'We have three black Pink Ladies, which is the first time ever - that's iconic.'
Dame Arlene Phillips likens Grease's characters to youngsters doing hip-hop and breakdancing from the streets
Much of the work on rethinking it was done three years ago, she says, when it was picked up by director Nikolai Foster, initially for Leicester's Curve theatre.Olivia Moore as Sandy, Dan Partridge as Danny and Peter Andre as Vince Fontaine Dame Arlene says Foster "went right back to the original story and songs", reshaping it to "empower" the women.
Many would "hide their intelligence", putting their energies into rockabilly and entering dance competitions to win vouchers for food and drinks.
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