Grease / Characters - TV Tropes The two comedians have worked with each other extensively and have the perfect chemistry to recreate McGee and Blanch's iconic dynamic, with Fey as the somewhat jaded principal and Poehler as the well-meaning but incompetent secretary. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role and performed the Academy Award-nominated song Hopelessly Devoted to You at the 1979 Oscars. Ladies and gentlemen! (2 READ THE PLAY before auditioning. Doody is Frenchy's casual high school boyfriend. He creeps on female classmates at thebeginning of the film. After starring in television series including The Paper Chase and Its Garry Shandlings Show, Tucci spent more than three years touring as Roxy Harts husband, Amos, in the musical Chicago. Doody Sandy isGrease's other star, a sweet, if somewhat naive, Australian transplant who falls in love with Danny over the summer but is faced with the cruel reality of Rydell High's social scene come fall. Doody, is a member of the T-Birds . At the same event, he was one of the three T-Birds (Sans Kenickie and Danny) who `Mooned' the TV camera, pulling his pants down the whole way, briefly exposing his white underpants. New York, NY, Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall
: Character Profile: An image-conscious high school senior. : One of the five members of the T-Birds, Michael Tuccis portrayal of Sonny was followed by a career both in front of the camera and onstage. Greasewas a stage musical before it was a movie, so it naturally involves plenty of singing and dancing as well as acting. 3. To mark Grease's 40th anniversary, The Hollywood Reporter is looking back at the stars who made beauty school dropouts and summer flings iconic and who sang the songs that have been iconic to generations of high school students. Its mark on U.S. culture however, feels just as fresh today as it did the day it was released. Frenchy hosts a sleepover party. Related:Grease: The Actors Who Almost Played Sandy And Danny. Sonny ; The Alleged Car: Greased Lightning, until the end of the movie. Sandy goes through a fight with herself when it comes to her feelings about Danny. {c\Z~4,}tk}>oQ5Y9lie1%]N!^)Rk?OBm2_ Principal McGee ; Bad Butt: They smoke and drink, but in general act more . An understudy and eventual portrayer of Danny Zuko in the Broadway version of the musical, Conaway joined the film cast as Kenickie, Dannys best friend. resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss thenovel. 0000013268 00000 n
After a slight slump in his career in the 1980s, Travolta received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance in Quentin Tarantinos 1994 film Pulp Fiction and continued on a wave of critical success due to his roles in films such as Get Shorty and The Generals Daughter. In the movie, his real name is never made known. I'm not taking any of her crap, that's all, I'll take no crap from nobody. Cole Sprouse'sThe Suite Life of Zack and Codyrole would actually be the most useful for capturing Doody's humor, even though Sprouse is currently best-known as the more darkly humorous Jughead fromRiverdale. Not affiliated with Harvard College. Embarking on some of her most well-known work in the late 1980s, Manoff starred in the Golden Girls spinoff Empty Nest for seven years. 'Grease' Character Click Quiz - By TimtheImpaler - Sporcle She knows that as a preppy, inexperienced girl she is not really his speed and she is not a girl he feels comfortable bringing his friends around; she decides to change into the kind of girl she believes he would prefer to be with. [imitating McGee] Grease is an iconic musical movie from 1978 that delivers 50s vibes and high school drama. He perseveres and ultimately earns enough athletic credit to become a letter man too. "What do you drive?" Though she showsher classmates an intimidating, unflappable, and often very prickly or mocking persona, Rizzo nonetheless has avulnerable heart like anyone else. New York, NY, Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall
