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Grease is the word.....for The MLHS Spring Musical Notable Alumni Jamie Donnelly MLHS ‘64
Although it’s only February, it doesn’t mean we aren’t looking forward to Spring and the MLHS Spring Musical! Danny, Sandy, Rizzo, Kenickie - T-Birds & Pink Ladies all under one roof at Rydell High. Grease is the classic musical about teens in love in the 1950s. The Work Begins Now! April 23 seems like a long way off, but the hard work begins now with the cast and crew of Grease. Almost all of us have seen the classic 1978 movie “Grease”, and many of us are at least familiar with the cult-favorite “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, which played on stage both in Los Angeles and New York. Both “Grease” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” have become indelible icons of American pop culture 16 l Tri-Town Focus Magazine
and history, and both featured roles played by Mountain Lakes Class of 1964 alumna Jamie Donnelly. From her IMDb biography: “You know Jamie Donnelly from her double-wide smile and champagne personality. A veteran actress of stage, television, and movies, Jamie is a bonafide cult figure for not one but two major 20th century cultural events: The original “Rocky Horror Show”, both at the Roxy in Los Angeles and on Broadway with Tim Curry, in which she coined the roles of Trixie and Magenta, and “Grease” on Broadway and in the movie with John and Olivia in which she played Jan, the “brusha brusha” Pink Lady. After growing up in New Jersey where she could see the glittering skyline of New York City across the river, Jamie did a couple dozen
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