Keke Palmer (Masters of Sex) has joined the cast of Fox’s Grease: Live set to air live on Sunday, January 31, 2016. Palmer will be playing Pink Lady Marty Maraschino, Julianne Hough is Sandy, and Vanessa Hudgens is confirmed to star as Rizzo.
Robert Cary and Jonathan Tolins are adapting the original musical Grease for the live television broadcast. Thomas Kail is overseeing the stage direction, and Alex Rudzinski is set to direct the live television show. Marc Platt is executive producing.
Palmer will also be seen in Fox’s comedy/horror series Scream Queens. Her other credits include Akeelah and the Bee, True Jackson, VP, and Joyful Noise.
The Plot:
Grease: Live will reintroduce and reimagine some of the show’s most memorable moments, great music and timeless love story to an entirely new generation. In this live television adaptation of the musical classic, the beginning of senior year means the end of Danny and Sandy’s summer romance – until Sandy unexpectedly transfers to Danny’s high school.
Can Danny maintain his bad-boy image as the coolest member of the T-Birds, once he and Sandy start going together, and can Sandy remain a good girl after she joins the Pink Ladies? With their friends Rizzo and Kenickie pulling them in different directions, it’s up to Danny and Sandy to stay hopelessly devoted as they make their way from Rydell High to a new frontier.
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