GREASE IS THE WORD FOR ANDRE?
Australian pop star-turned-reality TV king PETER ANDRE is set to revive R= ICHARD GERE and JOHN TRAVOLTA’s misunderstood bad boy DANNY ZUKO in Londo= n’s West End, according to reports.
The Mysterious Girl hitmaker has been approached to take on the role Ge= re made famous in the West End in the early 1970s and Travolta took to th= e big screen in 1978 movie Grease.
And Andre, himself, told the cast of the musical last week he’d love to= join the show.
Grease bosses are currently in talks with Andre’s management to conclud= e a deal, according to British tabloid The Sun.
A source tells the publication, "Pete has had lots of offers from music= als but Grease is one of his favourites. He loves the character of Danny = and he’s confident that he will be able to play him - even if only for a = short stint.
"It wouldn’t be until next year." Former Hear’Say singer Noel Sullivan is currently portraying Danny in G= rease at London’s Piccadilly Theatre.
There have been a string of big name stage Zukos over the years with Br= itish thespian Paul Nicholas, Barry Bostwick, Treat Williams, Patrick Swa= yze, David Hasselhoff, Craig McLachlan and Jon Secada among the notables = to play the leader of the Burger Palace Boys (aka the T-Birds) onstage. (=
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