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GREASE
October 2, 2015  | By David Bianculli

ABC Family, 8:30 p.m. ET

 
Here’s a new reason to revisit this iconic movie version of the Broadway musical. In January, the Fox network is mounting a live TV production of Grease: Live, starring Julianne Hough and Aaron Tveit in the roles played in the 1978 film by, respectively, Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. Also in the upcoming TV production: Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo, Carly Rae Jepsen as Frenchy, and Jessie J singing the opening number that was introduced in the movie, “Grease (Is the Word.)”
 
 
 
 
 
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