“Grease” is hardly racy material, but when Sandy emerges in her skin-tight costume to announce “You’re the One That I Want,” the sexual energy is real. The drive-in setup means that most audience members are so far from the giant stage that it can take a minute to focus when the action shifts from the group to individual speakers.īut that’s a fairly minor quibble in an otherwise delightful show. The Pink Ladies’ cafeteria scene transpires on bleachers (instead of tables). (Chris Brent Davis is credited as musical supervisor, Devin Porter as conductor.)Ĭostume designer Brandon McWilliams has great fun with the ’50s fashion: leather jackets, poodle skirts and prim dresses for old-maid teacher Miss Lynch (LaLa Cochran), who as it turns out is a big old flirt and sock hopper at heart.Īs for the stage design, there are a few limitations, alas. The show really soars when choreographer Bubba Carr’s strong dance numbers coalesce with Bradley Bergeron’s smartly conceptualized video sequences and the excellent sounds of the orchestra.
And do get a load of the company’s hilarious Jersey-meets-Chicago accents. Instead of playing Danny as a jerk, Stiggers portrays him as a naturally charismatic girl-magnet with a strong sense of self.Īmong the fine character actors here are Terrence Smith (as Sonny), Shelli Delgado (Frenchy) and Paul Milliken (Vince Fontaine). Yet compared to the troubled relationship of the saucy Rizzo (the delightful Julissa Sabino) and the smug Kenickie (Jeremiah Parker Hobbs), or the awkward machinations of Jan (the hilarious India Tyree) and Roger (Erik Poger Abrahamsen), the courtship of Sandy and Danny seems kind of tender.
But much more upsetting: Her summer crush is now giving her the cold shoulder.
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