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        <title><![CDATA[Broadway pros fuming after CBS replaces Tonys with ‘Grease’ singalong]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Broadway types are fuming after CBS announced that a singalong version of the 1978 film “Grease&#8221; <strong>will replace the Tony Awards</strong> on the network next month. One theater insider even sent us an email with the eye-catching subject line &#8220;Grease is the turd!&#8221; — adding, &#8220;a rough season for Broadway types just got a whole lot worse.&#8221;</p><p>The Tonys, which honor the best of Broadway at Radio City Music Hall, remain indefinitely postponed. And though the movie &#8220;Grease&#8221; was based on a stage musical of the same name, Broadway stars are revolting on Twitter.</p><p>Tony nominee Gideon Glick of “To Kill a Mockingbird” tweeted at CBS, &#8220;I’m certain there are a million gays out there who could help you curate a greatest hits of the Tony Awards to air instead!” while “Frozen” star Patti Murin mused of the network&#8217;s move, “[Not] a retrospective of past great Tony performances and speeches and moments? &nbsp;Or something highlighting the amazing work that people in theatre do for their community? &nbsp;Or literally anything other than this?”</p><p>“Dear Evan Hansen” lyricist Benj Pasek opined, “Danny can never replace Tony,” referring to John Travolta&#8217;s lead character in &#8220;Grease,&#8221; and &#8220;Hamilton&#8221; guru Lin-Manuel Miranda posted a link to the announcement with a vintage photo of Michael Jordan on the court giving side-eye to his much-maligned Bulls teammate Scott Burrell. Former &#8220;Spring Awakening&#8221; and &#8220;Wicked&#8221; star Andy Mientus tweeted a link to the news and added, &#8220;Why is this hysterical to me.&#8221;</p><p>Outspoken Broadway power PR pro Rick Miramontez told Page Six of the Tonys being upstaged for &#8220;Grease&#8221;: “As class president of LA’s John Marshall High School during the actual filming of &#8216;Grease,&#8217; I feel I need to be diplomatic about this one: Let me put it this way, even during quarantine I expect to have something vastly more interesting to do with my June 7 evening than tune in.” &nbsp;(For movie buffs, John Marshall High School was also featured in &#8220;Pretty in Pink,&#8221; &#8220;A Nightmare on Elm Street,&#8221; &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer,&#8221; Van Halen&#8217;s &#8220;Hot for Teacher&#8221; music video and <strong>many more</strong>.)</p><p>Since New York <strong>announced a ban on gatherings over 500</strong> on March 12, Broadway has remained dark, marking the longest hiatus in its history.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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