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Grease
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| Name: | Grease |
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| Creator: | Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey |
| Date(s): | 1971 (Chicago), 1972 (Broadway), 1978 (film) |
| Medium: | musical theater, film |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| External Links: | Wikipedia - Grease (musical) Wikipedia - Grease (film) |
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Grease is a 1971 stage musical that was adapted as a popular 1978 film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.
A sequel film, Grease 2, was released in 1982, starring Michelle Pfeiffer. While the sequel was received poorly by critics, it retains a small fan following.
A prequel television series, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, was released on Paramount+ in 2023 and developed its own, primarily sapphic fandom.
Canon
Grease Live!
Grease Live! was a 2016 live, televised remake of the movie. One notable difference from the original film is renaming Sandy Olsson to Sandy Young and changing her home from Australia to Utah.
Fandom
The most popular pairings are the canon Danny/Sandy and the slash ship Danny/Kenickie.
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
- Jacketed by FreshBrains – Danny/Kenickie, written for Small Fandoms Fest (2015)
- Pink Slip by cher – Sandy/Rizzo, written for Yuletide (2018)
- I'm a Sucker I Guess by lavenderturtle10 – Kenickie/Rizzo Grease: Live AU (2021)
Fanart
Fanvids
Archives and Communities
External Links
- Grease - All Media Types on Archive of Our Own
- Grease (1978) on AO3
- Grease 2 (1982) on AO3
- Grease: Live on AO3
- Grease - Jacobs & Casey & Farrar on AO3
- Movies > Grease, Plays/Musicals > Grease, and Plays/Musicals > Grease Live! on FanFiction.Net
- 20th Anniversary Official Site (archive link)