I attended a performance of Grease on April 16th in the Pasant Theatre. Having seen both the 1978 film and FOX’s Grease Live! I was very curious to see how this specific performance would compare to the others. The musical Grease is the epitome of sexuality, rebellion, and teenage drama. What made Michigan State’s version of this beloved musical so special was that it used the script from the original Broadway production and incorporated all of its unfiltered glory into various design elements. The costumes of the characters served as the major design aspect of this colorful musical because they clearly showed the changing and eventual transformation of different characters and their relationships with each other. The costumes helped emphasize Grease’s theme that the search for self-identity and acceptance leads to a loss of innocence.
The main way that costumes in Grease showed this theme was through the main characters of Sandy Dumbrowski (Shelby Antel) and Danny Zuko (Lukas Jacob). As they tried to figure out how to be together throughout the …show more content…
Though the iconic curly blond hair, red heels, and skin tight black leggings and off-the-shoulder top were not incorporated into this production of Grease, the costume and the message behind it were still easy to interpret. At the end of the musical, Sandy decided to use her sexuality as her means to get Danny. In the last scene of the production, her conservative pastel dresses and heels were substituted with a black denim jacket and shorts, red crop top, and black boots. This distinct change in her costuming emphasized her “loss of innocence”, which was her losing her prudish and wholesome image and exploring and using her sexuality. Sandy’s need for acceptance by Danny, his friends, and even Rizzo, lead to her ultimate transformation as the “new Sandy” through her mind-blowing
The main way that costumes in Grease showed this theme was through the main characters of Sandy Dumbrowski (Shelby Antel) and Danny Zuko (Lukas Jacob). As they tried to figure out how to be together throughout the …show more content…
Though the iconic curly blond hair, red heels, and skin tight black leggings and off-the-shoulder top were not incorporated into this production of Grease, the costume and the message behind it were still easy to interpret. At the end of the musical, Sandy decided to use her sexuality as her means to get Danny. In the last scene of the production, her conservative pastel dresses and heels were substituted with a black denim jacket and shorts, red crop top, and black boots. This distinct change in her costuming emphasized her “loss of innocence”, which was her losing her prudish and wholesome image and exploring and using her sexuality. Sandy’s need for acceptance by Danny, his friends, and even Rizzo, lead to her ultimate transformation as the “new Sandy” through her mind-blowing