I don't take no crap from nobody. before returning to act in the Lionsgate film The Newest Pledge. thissection. : He is a troublemaker and the instigator of the mooning incident on camera at the school dance. Leaving television, Charles went out to become a speech professor at California State University, Northridge. Tuccis most recent work has been the role of Melissa McCarthys father in the comedy film The Heat. Small, boyish, open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude toward the other guys. The Question and Answer section for Grease is a great After taking time away from the industry to raise her child, Newton-John released another album in 1992, but was diagnosed with breast cancer soon after the album was released. Marty dates Sonny and flirts with a TV host. : When she does see Danny, she is filled with joy, but is shortly humiliated by his cool, T-Bird act that seems to her, at least, to be a deliberate attempt to brush her off. Conaways Resume: Rocko in Happy Days (1975),Bobby Wheeler in Taxi (1978-82), Zack Allan in Babylon 5 (1994-98), Marcies Father in Jawbreaker (1999), Self in Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (2008), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: The Fabelmans. Occupation Doody | Grease Wiki | Fandom 0000002869 00000 n
Performing this action will revert the following features to their default settings: Hooray! : Sonny spreads a rumor about Rizzo. Wherefore art thou, Sandy? Can Danny maintain his cool dude status and still get make demure Sandy his girl? His character, Chris Traeger, is similarly young-at-heart and fitness-obsessed. : It will increase your chances of being cast tremendously. "Grease" was released on June 16, 1978. Sonny He'sa top dog in his greaser gang, The T-Birds, knows his way around a car and a racecourse (and by the end of the film, a track), and is known for his total devotion to Sandy, even if he inexplicably blows her off sometimes for the sake of looking cool. You can help us out by revising, improving and updating Stockard Channing was 34, Jeff Conaway was 28, and Olivia Newton-John was 30. : So cool that a British girl band named themselves after him, Kenickie is the leader of the T-Birds greaser gang. Conaway died in 2011 from from multiple causes, including pneumonia. | Grease study guide contains a biography of Randal Kleiser, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. After the success of Grease, he went on to star in television series including Happy Days and Taxi. Doody was a character played by Barry Pearl in the 1978 film 'Grease' directed by Randal Kleiser. Rizzo got a bun in the oven. Rizzo Grease follows a group of teenagers in 1958. : | In some fanfictions, his full name is given as Anthony Del Fuego. He decides to change his image from greaser to prepster, and presents a far more clean cut appearance to her, hoping that this will make her view him as the kind of boy she wants to date. Since her diagnosis, she has worked as an advocate for cancer and founded the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in Australia. Jacob Batalon has made a name for himself as a loyal friend and comic-relief-with-a-heart type of character as Ned in theSpider-Man: Homecoming movies, which would make him a good fit for the lighthearted Sonny. Danny has never been an academic star at Rydell, nor has he been an athlete, but when he sees that Sandy is dating track and field letterman Tom he manages to convince Coach Calhoun to let him work out with the track team; his running career gets off to a shaky start because Danny is a smoker and consequently struggles to make it half way around the track. PDF Grease Character Descriptions - attic-communitytheater Grease's final Pink Lady is Marty, the "one-woman USO" who keeps upnumerous pen pal relationships with army guys and is most noteworthy for flirting with Vince Fontaine at the dance contest. Adult, a typical teen audience radio disc jockey.
