Grease: Music on Film Series (Music On Filments) - Softcover

Tropiano, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879103892 ISBN 13: 9780879103897

Publisher: Limelight Editions, 2011

Synopsis

(Music On Filments). In the summer of 1978, Grease was the word. On Friday, June 16, 1978, the movie musical made a major comeback when a big-screen version of the long-running rock-and-roll stage musical, Grease, opened in theaters around the country. With a talented cast led by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John and a memorable score featuring a mixture of oldies-style rock and contemporary pop, Grease captured the look and the feel of an old-fashioned Hollywood musical while taking audiences on a nostalgic trip back to the days of poodle skirts, malt shops, drag racing, and sock hops. Stephen Tropiano takes a fascinating and revealing look at Grease as a cultural phenomenon from its humble beginnings as a fringe musical in Chicago, to its unparalleled success on Broadway, to the making of the film that became the highest-grossing movie musical of all time. You will get an in-depth, close-up look at the making of this Hollywood classic and the creative talent in front and behind the camera that made it all happen. Thirty-plus years after its release, Grease is still the word!

About this edition

• Publisher: Limelight Editions
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0879103892
• ISBN 13: 9780879103897
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192