The word is... vape? Grease parody Vape! will get a 10-week limited engagement Off-Broadway at Theater 55 beginning October 30, opening November 3. The work will run in repertory with Murdoch: The Final Interview, which continues through December 28.
The musical is written by Catie Hogan and Sketchworks Comedy, with lyrics and additional book by Billy Recce and Danny Salles. Following a world premiere in Atlanta in 2018, the musical had been slated to come to NYC in 2019, only for a protracted legal battle with the rights holders of Grease to thwart those plans. Following a successful lawsuit defending the work's right to exist under parody laws, the musical made its NYC premiere with a one-night-only concert at Town Hall in 2024.
Jack Plotnick (Disaster!) will direct the upcoming staging, which will feature choreography by Ashley Marinelli and music supervision and arrangements by Lena Gabrielle. Sketchworks Comedy is producing, and Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley Jackson are serving as creative consultants. Visceral Entertainment will executive produce and general manage.
Casting and further creative team members are to be announced.
Tickets are at VapeTheMusical.com.
See photos from the 2024 concert version of Vape! below:
Joel Perez
Jelani Remy
Ann Harada
Billy Reece, Jack Plotnick, and Danny Salles
Jelani Remy, Ken Waissman, Danny Salles, and Jack Plotnick
Kerry Butler and Seth Rudetsky
Amy Spanger
Catie Hogan, Leanna Adams, Brian Troxell, John D. Babcock III, Julie Shaer, and Chris Parrott
Ann Harada in Vape! The Grease Parody
Kerry Butler in Vape! The Grease Parody
Company of Vape! The Grease Parody
Seth Rudetsky in Vape! The Grease Parody
Aisha Jackson in Vape! The Grease Parody
Aisha Jackson, Ann Harada, Jelani Remy, Kerry Butler, James Carpinello, Joel Perez, Jackie Hoffman, and Amy Spanger in Vape! The Grease Parody
James Carpinello in Vape! The Grease Parody
Kerry Butler and James Carpinello in Vape! The Grease Parody
Jelani Remy, James Carpinello and, Joel Perez in Vape! The Grease Parody
Jackie Hoffman in Vape! The Grease Parody
Joel Perez, Amy Spanger, Jelani Ramy, Rachel Dratch, and Aisha Jackson in Vape! The Grease Parody
Rachel Dratch in Vape! The Grease Parody
Ann Harada, Jackie Hoffman, and Amy Spanger in Vape! The Grease Parody
Company of Vape! The Grease Parody
James Carpinello, Jelani Remy, and Ann Harada in Vape! The Grease Parody
Ann Harada, Joel Perez, James Carpinello, and Jelani Remy in Vape! The Grease Parody
Kerry Butler, Joel Perez, and Aisha Jackson in Vape! The Grease Parody
