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Saturday 30 January 2016
Live ‘Grease’ show will have some familiar faces from film
MARK KENNEDY waitress at the Frosty Pal- In this image released by Fox, Barry Pearl, left, and Ana Gastey- things “Grease.” During
AP Drama Writer ace malt shop, while Pearl, er appear during a rehearsal for “Grease: Live.” Pearl, 65, who rehearsals, Conn noticed
NEW YORK (AP) — Eagle- 65, plays a TV producer, a starred as Doody in the 1978 film, “Grease,” will make a cameo the boys in leather jackets
eyed viewers of “Grease: role written for him. as a TV producer in the Fox presentation airing live on Sunday. weren’t being nearly amo-
Live” might see some famil- The pair will join stars Ju- rous enough around the
iar faces during the broad- lianne Hough as Sandy, (Kevin Estrada/Fox via AP) girls, while Pearl pointed
cast — two stars of the 1978 Aaron Tveit as Danny Zuko, out that the script called
film have cameos. Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo, dell Pierce. A live audience flame, organizing reunions for the guys to high-five but
In a nice tip of the hat to Carly Rae Jepsen as Fren- will add a dash of theater, and protecting the actors’ no one did that during the
the past, Fox asked Didi chy, KeKe Palmer as Marty which won’t rattle Pearl or copyright. “He’s the troop Eisenhower administration.
Conn, who played Fren- and Mario Lopez as Vince Conn, who are both stage leader of the T-Birds and Pearl, whose link to
chy in the John Travolta- Fontaine. The show is be- veterans. I’m the den mother,” said “Grease” started when
led movie, and Barry Pearl, ing filmed on two massive Over the years, Pearl and Conn. he joined the first national
who was Doody onscreen, Warner Bros. soundstages Conn have become the This time, they added their tour in 1973, said natu-
will appear in small roles in Burbank, California. keepers of the “Grease” deep knowledge of all ral changes have crept
on Sunday (Fox, 7 p.m. EST Conn said her first meet- in over the years. For in-
and tape-delayed for Pa- ing with Jepsen — in her stance, on Sunday there
cific time). old role — was emotion- will be no f-bombs or ciga-
“The fact that the two us al. “I started to cry. I think rette smoking, and the lyr-
should be chosen to be partly it was ‘That could be ics for “Greased Lightnin’
part of this as an homage — my daughter that I never have been sanitized.
an overall collective hom- had,’” said the actress. But the broadcast will have
age to the piece — is just “She is absolutely yummy- a lot of Broadway DNA. It’s
delicious,” said Pearl. “That adorable.” being directed by Thomas
has been the ‘Grease’ ex- Other cameos will be done Kail (“Hamilton”), with mu-
perience all the way along. by “Saturday Night Live” sic supervision by Tom Kitt
It’s been one magical mo- alum Ana Gasteyer, “Brady (“Next to Normal”), pro-
ment after the next.” Bunch” star Eve Plumb, duction design by David
In this new rock ‘n’ roll “The Fresh Beat Band” star Korins (“Hamilton”) and
paean to puberty set in the Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer costume design by William
1950s, Conn, 64, will play a and “The Wire” star Wen- Ivey Long (“Cabaret”).q
