June 16 1978 

GREASE opens. Written by Bronte Woodard from the 1971 Broadway production by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey; directed by  Randal Kleiser. Colorfully exuberant, 1950s-set high school musical with smitten seniors John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John venting their hormonal frustrations in lively choreographed roundelay of box-office busting singing & dancing set pieces. Co-starring Stockard Channing, Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon and Joan Blondell.

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