Arts & Entertainment

Last Chance to See 'Grease' at the Strand

Final performances of "Grease" will take place Thursday through Sunday.

 at the  features "You're The One That I Want," the #1 Billboard hit from the 1978 motion picture as well as the songs made famous by the original stage production such as "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin'" and "We Go Together."

After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with Sandy Dumbrowski, the new girl in town, Danny Zuko's world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock n' roll celebration of growin' up, cruisin' with friends and goin' steady.

Local actor and Lyric veteran Jevares C. Myrick, as radio disc jockey Vince Fontaine, will lead a 1950's dance contest twenty minutes prior to each curtain. Contestants will be randomly chosen from the audience and are eligible to win prizes.

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Performance dates and times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

For tickets and information call 404-377-9948 or visit www.AtlantaLyricTheatre.com.

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