Grease

Replacing Annie?

I remember seeing this years ago with Lauren Samuels as Sandy and loving it. I didn't love it as much this afternoon. Danielle Hope was good as Sandy acting wise but not quite as good as Lauren Samuels vocally. Tom Parker was fine as Danny - did the job but nothing special. Louisa as Rizzo wasn't anything special either, stronger vocals would have helped. The rest of the cast were quite good too and did the best with what they had. Also - I can't believe I didn't realise how weak the plot is before.

I made the mistake of going to today's matinee too. Today has to be, without a doubt my worst theatre experience to date, and I include the tour of Wonderland when I say that. However this experience was not due to the performance. Today's audience were the worst audience I've ever sat amongst. Danielle Hope couldn't be heard throughout 'hopelessly devoted to you' and I'm sure I have bruises from the woman next to me continuously swaying side to side and banging into me. This audience has put me off ever returning to the show.

Anyone know the runtime of the show? Millenium Centre says 2 hours and 10 minutes at the top of the page and 2 hours 30 minutes at the bottom 🙄

A friend told me last night that the stage door has been an interesting mix of fans of The Wanted and the Osmonds, which to be honest is something I'm almost curious to see!

I was thinking of stagedooring to get a picture with Danielle but I don't think I'll bother if it's gonna be overun by two cliques of fangirls

haha true story. I only realised yesterday that I am sat within breathing distance of an Osmond in work. Think of all the fan grannies who are envious.

haha, I did exactly the same thing.

Saw this last night in Brighton (the final stop as far as I'm aware)
Thoughts:
Odd staging with handheld microphones for some of the songs, it worked well for Those Magic Changes because it's whats-his-name's fantasy of being adulated, but for Greased Lightning & YTOTIW it got in the way.
Danielle Hope is perfect for this role, some lovely high notes hit.
I could swear I heard some audience members singing along from Hopelessly Devoted onwards, if that was the case they deserved a slap.
Tom Parker acted well as Danny, especially considering this is his first stage role. Good comedic timing on the drive-in scene. Not quite vocally up to it & cut some high notes short in Sandy. Unfortunately Danny is written as a complete arsehole and can't really be anything else no matter how he's played.
Very upset they cut Freddy My Love, one of my favourites, meaning Marty had nothing to do. She, Frenchy and Jan along with the interchangable T-Birds made the most of thankless roles.
Louisa Lytton's acting felt like a watered-down version from the film, she could have gone a lot further especially with mocking Sandy. Vocally not quite up to it either, notes cut short in TAWTICD when that song's supposed to be the most powerful of the show.
Ensemble outstanding, as is often the case with these shows. Charlotte Coggin, Callum Evans & George Olney were particular standouts with George hitting some crazy notes as Teen Angel.

Same happened in Wimbledon when Gabriella Williams was on as Sandy, drives me mad!