Grease LIVE watched by 17 million worldwide

It has been revealed that Grease LIVE was watched by 17 million worldwide!

An updated figure of 14.3 million watched the broadcast live on Fox along with along with 1.7 million viewers on CTV Canada.

666,000 viewers in the UK tuned in to watch the musical on ITV2 UK whilst an additional 590,000 tuned in to Channel 9 in Australia. Very impressive figures! The cast album is now avaliable in the UK from iTunes.

Grease LIVE was more popular than NBC's December broadcast of The Wiz LIVE which pulled in 11.5 million viewers and NBC's Peter Pan LIVE which was watched by 9.1 million viewers in 2014. However, the most popular U.S. live musical in recent times is still NBC's The Sound of Music LIVE which pulled in 18.62 million viewers in 2013.

Grease LIVE watched by 12.2 million in the U.S.

Grease LIVE was a tremendous success in the U.S. over the weekend; 12.2 million viewers tuned in to watch Fox's Broadcast on Sunday evening (31st January).

This meant Fox was the top network of the night. Grease LIVE marks Fox's second highest-rated entertainment programming of the season, falling just behind the season premiere of Empire. There were an whopping 1.397 million tweets about the live broadcast.

Grease LIVE was more popular than NBC's December broadcast of The Wiz LIVE which pulled in 11.5 million viewers and NBC's Peter Pan LIVE which was watched by 9.1 million viewers in 2014. However, the most popular U.S. live musical  in recent times is still NBC's The Sound of Music LIVE which pulled in 18.62 million viewers in 2013.

Editor's Blog: Five Aaron Tveit videos you need in your life

On Wednesday our social media went into meltdown when Aaron Tveit took over West End Frame with the release of his #OutOfOz video and the announcement that Grease LIVE will be broadcast on ITV2 next Wednesday (3rd February)!

Lots of you Tweeted us to say you thought "every day should be all about Aaron Tveit" so... check out five Aaron Tveit videos you need in your life below!

Tveit's most recent theatre role saw him make his London theatre debut as John Wilkes Booth in Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory. His U.S. theatre credits include: Frank Abagnale, Jr. in Catch Me If You Can (Broadway), Roger in RENT (Hollywood Bowl), Fiyero in Wicked (Broadway), Gabe Goodman in Next to Normal (Broadway) and Link Larkin in Hairspray (U.S. tour/Broadway).

Grease LIVE starring Aaron Tveit & Vanessa Hudgens to be broadcast in the UK!

Grease is the word! This Sunday (31st January) FOX are broadcasting a live television production of musical Grease in America.

It has now been announced that ITV have picked up Paramount Television’s production meaning Grease LIVE will be broadcast on ITV2 next Wednesday (3rd February 2016) at 8pm.

The cast includes Aaron Tveit (Les Miserables/Wicked) as Danny Zuko, Vanessa Hudgens (Gigi/High School Musical) as Rizzo and Julianne Hough (Rock of Ages) as Sandy.

Watch Aaron Tveit sing stripped back 'Popular' #OutOfOz

Aaron Tveit knows exactly what we need! The Broadway production of Wicked have released the latest Out Of Oz video which sees former Fiyero Aaron Tveit sing a stripped back rendition of 'Popular'. The song is usually sung in the musical by Glinda as she gives Elphaba a makeover during the first act. 

The previous Out Of Oz videos have seen West End Frame Award winner Rachel Tucker sing 'Defying Gravity' with Tveit as well as 'I'm Not That Girl' with Kara Lindsay. This week Tveit will star as Danny in Fox’s Grease LIVE.

Watch the new video below and enjoy!

Michael Xavier & Anna Francolini take over from Aaron Tveit & Catherine Tate in Assassins

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced that Anna Francolini and Michael Xavier (pictured right) will join the cast of Jamie Lloyd’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins.

From 10th February, Michael Xavier will take over the role of John Wilkes Booth from Aaron Tveit. Tveit leaves the run due to a change in schedule for his television series Graceland, which has been brought forward.

Anna Francolini plays Sara Jane Moore from 10th February, with Catherine Tate returning to the role on 24th February to complete the run at the Menier. Tate leaves the role for 2 weeks to fulfil pre-contractual filming commitments.

Review: Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory

Assassins

Menier Chocolate Factory

Reviewed on Monday 1st December 2014

★★★★★

Assassins is probably the most intense piece of theatre ever written. Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's musical, which premiered off-Broadway in 1990, is dark, in your face, sometimes uncomfortable and open to interpretation. I don't think I breathed once for the entire hour and forty-five minutes.

Aaron Tveit to make UK stage debut in Assassins

Baz Bamigboye has announced that Broadway star Aaron Tveit will make his UK stage debut in Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

He will star as John Wilkes Booth in the production which is directed by Jamie Lloyd.

Further casting has now been announced. Click here for more.

The actor has starred in the Broadway productions of Hairspray, Next to Normal and Catch Me If You Can. He also starred as Fiyero in Wicked opposite Kerry Ellis as Elphaba during her run in the Broadway production and played Enjolras in the film adaptation of Les Misérables.

The cast also includes Catherine Tate, Carly Bawden, Simon Lipkin, Mike McShane, Andy Nyman, and David Roberts.