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t’s been 40 years since a beloved Broadway show became one of the biggest movie musicals of all time, but Grease is still the word. When Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta transformed into Sandy and Danny on screen they brought the 50s to life for generations to come. The story of summer love turned high school romance, cliques and peer pressure, good girls and bad boys had timeless humor and nostalgia and a catchy soundtrack that won fans in 1978 and continues to attract viewers even today. Paramount Pictures is bringing the movie back to the big screen to celebrate this milestone anniversary and our own Glynn Academy Players are currently in rehearsal to bring their production of Grease to the stage in May. When Glynn Academy Drama Instructor Josh Sinyard was asked if he selected the play as a May production because of the anniversary, he responded, “I chose it
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