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Grease is the word this spring

Published: Tue 21 Jun 2016 10:19 AM
Grease -- the electrifying musical announced for New Zealand. 25 cities. 40 performances
The thrills are multiplying …
Grease is the word this spring --
It's ELECTRIFYING
• 25 cities nationwide
• 40 performances
• The biggest jukebox musical ever
Tickets on sale tomorrow
Get out your leather jackets and pull on your bobby socks with Rydell High’s senior class of 1959.
The producer of HMS Pinafore, Buddy, The Pirates of Penzance and South Pacific, Ben McDonald Productions brings you GREASE the musical.
Featuring all those unforgettable songs from the movie, and dazzling costumes, GREASE is is the original High-School musical, featuring all the unforgettable songs from the hit movie including You're The One That I Want, Grease Is The Word, Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Sandy, Greased Lightnin' and many more.
Packed with explosive energy, this high-octane rock ‘n’ roll party is ready to rumble through 25 New Zealand cities from Kerikeri to Invercargill and play some 40 times in what will be an ELECTRIFYING tour.
Since the show’s Broadway premiere in 1972, followed by the 1978 hit movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John -- which went on to become the highest grossing movie-musical of all time -- GREASE has triumphed across the globe, striking a universal chord with its irresistible mix of adolescent angst, vibrant physicality and 1950s pop culture.
Set in 1959 at Rydell High School, GREASE follows 10 working-class kids as they navigate the complexities of love, cars, and drive-ins. Danny Zuko, the hot Greaser, falls in love with the wholesome and pure Sandy Dumbrowski and when their worlds collide, it’s a-wella-wella-umph!
Then there’s Rizzo, the tough and sarcastic leader of the Pink Ladies, whose world turns upside down when she thinks she’s pregnant; Frenchy, the ditzy beauty school drop out; and Vince Fontaine, the egotistical, slimy radio disc jockey trying to relive his teenage years.
So throw your mittens around your kittens and hand-jive the night away with the show that'll make you want to stand up and shout, 'A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop A-wop-bam-boom!'
Be there or be square!!!
MonthDateCity & TimeVenueTickets
Nov3Takapuna - Gala - Red CarpetBruce Mason CentreTicketmaster
4Takapuna - Opening Night - 8pmBruce Mason CentreTicketmaster
5Hamilton - 8pmClaudelands ArenaTicketek
6Kerikeri - 8pmThe CentreThe Centre
7Whangarei - 8pmForum NorthTicketek
8Tauranga - 8pmBaycourtTicketek
9Tauranga - 8pmBaycourtTicketek
10Gisborne - 8pmWar Memorial HallStephen Jones Photography
12Taupo - 8pmGreat Lake CentreTicketek
13Kapiti - 8pmSouthwardsTicketek
15Rangiora - 8pmTown HallTicketek
16Timaru - 8pmTheatre RoyalTicketek
Nov17Oamaru - 8pmOpera HouseTicketdirect
18Christchurch - 8pmIsaac Theatre RoyalTicketek
19Christchurch 4pm and 8pmIsaac Theatre RoyalTicketek
21Nelson - 8pmTheatre RoyalTicketdirect
22Nelson - 8pmTheatre RoyalTicketdirect
23Blenheim - 8pmASB TheatreTicketdirect
24Ashburton - 8pmEvent CentreTicketdirect
25Gore - 8pmSBS St James Theatrewww.iticket.co.nz
26Invercargill - 8pmCivic TheatreTicketdirect
27Dunedin - 8pmRegentTicketdirect
29Palmerston North - 8pmRegent TheatreTicketdirect
30Carterton - 8pmEvent CentreEventfinda
Dec1Napier - 8pmMunicipalTicketek
2Wellington - 8pmOpera HouseTicketek
3Wanganui - 8pmOpera HouseRWOH
4New Plymouth - 8pmTSB ShowplaceTicketek
6Rotorua - 8pmHMPACTicketmaster
Dec7Auckland - 8pmSky CityTicketmaster
8Auckland - 8pmSky CityTicketmaster
9Auckland - 8pmSky CityTicketmaster
10Auckland - 8pmSky CityTicketmaster
11Auckland 4pm and 8pmSky CityTicketmaster
13Auckland - 8pmSky CityTicketmaster
14Auckland - 8pmSky CityTicketmaster
15Auckland - 8pmSky CityTicketmaster
16Auckland - 8pmSky CityTicketmaster
17Auckland 4pm and 8pmSky CityTicketmaster
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