About the work
The musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey was premiered in 1971 in Chicago and reached Broadway in 1972, where it ran for over eight years. The action is set at an American high school of the 1950s in the style of a nostalgic rock'n'roll revue.
Plot
The daredevil Danny Zuko and the well-behaved Sandy Olsson meet during the summer holidays and fall in love. On the first day of school at Rydell High they unexpectedly meet again, but Danny keeps up his tough image before his cool friends, the T-Birds. Sandy finds her place among the Pink Ladies around the cheeky Rizzo. After various misunderstandings, the school dance and a car race, Danny and Sandy finally come together as an equal couple.
Cultural significance
Grease became a cultural phenomenon that packaged 1950s nostalgia for a broad audience and achieved worldwide fame through the 1978 film. The piece is one of the most frequently performed school musicals and embodies the spirit of an entire era's rock'n'roll attitude to life.