Paramount+’s Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies trailer teases it was their bad girl reputations that brought the first generation of Pink Ladies together. Outcasts at Rydell, the first four Pink Ladies found their power by banding together to form an all-girl gang that’s mission is to rule the school.
The founding four Pink Ladies are Tricia Fukuhara as Nancy Nakagawa, Marisa Davila as Jane Facciano, Cheyenne Wells as Olivia Valdovinos, and Ari Notartomaso as Cynthia Zdunowski. The season one cast also includes Shanel Bailey as Hazel, Madison Thompson as Susan, Johnathan Nieves as Richie, Jason Schmidt as Buddy, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper as Wally, and Jackie Hoffman as Asst. Principal McGee.
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies will premiere on April 6, 2023. New episodes of the 10-episode season will follow on subsequent Thursdays.
Annabel Oakes (Atypical, Minx) writes, directs, executive produces, and serves as showrunner. Alethea Jones (Made for Love) directed three episodes, including the pilot, and also serves as an executive producer along with Adam Fishbach, Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, and PICTURESTART’s Erik Feig and Samie Kim Falvey.
Jamal Sims handled the choreography and directs, with music by Grammy nominee Justin Tranter.
The Plot: The musical series takes place four years before the original Grease. In 1954, before rock ‘n’ roll ruled, before the T-Birds were the coolest in the school, four fed-up outcasts dare to have fun on their own terms, sparking a moral panic that will change Rydell High forever.
