Clearview Cinemas Chelsea
260 West 23rd St. at Eighth Ave.
Thursday, September 8, $7.50, 7:00 & 9:30
212-691-5519
www.clearviewcinemas.com
www.greasemovie.com
Each of us at one time or another has suddenly found ourselves belting out a song from Grease for no apparent reason. Well, you can do that and more at Thursday night’s Grease Sing-a-long at Clearview Cinemas Chelsea, where fans will be showing up in costume to join in on such unforgettable classics as “Summer Nights,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” “Greased Lightning,” and “You’re the One That I Want.” Based on the 1971 Broadway musical, Grease stars John Travolta as tough-guy Danny Zuko, who falls for the prim and proper Sandy Olsson, played by Australian superstar Olivia Newton-John. The cast also includes the late Jeff Conaway as Kenickie, Stockard Channing as Rizzo, Didi Conn as Frenchy, Dinah Manoff as Marty Maraschino, Kelly Ward as Putzie, Michael Tucci as Sonny, and Barry Pearl as, yes, Doody. Director Randal Kleiser also throws in some great cameos by such legendary 1950s icons as Eve Arden, Frankie Avalon, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman, Joan Blondell, and Edd “Cookie” Byrnes, with Sha-Na-Na as prom band Johnny Casino and the Gamblers. Believe it or not, the film is not quite as white bread as you might think, with plenty of clever and dirty double entendres. It’s been said that you can learn a lot about yourself based on which character you choose to dress up as for the costume contest; we wouldn’t dream of telling you who we’re going as.