Grease Musical

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The Grease musical stage show goes back to 1950s was first released in Broadway's Eden Theater in Feb. 14 1972. It was a successful musical and longest running show ever. In 1978 the show was produced as a movie to crash the box office. Grease musical show is a parody of high school life, full of simplicity. It depicts a bout teens in love.

The scene opens with the California beach where Sandy Olsson and Danny Zuko meet during summer vacation. They enjoy the beach together and when the vacation ends they part with each other with broken heart, expecting never to see again. Sandy happens to be from Australia and Danny from America. But fate has some thing in store for them and the story has to move. Therefore Sandy's parents decide to stay in America. Danny plays the role of a leader of T-Birds, a group identified with black-jacket jersey whereas Sandy mingles with the Pink Ladies a group of pink wearing girls. Sandy finds that in America she is in the same school as Danny. She observed that Danny's character is totally different in school than what she had seen in the beach as a lover boy. Danny being the group leader ...
... cannot only hang on on one girl. Though Sandy's friends try to reunite them, Danny stays with his cool image bringing Sandy to tears.

On an attempt to cheer her Frenchy and her gang invite Sandy for a sleep over at Frenchy's house. They all get fed up with Sandy finding her choking on a cigarette and could not even taste wine. Sandy is also shocked with the idea of piercing her ears but when insisted upon by Frenchy she does it, later on vomiting seeing blood. Even with all these changes she still loves Danny. Many scenes it is seen that both of them do care for each other and finally get reconciled when Sandy sees Danny falling down while running and went near him leaving every body.

After a while Danny takes Sandy to a live TV show and they dance which features several songs of the 1950s. In the meantime Cha Cha past girlfriend of Danny forces her way to the dance to win the contest. Sandy, upset leaves the place. Later on Sandy goes with Danny to a drive-in movie where Danny gives her a class ring while accidentally touching her chest and sandy kisses him realizing he respects her. With the plot developing Danny back in the car has his arm around Sandy and intends to play with her, which she vehemently opposes and rushes out of the car throwing the ring at him. Danny repents and laments the loss.

Next we see a car race where Danny is taking part and he wins the race in a neck-to-neck competition. His winning is celebrated by the Pink Ladies and the T-Birds together. Danny and Sandy come to the function dressed flamboyantly and both are again attracted to each other to be reunited again and thus they sing the song ' you are the one that I want'. The last song which was sung by everyone and Danny and Sandy disappear to the sky in Danny's car.

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