The Theatre Enthusiast

On Sunday afternoon I was sitting in my dressing room at the theatre I work at, laughing with my castmates about the newest live musical. We were predicting what of that night's broadcast would be the most catastrophic. Would it be the singing? The production value? Carly Rae Jepson? I mean, could you blame us? The live musicals of the past have left much to be desired. The one thing we did agree on was that we wouldn't hate on Vanessa Hudgens, since as we all know, her father passed away Saturday night. We finished our show and headed our separate ways to watch Grease Live  unfold. With this being Fox's first attempt at a musical (NBC having produced The Sound of Music Live, Peter Pan Live, and The Wiz Live the last three years), I was expecting a tragedy. Boy, was I wrong. Within five minutes, I was completely drawn in, and knew that this would not be your ordinary musical broadcast. The opening number had barely finished and Fox was already sending the message to