"Grease" was the Word
photos by Ashley Staab
The beach was hot and so was Sandy. But I can’t let on. The guys’d
bug me forever if they ever knew I fell for a chick so much like, well, um,
like, uh… Sandra Dee. Okay, so what. She’s wick-ed!
-Danny
ZukoRoxbury Central School performed the musical Grease on November 9
& 10th. The show was directed by Tammy Allison and Marianne Schor with Richard
Tucker offering Musical Direction.
Dany Zuko was played by Jefferson Piasek and Alisa Ferch played Sandy Dumbrowski. The Thunderbirds were played by Michael McAfee (Doody), Alex Riordan (Roger) Jonathan Dykstra (Sonny) and Christian Schor (Kinickie). The Pink Ladies were played by Rachel Meckes (Jan), Carol Lee McGinnis (Marty), Paulina Cowan (Frenchy) and Karly Bolger (Rizzo).
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| Backstage putting on Makeup |
Cheerleader Patty Simcox was played by Angela Perazone. Kevin Lutz played big geek Eugene. Kaitlin Brew played Miss Lynch, everyone's favorite teacher to love and dislike.
The big school dance brought in Owen Sanford as the WAXX DJ Vinc Fontaine. Johnny Casino (Cody Allison) kept the dance moving. Alexa Finch did double duty as Cha Cha DiGregoria and the Teen Angel.
Future stars of RCS musicals shined in the Chorus. Megan Wallace, Abigail Wallace, Kathy Rae McGinnis, Suzanna Liddle, Kennedy Faraci, Baily O'Donnell, Jennifer Wallace, Katie Fairbairn, Cypris Boice, and Miranda Cross filled in wherever they were needed...as cheerleaders, dancers/hand jivers, and students.
The show was sold out both nights and a good entertaining time was had by all.
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| Jefferson Piasek as Danny Zuko |
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| checking out the stage before the perfomance |
Greasers? They’re hoodlums, the whole bunch—Danny,
Kenickie, Doody, Roger, and that Sonny LaTierri—they can’t fool
me. They’ve already never amounted to anything.
-S.
Williamson
Constable
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| Danny and Sandy |
Me and Frenchie, we got our own “gang.” And all I can say is
it’s Pink! Pajama party anyone?
-Betty
Rizzo
Dr. Carr and I warned you people. When the bell rings, you are expected
to be in your seats, hands folded! That means you, too, Mr. LaTierri. Thank
you and have a nice day.
-Miss
Lynch, English Teacher
Rydell High
Hey Roxbury! I’m coming to your town this Friday and Saturday
night! Dig the scene!!
Be there or be square, baby.
-Vince
Fontaine
Famous
Deejay
Whoever da bum is who took my Brylcreme is gonna getta a bust in the mout.
-Sonny
LaTierri
JD
A-wop-ba-ba-lu-bop, a-wop-bam-boom!!
-Eugene Florczyk
Awkward but very smart
I remember what it was like as a teenager in the
1950s. No, wait a minute. I can’t recall a thing. Come to think of it, I wasn’t a teenager
in the ‘50s—I was a teenager in the ‘60s! So,
in fact, I can’t remember either decade. But I digress.
-Ed
Fersch
Board
of Ed
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| The Thunderbirds and Eugene |