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Grease can certainly be a rockin and rolling good time of fun fifties nostagia. Unfortunately, in this production, so many elements of the show were underdone and underpar that it left me wondering why I paid $26 to see such a sloppy show. The direction and choreography were...interesting and the technical elements were some of the least impressive I've seen at the Saratoga theatre. There were some saving graces in Rizzo and Kenickie - both of whom were strong singers and actors, but overall the performances in this show left much to be desired. Collapse

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While this production of Grease wasn't terrible, I wouldn't tell anyone to spend the 3 hours and 25 dollars to see it... Sandy was lacking, and not very attention-grabbing. Her transformation at the end was very anti-climactic. Some of the actors in the show were amazingly entertaining, especially the actor playing Eugene, who was possibly the best part of the production. All of the Pink Ladies were good, the boy's gang not so much. It was really kind of tedious and long overall, and some of the actors just looked way too old to pull off teenage characters. While it wasn't TOO bad, I wouldn't spend the time or money to see it again. Collapse

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I loved this show! I recently saw a number from GREASE on the Tony Awards. I thought the WVLO version had more energy and was more fun to watch. In this hectic time it was great to remember a simpler time and to be entertained by this talented group of actors. Jan, Roger, Rizzo and Kenickie were some of my favorites. Great job WVLO. See this show; I know you will love it too! Collapse

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THis is a fun show, with lots of great music and energy to spare! The supporting cast does a great job of keeping the show on track and ALL do an awesome job vocally. Rizzo Kenickie Frenchie Marty and Eugene are especially fun to watch! Collapse

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I attended Grease last weekend and enjoyed it. Who doesn't love Grease although I was disappointed to have not heard "Your the One that I want". This is a Grease classic. The best character up there was Rizzo. The girl who played this role did an outstanding performance and man what vocals!! Rizzo and Kenickie kept the show going and anytime they were on stage I couldnt stop watching them (of course in the car- WOW!). The energy at the school dance was contageous and made me want to get up and dance. Sandy and Danny were very hard to hear over the music at times and I did not like some of their acting. It was hard to get into their scenes and believe it. Plus I expected Sandy's final scene to be much more over the top. She looked normal. The pink ladies were all very appropriately cast and enjoyable as well as the boys. Took me back to my days in high school... very very long ago. Overall good effort by WVLO and I reccomend this show to anyone. Collapse

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This show was a great rendition of the classic "Grease". All the characters were hillarious especially the classic nerd Eugene. I'd never seen the musical before, and enjoyed the Pink Ladies being featured more than in the movie. Although at times the music overshadowed the singing, each number just kept getting better and better. The other characters overshadowed Danny and Sandy, which actually worked to the advantage of the show. Each character had something unique to offer. The choreography was interesting, but my absolute favorite dance number was the school dance. My favorite numbers were the fabulous "There are worst things I could do", "Summer Nights" and "Freddy, My Love". The value for students is great. If you show up 20 minutes before a show, and there are tickets left, you can get them for half price with a valid student i.d. All in all it's a great show and i'm actually going to see it again! Collapse

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The actors used every inch of the stage, but we missed many of the scenes because we had a hard time seeing over the orchestra that was literary inches from the people seating in the front row. I have been to WVLO many times but for some reason the actors had very low energy for this show, with the exception of the DJ Vince Fontain and the poor picked on nerd Eugene. These secondary characters stole the show! Danny whispered all his songs and was stiff. The sound was not loud when the actors spoke and several of them mumbled lines. The music overpowered the actors during the songs. Rizzo and Kenickie did have a few very good scenes, especially Rizzo’s “There Are Worst Things I Could Do” song. That was terrific. They used a real car for Grease Lighting but this only made another obstacle to have to see over. I wished we didn’t have to pay full price to see half a show. Collapse

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There wasn't a lot of depth to the story but it was a very entertaining evening and I would recommend it to everyone.

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I've seen many shows at Northside, and this was one of the best. Top-notch entertainment in a small, intimate setting. More than your money's worth!

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