tarantinos 1994 film Pulp Fiction and continued on a wave of critical success due to his roles in films such as Get Shorty and The Generals Daughter. In 2016, Conn made a cameo appearance in Foxs Grease: Live, starring Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens, thus making her the only actress to appear in all three Grease productions. Hey Putzie, why don't you call her? Yeah, and if you don't watch it, you're gonna be spending all your time in McGee's office. Another T-Bird, Sonny feels that he is utterly irresistible to women; unfortunately women just don't feel this way. : Its mark on U.S. culture however, feels just as fresh today as it did the day it was released. To mark Grease's 40th anniversary, The Hollywood Reporter is looking back at the stars who made beauty school dropouts and summer flings iconic and who sang the songs that have been iconic to generations of high school students. He is a horny Italian-American man who dates a member of the Pink Ladies named Marty. You can help us out by revising, improving and updating t;P>}aMoA\n,x`&tH:,_$v 8ya. Simpson: American Crime Story and the title character in Gotti, which was pushed from last fall . to read our character analysis for Doody and unlock other amazing theatre resources! More books than SparkNotes. : [With a serious but confused face] Grease (Musical) Plot & Characters | StageAgent Grease follows a group of teenagers in 1958. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike . After the success of Grease, he went on to star in television series including Happy Days and Taxi. [They start heading out when Sonny stops him]. Oh, hello, ma'am. 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 We only provide suggested audition monologues or songs for an individual character if our system finds content that matches a character's traits. Tuccis most recent work has been the role of Melissa McCarthys father in the comedy film The Heat. : : Washing my hands. Known for her feisty performance as the leader of The Pink Ladies, Channing continued portraying strong female characters well after her days in Grease. One of the five members of the T-Birds, Michael Tuccis portrayal of Sonny was followed by a career both in front of the camera and onstage. Sandy is an Australian transfer student in her Senior year at Rydell High. You were just dawdling, weren't you? Greasewas a stage musical before it was a movie, so it naturally involves plenty of singing and dancing as well as acting. Rydell High's resident "good girl", Pattie is on every committee that there is, including the decoration committee for the dance. New York, NY, Linda Ray This leads to an epiphany when her guardian angel appears to her and tells her to go back to high school, which she does, and she ultimately graduates with everyone else. New York, NY, Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall Putzie feels like The T-Birds' youngest member, and he often comes across as the sweetest (aside from peeking under girls' skirts on the bleachers). 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. Here's how old the stars of 'Grease' were compared to their characters Yes, ma'am. (Possibility. Mr. Lynch One of the ladies sporting pink, Jamie Donnelly brought experience to her portrayal of Jan. Donnelly originally played the role in Grease on Broadway and was brought in to star in the film. A super-cool, DA-haired, hard-looking group of high school wheeler-dealers. | Sonny might be the most distinctive T-Bird, and while they are all funny, he feels like the true comic relief throughoutGrease. She is humiliated by her new role of "bad girl" at Rydell, and she becomes even more lonely than she was before. After the 1978 musical hit, Buckner appeared on The Brady Bunch Variety Hour and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. 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. : Hey Putzie 15 minutes! Aside from Danny, Kenickie is The T-Birds' biggest personality, and he boasts even more confidence most of the time. Find the Countries of Europe - No Outlines Minefield. He is a clumsy dancer and so the pair are disqualified from the dance contest pretty quickly. There's no better match for this role thanStranger Things' Joe Keery, whose character Steve Harrington is almost a direct copy and past of Danny from 1959 into the 1980s. Release Dates I've been dieting all day! Sketch-comic and actor Sid Caesar starred as Coach Calhoun, the man infamously pie'd in the face at the end of Grease who also coached Danny to letter-sweater glory. ~uVci=8t ,KK ;O KKK&`l=T/X:)urL6p>["=ubkdxSu\t^:?Q]wS*`5uR/{tK3JRILE+] *v49+] y+!W0HC/$#1~s~XDH(ZXK3@w'|41'-@%L6/u=! ,l@)vuK<3\T0^?,*E3,PYJz68>Mj/iwu^Ocm?b5Y0tV:[&48z^[`$ Sonny Sandy is a naive teen girl without much life experience and seems to have lived a sheltered existence; she has never had friends like the girls in the Pink Ladies before, and it certainly shows. Although Kenickie is the assumed leader, Danny is well-respected and certainly someone the other T-Birds look up to. Grease Characters | GradeSaver 0000002755 00000 n Avalon and his wife, Kay, have eight children, two of whom have performed while on tour with their father. before turning his attention to behind-the-camera work. [laughter] : Doody, a character in the 1978 film Grease (film) This page was last edited on 26 December 2022, at 16:27 (UTC). She returned in 2009 with her performance in Bart Got a Room, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He is no academic success, and he is not an athlete, but he excels in car maintenance class and spearheads the refurbishment of a classic car he names Greased Lightnin. Having already starred in films including Guns of the Timberland and The Alamo, plus the classic "Beach Party" series of films with Annette Funicello, Avalon had secured his spot as an actor, singer and teen idol. 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. Blanche Kenickie is a tough guy and a charmer, most notable for trying to woo Rizzo for most ofGreaseby convincing her that he really does care and for butting up against rival greaser Leo "Crater-Face" Balmudo. Frenchy is the ultimate romantic and wants Danny and Sandy to end up together and live happily ever after. Strong and confident. Characters | Grease Wiki | Fandom It's also an iconic component ofGrease that the movie is set in 1959, featuring greasers and other distinct high school types of the era. Attractive and exuding sexuality, Marty receives a great deal of attention from men, particularly older men, such as Vince Fontaine, the suave and slightly cheesy DJ host of the school dance. Yeah, try hopscotch, you hot dog! 0000007567 00000 n Well built, good looking, . Gumdrops, man. Manoffs Resume: Elaine Lefkowitz Dallas in Soap (1978),Karen in Ordinary People (1980),Carol Weston in Empty Nest (1988-95),Maggie Peterson in Childs Play (1988), Evelyn Rayburn in State of Grace (2001-02), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: The Recruit. Well you know, these girls are only good for one thing. Putzie 0000006291 00000 n 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. 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! Doody Doody is Frenchy's casual high school boyfriend. Related:Grease: Rizzo Is The Real Hero (Despite The Musical Shaming Her). Not affiliated with Harvard College. The film follows high schoolers during the 1958 school year, but no one in the cast was a teenager. Avalon went on to star in the 1987 film Back to the Beach and has appeared in recent stage productions of Grease. Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring Doody Having already been nominated for an Academy Award and with a top 10 single on the Billboard chart, Travolta was already a star when he signed on to Grease.