Originally Posted By TiggerPooh1973 I am a big Grease fan and I have seen the Broadway show too. I am not a big fan of reality TV though. I watched some of Dancing with the Stars, but just because of Emmitt Smith. I have watched 2 full season of Idol and parts of a third, but doubt I'll be watching this season. I don't think I will be watching this show either. My husband HATES reality TV, so like mele said, he might leave me if I watched, lol.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Dave and I would be laughing at pretending we didn't know them.>> I would have enjoyed seeing that!
Originally Posted By Labuda Well, I watch American Idol and have seen two seasons of Survivor over the years, but as a theatre professional, I'm just out-and-out OFFENDED by this. Doing a nationwide cattle call ON TV to cast roles that should be going to actors who are already members of Equity? On the one hand, I'm happy fro whoever wins the role, BUT I think it royally SUCKS taht they're doing this in a way that will pretty much ensure no member of Equity (the actor's union) will audition. I'd much rather see a Broadway revival of Greaxse with lead actors who have already provem themselves to be professionals. As you can tell, I don't plan to watch this. p.s. I knew Doobie rocked! I LOVE GREASE!!! (But, truth be told, I prefer Xanadu, I think.)
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Embarassing? I watched last night. More embarassing? I'll be tuning in next week.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Wanna talk embarrasing?? Wait until you see Travolta in Drag in the new "Hairspray" movie!!!
Originally Posted By utahjosh I watched it last night. It's pretty much a re-creation of American Idol, but for the broadway singer, not the pop star. Beign a broadway-style performer myself, I liked it. However, the 3 judges aren't as entertaining as American Idols - so far.
Originally Posted By pecos bill Well, I see that they bring in the usual hopeless losers who cant sing or dance a lick for entertainment purposes. Honestly, they could cut these people out right in the parking lot. American Idol with leather jackets.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby I don't know why people call this show (as well as "American Idol" and "Dancing with the Stars") reality shows ... they are talent contests, like "Star Search". If anything, its a game show. Watched it last night, it was typical but fun. Liked all the clips from the movie. It won't really pick up until they start doing live shows though. Playbill is doing a weekly recap of the show here: <a href="http://www.playbill.com/features/article/104722.html" target="_blank">http://www.playbill.com/featur es/article/104722.html</a> Best quote from the article: >"My friend Tim is hoping that this show will become a hit and the Fiddler on the Roof reality show will be seen next season: "America's Next Top Motel."<
Originally Posted By ToonKirby Oh, and I loved the opening credits, with all the Dannys and Sandys beating each other up in the school carnival scene from the end of the movie.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead It falls into the "Reality Show" camp because they end up spending more time on the people themselves (who they are, what brought them here, blah blah), and then 2 seconds on the actual talent. And because it is a competition, it just gets lumped, I guess. I'm not too sure about this show. The judges come off awkward and weird. And the talent is DISMAL. Honestly, Chicago never looked more like a poor-man's NYC than in those scant twenty minutes. Obviously it's bound to get better once they get to NY, but yikes! There wasn't a Broadway caliber performer in the whole episode.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka But now you can't say that you've never seen any reality tv before. Hardly seems worth it, now does it?
Originally Posted By Shadow wolf When it comes to GREASE, I will only watch it as the movie or in a marching band show. (Yes I'm a band geek and quite proud of it.) Looking at one of the episodes, I'm not quite impressed by anyone trying out.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby Austin seems to be the frontrunner for Danny, and he would be great. I saw him as Link - a role similar to Danny - in the Vegas production of "Hairspray", and he was awesome. Who says Danny can't be blonde? Of course, they can always dye his hair or wig him.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I caught this show on TV by accident last night. It's hard to imagine the previous episode(s) showing the really bad auditions; last night was pretty good I thought.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby After the first live show Sunday night, my favorite for Danny is pretty clear: Derek. He's got the look, the moves and the voice to easily play the part. Sandy is a little more iffy - Kate has a great voice, but Ashley has the look - need to hear a better song then "Shoop Shoop" from her to tell. They need to have them sing songs from musicals though to really show if they can "act" a song. Sure, "Grease" has a lot of "pop" sounds, but it is still a Broadway musical. And what's with the week off? Next week will re-run the "Grease Academy" episode and this week's episode. Next new episode will be 2/11.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Next week is the Super Bowl. No sense running a new episode against that show.
Originally Posted By Dlmusic Next episode the contestants sing Broadway songs and the guest judge is Andrew Lloyd Webber. Should be interesting. Honestly the only singers that I really enjoy at this point are Julianna and Max.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >Next week is the Super Bowl. No sense running a new episode against that show. < Oh, duh ... show's how much I (don't) pay attention to sports, LOL ...
