Grease: You're the One That I Want! (2007)

Genre

reality television

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 12 episodes

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This reality series searched for actors to play Danny and Sandy in a Broadway revival of Grease. Contestants performed songs and dances from the musical to win the lead roles.

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What happens

Grease: You're the One That I Want! is an NBC reality television series designed to cast the lead roles of Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko in a $10 million Broadway revival of the 1971 musical Grease directed and choreographed by two-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall. The Broadway production began previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on July 24, 2007, and officially opened on August 19. The TV show, from the producers of Dancing With the Stars, was patterned after an original format created by Andrew Lloyd Webber for the BBC series How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, which selected the lead in the successful 2006 West End revival of The Sound of Music. The show's title was taken from the song "You're the One That I Want" from the 1978 screen adaptation of Grease. Although the song was not part of the original Broadway production, the revival added the songs written for the film to those written for the original Broadway production. The first episode opened with 11.59 million viewers, which put it in fourth place amongst U.S. network viewing. The television program was usually last in its time slot, but it was effective at generating advance sales of US$8 Million by the finale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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