What a triumph. After three years of watching NBC do summer stock on national television, Fox swooped in and stole the live musical format right out from underneath them.
The sets and staging were absolutely the best part of the show, proving that a live musical could look as much like a movie as it could just a regular Broadway musical. All of that credit goes to director Mark Plait.
The all-star cast was all up to the task. Julianne Hough managed not to screw anything up and even make the best of her solo Hopelessly Devoted, even though the sound wasn't always cooperating. Aaron Tveit, little known outside of Broadway before tonight, is sure to keep his agent plenty busy in the next few weeks with the number of offers he's going to get. H0pefully it will be something a little bit more age appropriate.
The real surprise though was Vanessa Hudgens, who managed to do Stockard Channing proud as Rizzo. Her There are Worse Things I Could Do was a highlight of the evening, especially considering her father passed away just last night.
Of course there were a few glitches, including the sound cutting out during "Born to Hand Jive" and a somewhat mediocre new number for Carly Rae Jepsen's Frenchy. Then there was the comedy in the show, which was mostly lost because people didn't know where to laugh.
However, all in all, this was a tremendously enjoyable evening of wholesome fun. If the Twitter reaction is any indication, the ratings should be huge for Fox too. The bar for the live musical has been raised, and I couldn't be happier.
Source: Grease: Live – watch it with us - as it happened
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