What's the Difference between Grease the Play and Grease the Movie?
| In the Play |
In the Movie |
Danny Zuko
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Danny Zuko
Portrayed by: John Travolta
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Sandy Dumbrowski
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Sandy Olsen
Portrayed by: Olivia Newton-John
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Kenickie
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Kenickie
Portrayed by: Jeff Conaway
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Betty Rizzo
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Betty Rizzo
Portrayed by: Stockard Channing
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Doody
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Doody
Portrayed by: Barry Pearl
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Sonny LaTierri
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Sonny LaTierri
Portrayed by: Michael Tucci
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Roger
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Putzie
Portrayed by: Kelly Ward
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Frenchy
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Frenchy
Portrayed by: Didi Conn
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Marty Maraschino
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Marty Maraschino
Portrayed by: Dinah Manoff
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Miss Lynch
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Principal McGee
Portrayed by: Eve Arden
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This Character does not appear.
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Coach Calhoun
Portrayed by: Sid Caesar
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Eugene Florsyck
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Eugene Felsnick
Portrayed by: Eddie Deezen
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Patty Simcox
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Patty Simcox
Portrayed by: Susan Buckner
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Cha-Cha Digregorio
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Cha-Cha Digregorio
Portrayed by: Annette Charles
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Teen Angel
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Teen Angel
Portrayed by: Frankie Avalon
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Vince Fontaine
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Vince Fontaine
Portrayed by: Edd Byrnes
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Johnny Casino
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Johnny Casino & the Gamblers
Portrayed by: Sha-Na-Na
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This Character does not appear.
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Leo Balmudo
Portrayed by: Dennis C. Stewart
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Betty Rizzo
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Betty Rizzo
Portrayed by: Adrienne Barbeau
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| In the Play |
In the Movie |
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This does not happen |
Danny tries to become a Jock to get Sandy back |
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Sandy and Danny reunite with the song All Choked Up |
The song is replaced with You're the One That I Want (the song is added in the 2007 Revival though)
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Doody sings Those Magic Changes on his guitar |
The song is given to Johnny Casino and the Gamblers at the dance |
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Sandy starts attending Rydell High instead of Immaculata Catholic high school because her father got into an argument with the Mother Superior about Sandy's patent leather shoes (boys could see up her dress). |
Sandy starts attending Rydell because her family decides to stay in the U.S. instead of going back to Australia.
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When Rizzo sings "There are worse things I could do" it is directed at Sandy. |
Rizzo sings "There are worse things I could do" in a different context with the last half of the song directed at Kenickie. |