What is Grease (musical)?
{{italictitle}} '''''Grease''''' is a 1971 [[musical theater|musical]] by [[Jim Jacobs]] and [[Warren Casey]]. It takes its name from the [[1950s]] [[United States]] [[Working class|working-class]] culture known as the [[Greaser (subculture)|greasers]]. It is set in 1959 in a made-up school called Rydell High in [[Chicago]] and is about the romance between [[high school]]ers Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski. ==Premieres== ''Grease'' had its world premiere in Chicago in 1971. Its Broadway premiere occurred at the Broadhurst Theatre on 7 June 1972. It closed on 13 April 1980 after a run of 3,388 performances. It opened on the [[West End theatre|West End]] in 1973. [[Category:Broadway musicals]] [[Category:West End musicals]] [[Category:1970s musicals]] {{performing-arts-stub}} [[Category:1971 works]]