The Holy Cross Student Theatre (HCST) will present the iconic musical, Grease with book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey as its’ spring production for the 2015-2016 school year. Performances run at Holy Cross High School (HCHS) on April 29th & 30th at 7:00pm and May 1st at 2:00pm. Tickets are $12.00 and can be purchased at the door or at the Holy Cross Main Office. Seniors will be admitted free for the Sunday, May 1st performance only and can purchase by calling HCHS at 203.757.9248. Grease is under the direction of David Gardino with music direction by Gabrielle Brazauskas and choreography by Ralph Cantito ’74.
As an added bonus, the school’s annual Arts-on-Oronoke exhibit, featuring the art work of Holy Cross students and alumni, will be held during the May 1st performance from 3:00pm-5:00pm in the Alix Family Gallery. Refreshments will be served.
About Grease
It’s 1959, and Rydell High School’s senior class is in rare form. The too-cool-for-school Burger Palace Boys are stealing hub-caps and acting tough and their gum-snapping, chain-smoking Pink Ladies are looking hot in bobby sox and pedal pushers. The 1950s high school dream is about to explode in this rollicking musical that is both an homage to the idealism of the fifties and a satire of high schoolers’ age-old desire to be rebellious, provocative and rebellious. At the heart of the story is the romance between hot-rodding gangster Danny Zuko (Bradd Cyr ’16 of Waterbury) and the sweet new girl in town, Sandy Dumbrowski (Leanne Raymond ’17 of Plantsville). They had a secret romance in summer, but now back in the context of school, peer-pressure and cliques make their love a bit more complicated. Can Danny maintain his cool dude status and still get make demure Sandy his girl? The whole gang sings and dances around Danny and Sandy’s romance, through such hit songs as "Greased Lightnin'", "We Go Together”, and “Summer Nights”, recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.