Is that you, Danny Zuko?
That’s his name, don’t wear it out.
This weekend, John Travolta and Olivia Newton John took it back to Rydell High as Zuko and Sandy Olsson. No, not for the upcoming “Grease” prequel — though that is apparently becoming a reality.
“#Grease is still the word,” Travolta, 65, an Englewood native, posted on Instagram, sharing photos and video from the opening night of “Meet 'N' Grease,” a singalong tour at Coral Sky Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida on Friday.
To step into the shoes of T-Birds boss Zuko again, Travolta wore a leather jacket and a version of the greaser’s “elephant trunk” hair.
Newton John, 71, wore a flowing yellow skirt in homage to Olsson as they took the stage hand in hand, strutting to the music of “Grease,” the movie musical that became a sensation in 1978. The film was based on the 1971 musical of the same name, which was set in the greaser youth culture of 1959.
After a screening of the classic movie, the actors fielded questions from the audience as part of the show.
“First time in costume since we made the movie!” Newton John posted on Instagram. "So excited!!
Audience members were encouraged to come in costume as their favorite “Grease” characters.
“Summer Loving,” a “Grease” prequel film named after the chorus of the song “Summer Nights" (you know, the one you heard at every bar/bat mitzvah and wedding), is reportedly in development at Paramount. Deadline reports that the movie will focus on the summer fling between Zuko and Olsson.
The singalong continued with a show on Saturday in Tampa. Another tour date is scheduled for Sunday in Jacksonville. On Jan. 24, “Meet ‘N’ Grease” comes to the Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown, Maryland.
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