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Lindsay Mendez

FRESH FACE May 1, 2008 | 10:37AM

Age: 25

Hometown: Norwark, California. "My dad is the mayor of the town—you might say acting has always been in my blood since my dad is a politician!"

Currently: Making her Broadway debut as Jan, the endearingly naive Pink Lady who finds romance with Roger in the Broadway revival of Grease.

Big Girls Don't Cry: At four, Mendez ...

Stephen R. Buntrock: From Enjolras to Teen Angel

FIRST PERSON September 25, 2007 | 12:38PM

About the author:
Musical theater fans have seen Stephen Buntrock sing the hell out of super-serious roles such as Enjolras in Les Miserables an experience he describes in delightful detail below, St. John in Jane Eyre, Barrett in Titanic and Arnaud in the tour of Martin Guerre. On a lighter note, he's played Gaston in Beauty and the Beast ... Read More...

Daniel Everidge

FRESH FACE September 6, 2007 | 12:38PM

Age: 23

Currently: Making his Broadway debut as Roger, a goofy yet lovable member of Danny Zuko's gang the T-Birds in Grease.

Hometown: San Antonio, Texas

Curtain Up: A middle school production of The Three Musketeers gave Everidge the urge to act. "In sixth grade, I was cast as one of the guys on a dock," he recalls, "and ...

Laura Osnes

ASK A STAR August 27, 2007 | 11:59AM

Small Town Sandy has hit the big time! Laura Osnes, a fresh-as-a-daisy starlet, won the reality TV competition Grease: You're the One that I Want! and has now taken her place on the Great White Way as Sandy Dumbrowski opposite fellow winner Max Crumm as Danny Zuko in the newest revival of the perennial hit musical Grease. Osnes' journey ...

Max Crumm

Q&A August 6, 2007 | 12:23PM

From the beginning, Max Crumm was the charming underdog of the NBC-TV reality show You're the One That I Want. He'd played Doody and Kenickie in two productions of Grease in his hometown of Phoenix, but few initially expected him to win the role of Danny Zuko in Kathleen Marshall's Broadway revival of the show—until, week ... Read More...

Binder, Blommaert, Brown, Buntrock and Fischer Join Grease as Full Cast is Revealed

NEWS June 14, 2007 | 6:30PM

Producers of Grease have announced the complete cast of their upcoming revival at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, starring reality TV personalities Max Crumm and Laura Osnes. Joining the cast are Ryan Patrick Binder as Doody, Susan Blommaert as Miss Lynch, Jeb Brown as Vince Fontaine, Stephen R. Buntrock as Teen Angel, Allison Fischer as Patty Simcox and Jamison Scott as ...

More Grease Casting: Jenny Powers is Rizzo, Matthew Saldivar is Kenickie

NEWS March 25, 2007 | 9:20PM

Jenny Powers and Matthew Saldivar have been cast as Rizzo and Kenickie in the Broadway revival of Grease, it was revealed on the live finale of NBC's You're the One That I Want! They will join leads Max Crumm and Laura Osnes in the production, which is scheduled to start performances on Broadway on July 24.

Powers made ...

Max Crumm and Laura Osnes Win Roles of Danny and Sandy in Grease on Broadway

NEWS March 25, 2007 | 8:52PM

Max Crumm and Laura Osnes were announced on March 25 as the winners of the leading roles in the upcoming Broadway revival of Grease. The Broadway newcomers learned they won the roles of Danny and Sandy on the live finale broadcast of NBC's reality show You're the One That I Want, beating out fellow finalists Austin Miller and ...

Grease: You're the One That I Want! Premieres on NBC January 7

NEWS December 19, 2006 | 4:59PM

NBC will launch the biggest Broadway talent search ever on January 7 with a new competition that will find the leads for the new production of Grease. On Grease: You're the One That I Want!, thousands of hopefuls from around the country will compete for the chance to play ultimate summer lovers Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko in Grease ... Read More...

TV Reality Show Will Select Stars For Broadway Revival of Grease

NEWS August 8, 2006 | 1:13PM

You're the One That We Want, a new talent competition series from BBC Worldwide Productions, will search for the next Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko to star in a June 2007 Broadway revival of Grease, according to an announcement from NBC, which will broadcast the show.

The competition, debuting in an unspecified "mid-season" timeslot, will allow American viewers to ...