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Grease is a popular musical set in 1959 that follows a group of teenagers in high school as they experience life, love, and fast cars. It was created in 1971 by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey and was first performed in Chicago, Illinois. As one of Broadway’s longest-running shows of all time, the story is well known to any musical theater fans. Performed often in local drama productions and high-school auditoriums, this musical has also been around the world, with international performances often replacing the English dialogue with French, German, Spanish, and countless other languages. Read more »

Billy Elliot is a motherless child who is caught between the boxing dream of his father and the ballet dance dream of his own. He must endeavor many hardships and hate from his family to achieve this dream. The conflict begins when Billy Elliot’s father discovers that he has been spending the money intended for boxing lessons instead on ballet lessons. He discovers this when Billy’s former boxing teacher informs him that Billy hasn’t been to a lesson in months. Read more »