I need more GREASE in my diet! (My television diet, that is)

Well GREASE may be the word, but America had the final "word" and voted Max Crumm as Danny Zuko and Laura Osnes as Sandy Dumbrowski. Congrats to Max and Laura after what must have been a very grueling process.

I have to admit I miss watching the show, even though it did get pretty humiliating near the end, what with Billy Bush's ... really ... slow ... announce ... ments ... of ... who ... was ... going, and making the losers come back and sing with the winners.

And of course I miss Seth's always-funny recaps on Playbill. But I certainly don't miss the crazy camera work! And I always thought it was a bit ironic that the whole show was called "You're The One That I Want" and that song wasn't actually written by the original Broadway musical writers, Jim Jacob, (and Warren Casey), who was a regular panel judge on the TV reality show.

Jenny Powers will be playing Rizzo. I saw Jenny perform in the NAMT festival production of DANGEROUS BEAUTY and as Meg in LITTLE WOMEN and she was totally unbelievable! I can't wait to hear her sing "There Are Worse Things I Could Do".

From this article in Playbill:

Robyn Hurder, Jenny Powers, Matthew Saldivar, Kirsten Wyatt, Lindsay Mendez and Jose Restrepo will be part of the cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Grease, which will co-star reality TV winners Max Crumm as Danny Zuko and Laura Osnes as Sandy Dumbrowski.

Previews for the musical -- directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall -- will begin July 24 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.

Crumm and Osnes will be joined onstage by Hurder as Marty, Powers as Rizzo, Saldivar as Kenickie, Wyatt as Frenchie, Mendez as Jan, Restrepo as Sonny and Broadway newcomer Daniel Everedge as Roger, according to a video announcement on the official website for "Grease: You're the One That I Want," the TV show that cast Crumm and Osnes in the lead roles.

Casting for the production is still underway.

Robyn Hurder is currently playing Mona in the long-running revival of Chicago. Her other Broadway credits include The Wedding Singer and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and she was also seen in the tours of Spamalot and Starlight Express.

Jenny Powers made her Broadway debut as Meg in Little Women. She appeared in the Kennedy Center and Goodman productions of Stephen Sondheim's Bounce, and her other theatrical credits include A Little Night Music, A Long Gay Book, Everything's Ducky and 1776.

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