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Character Doody Show Grease Gender Male Age Range Early Teen Role Size Supporting Dancing Mover Voice Tenor High Note A4 Low Note D3 Vocal Technique Falsetto Time & Place 1950s, rydell high school and surrounding locations Tags young boyish small open disarming deferential awestruck guitarist foolish gullible guitar Analysis Appearance Doody is a slim older teenage boy, curly hair. Like his Grease co-star Didi Conn, Pearl made a cameo appearance as Mr. Weaver in Foxs Grease: Live in 2016. Pearls Resume: Recruit Mignone in CPO Sharkey (1976-77),Dr. Abbott/Strip Club Manager in Days of Our Lives (1986-99), Dr. Aikman in Port Charles (1998),Dr. Paulson in House (2009), Auctioneer Sims in The Walls Are Watching (2022), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: The Banshees of Inisherin. Elle Fanning's roles inTeen Spirit andThe Great both showcase her ability to capture a sweet, innocent personality that gradually grows more bold and confident, which is exactly what Sandy requires. Slick, egotistical, fast-talking. Full of mischief, half-baked schemes and ideas. Kenickie After Grease, Ward went on to make appearances in television shows such as M*A*S*H and Magnum, P.I. : 0000000896 00000 n
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will review the submission and either publish your submission or providefeedback. Related:Grease 2: Why Sandy And Danny Didn't Return For The Sequel. Mr Popular, Danny is certified cool, and is a member of the greaser gang the T-Birds. It's easy to imagine Centineo delivering the classic line, "a hickey from Kenickie's like a Hallmark card," and he could no doubt hold his own in a fight as well. 0000005625 00000 n
Character Profile: A member of the T-Birds. After Grease, Donnelly went on to make appearances in projects including Family Affair, Monk and Ray Donovan. She is also the nicest of the girls to Sandy, her friendship is genuine and her attempts to include her in the Pink Ladies heartfelt and intentional. She is deeply attached to all of the students at Rydell and gets very teary-eyed on graduation day. She died 1979 at age 73. Sonny : She has spent the summer at the beach falling in love with Danny Zuko, whom she fears she will never see again. 0000006291 00000 n
You would've really told her off, huh? A nerdy apple polisher, smug and pompous but gullible. After the 1978 musical hit, Buckner appeared on The Brady Bunch Variety Hour and The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries. Putzie : She is also cousin to Michael Carrington (from Grease 2). Kenickie saves money for a new car and hopes to race at Thunder Road. Warren Casey, Doody is the youngest of the Burger Palace Boys. The anything for a laugh stocky type. : Yes or no? Doody Grease Character Descriptions !"#$%#! Danny loves Sandy and because of this it never occurs to him that they will never see each other again; he trusts that somehow they will find a way back together. The too-cool-for-school Burger Palace Boys are stealing hub-caps and acting tough and their gum-snapping, chain-smoking Pink Ladies are looking hot in bobby sox and pedal pushers. The class valedictorian. : Vince Fontaine from Grease Summary & Breakdown | StageAgent Doody, who ends up with Frenchy, is most iconic for wielding a yellow squirt gun during fights and his odd comments. If you are in the general age RANGE or can play a particular age, please audition. But things get complicated when they discover that they are now in the same high school. Yeah, well, this year, she's gonna wish she's never seen me. Brown Aside from Danny and Kenickie,Grease'sT-Birds are like a Greek chorus, but each has a somewhat distinct vibe andhis own match among the Pink Ladies. Danny Dodgy sexual politics abound in Grease YouTube Considering Grease is set in the 1950s, the film can be forgiven for being a little backwards. Ciara Bravo has played the bad girl to McKenna's bad boy before inWayne, so they'd have perfect chemistry as Balmudo and Cha-Cha. You were just dawdling, weren't you? [the T-Birds have just pulled into the driveway of Frenchy's house, where the girls are having a slumber party] Sonny : Hey Putzie, why don't you call her? before turning his attention to behind-the-camera work. Likewise,Teen Spirit, in particular, indicates that she could probably handleGrease's choreography and songs. Making her film debut in Grease as Marty, Dinah Manoff was projected into a career in both television and theater. Doody - Wikipedia He frequently fails students in P.E. F 5a*+J (Ek$T,&/$2T|S*(n)]%dkvxjQy-A6WH5.+d0kU2.Pr&Zy'Y0NE5UG4Hwg[0cK!,yRRr o`VF` Small, boyish, open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude toward the other guys. Kenickie is an unlucky kind of guy; bending down to pick up the "lucky penny" that Jan gives him before the race, he ends up being hit very hard in the head by the car door opening and gets a concussion. The Grease castfeatures John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing. Blanche Depicting the love story of Danny and Sandy though 1950s complete with doo-wops and hand jives Grease became an immediate box office success and fan favorite. Perhaps a session of banging erasers after school would put you on the right track. class. Another T-Bird, Sonny feels that he is utterly irresistible to women; unfortunately women just don't feel this way.
