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Grease: Live took the pressure and threw away conventionality -- it belongs to yesterday. There was a chance that it could make it so far; we started believin' we can be who we are. Grease: Live is the word. Read critic reviews

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Director:

Thomas Kail

Cast & Crew

Julianne Hough

Aaron Tveit

Vanessa Hudgens

Carly Rae Jepsen

Thomas Kail
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Critic Reviews for Grease: Live!

All Critics (36) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (33) | Rotten (3)

If Grease Live had more moments to work with like "There Are Worse Things I Could Do," it might have been truly special - but there was only so much it could do when the musical itself didn't have anything else to give.

February 2, 2016 | Full Review…

Caroline Framke
Vox
High school itself is the nineteen-fifties of our imagination, always easier in our memories than it was in reality. With Grease, we can pretend we still want to go back.

February 2, 2016 | Full Review…

Alexis Okeowo
New Yorker
Even within the constrains of a live, televised event-which, let's be clear, Fox DOES know how to blow out, when it wants to-I couldn't help think that Grease: Live was just a dud.

February 2, 2016 | Full Review…

Drew Grant
Observer
Fox raised the bar on TV musicals Sunday night with its ambitious, wildly energetic and mostly entertaining Grease: Live.

February 1, 2016 | Full Review…

Gail Pennington
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Thanks to exceptional work from director Thomas Kail and several sterling supporting performances, much of Grease Live! was as sweet and tasty as a root beer float.

February 1, 2016 | Full Review…

Maureen Ryan
Variety
This... was a show that was more about individual moments than about building a story.

February 1, 2016 | Full Review…

Neil Genzlinger
New York Times
Still, regardless of its flaws, Grease: Live was fantastic television.

December 25, 2018 | Rating: 7.5/10 | Full Review…

Marisa Carpico
The Pop Break
I'm telling the world now, I'd sell my entire immediate family down the river for five minutes alone with Doody.

March 7, 2018 | Full Review…

Mariah Smith
Cosmopolitan
Thrilling live musical is fun, has iffy messages galore.

February 9, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Joyce Slaton
Common Sense Media
If you hate musicals and hate Grease, Grease Live! sure wasn't going to change your mind all of the sudden. But for the multi-generational fanbase who admire this show, there was plenty to love about Grease Live!

February 4, 2016 | Full Review…

Eric Goldman
IGN Movies
Grease: Live opted for a more cinematic approach, connecting the dots between the live-to-tape soap operas of the 1940s and the "live music videos" you see at contemporary MTV awards shows.

February 2, 2016 | Full Review…

Chris Plante
The Verge
The show successfully managed to combine all the nostalgic elements of Grease that everyone expected while creating a new experience.

February 2, 2016 | Full Review…

Megan Vick
TV Guide