He is Frenchys boyfriend. In 2016, Conn made a cameo appearance in Foxs Grease: Live, starring Julianne Hough and Vanessa Hudgens, thus making her the only actress to appear in all three Grease productions. He is easy going and a goofball, who tries hard to be as cool as Kenickie and Danny but never quite manages it. The West Wing brought Channing critical success, resulting in an Emmy win for best supporting actress in a drama series. That is no way to start a new semester Mr. LaTierre. She falls in love with Danny during the summer and then shows up at his school. He is also happy to try to humiliate Kenickie by going to the dance with Rizzo when she is trying to hurt her former boyfriend. Doody More:Grease: Sandy Is Dead All Along - Theory Explained. Doody is a slim older teenage boy, curly hair. Lead Characters Sandy Dumbrowski Grease - Musical 13 Danny Zuko Grease - Musical 7 Doody Grease - Musical 6 View All Characters in Grease Guide written by Avital Shira Michael Miller "Grease Characters". Come on, guys let's go for some pizza. He tries to remain cool and tough at all times but there is genuine depth and emotion in his friendship with Danny. Grease Characters Danny Zuko - The protagonist. Sonny Mrs. Murdock was portrayed by Tony-winning actress Alice Ghostley, who brought decades-long acting experience with her to Grease. He'd used it prior to Summer Nights, squirting Putzie up the nose for hiding under the bleachers, looking up girl's skirts. : I think we all owe a round of applause for Patty Simcox and Eugene Felsnick and committee for their beautiful decorations. It's also an iconic component of Grease that the movie is set in 1959, featuring greasers and other distinct high school types of the era. Romantic Relatonship Must be able to convincingly play an older teenager (16+) Youngest of the guys. After her son was diagnosed with autism, Conn began to advocate for the cause and was named the spokesperson of Autism Speaks in 2008. Donnellys Resume: Linda in The Six Million Dollar Man (1974),Teacher in Cant Hardly Wait (1998),Pastor in Cyrus (2010),Mrs. Cody in Black Mass (2015), Margot in Souvenirs (2020), Read More at VV Know the Cast & Characters: Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths. Appearing in Grease as Principal McGee, Eve Arden brought with her a wealth of film and television experience and success. He is a mechanic who gets allowance money from his parents. Craterface is the leader of the rival Scorpions gang who are far tougher than the T-Birds. Things In Grease You Only Notice As An Adult - TheList.com ,6BkCG>'=btv|)kPgMwm,m-OIB$ ,R4OA=:-d0va]Lm[`9m
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Character Profile: An Australian teenager. [With a serious but confused face] I was just going for a walk. Although Kenickie is the assumed leader, Danny is well-respected and certainly someone the other T-Birds look up to. Character Profile: A member of the Pink Ladies. During the end of school announcements by Principal McGee, Doody perked up when she stated that 'anyone' could be a president Eisenhower, or even a Vice President Nixon. A nerdy apple. *Our system only provides suggested monologues or songs for select characters if we have matching monologues and song information in our database. Must be able to convincingly play a celebrity (25+) Songs / Dance / Other Skills Required Vocal Range Summer Nights (with Sandy) D High B Alone at the Drive In Movie Good Falsetto (Solo) All Choked Up (with to High Db Sandy) Greased Lightning (with (optional) Kenickie & T Birds) Youre The One That I Want (with Sandy) - TBC Excellent dancer Greased Lightning (Lead) D F# Those Magic Changes (Lead) RocknRoll Party Queen (with Roger) Greased Lightning (with Kenickie & T Birds) Mooning (with Jan) Greased Lightning (with Kenickie & T Birds) Greased Lightning (with Kenickie & T Birds) Alma Mater (with Choral Group of 12) Non singing Shaking at the High School Hop (Lead) Born to Hand Jive (Lead) Good energetic solo performer Beauty School Dropout (Lead) Good dancer D G Good Falsetto to High Eb (optional) F G A C Good Falsetto to High C (optional) E B Good Falsetto to E. You have already flagged this document.Thank you, for helping us keep this platform clean.The editors will have a look at it as soon as possible. Q.V. Yes, ma'am. The problem's in this rubber band engine. Uh no, ma'am.
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