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Sheridan grad cast in lead role of G r e a s e - T h e M u s i c a l by Marta Marychuk Oakville Beaver Staff Sheridan College graduate Drew Plum m er has taken over the lead role o f Danny Zuko in the Canadian production o f Grease - The Musical, currently playing for a lim ited run at the W inter G arden Theatre, in To­ ronto, until Sunday, Jan . 7. Plumm er, w ho w as originally cast as a m em ber o f the ensem ble, took over the role, in the nostalgic teen­ age love story set at hctional Rydell H igh School during the '50s, ju s t prior to Christm as. T he original Grease opened on Broadw ay in 1971 and w as m ade into a feature hlm in 1978 w ith Jo h n Travolta and O livia New ton-John. D avid G alpern and Charles Roy are the producers this Canadian re­ vival, w hich also stars Jan e l Parrish (Pretty Little Liars) as Sandy and K a­ tie F indlay (How to Get Away with Murder) as Rizzo. The show 's director is Jo sh Prince (Beautiful, The Carole King Musi­ cal; Shrek, The Musical), w ith m u ­ sical direction by three-time D ora Award nom inee Elizabeth Baird (Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia, The Little Prince). "I w as sh ocked ," said Plumm er, in a phone interview with the Oakville Beaver, after hearing he landed the role. "I w as very excited .. . and I'm grateful for the opportunity." O riginally Dylan S. W allach had been cast in the lead role, bu t he fell ill and needed som e tim e to recover. A lthough the 22-year-old Plum ­ m er had understudied the role o f Danny, the situation o f becom ing the lead actor never crossed his m ind. Plumm er, w ho com es from Ot­ tawa, recently graduated from «CO Q. CD*< CD ro o oo o> £ CDm £ <s>d CD Sheridan College graduate Drew Plummer has taken over the lead role of Danny Zuko in the Canadian production of Grease - The Musical, currently playing for a limited run until Sunday, Jan. 7 at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto. | submitted photo Sheridan College's H onours Bachelor o f M usic Theatre Perform ance Program . He credits the "incred­ ible faculty" at Sheridan for preparing him for the role, including one professor w ho taught a course on being an understudy. Performing a rush A lthough he w as very ac­ tive in sports while grow ing up, Plum m er says he didn't consider becom ing a per­ form er until trying out for play at h is high school. The experience had him hooked. "It's a ru sh ," says Plum ­ mer, referring to perform ing on stage. "I love the w ay m usic the­ atre m oves m e." "It's been quite the ride," since graduating from Sheri­ dan College last April, says Plumm er, adding that he grateful to be a w orking per- form er since then. Before being cast to the en­ sem ble in Grease - The Mu­ sical, P lum m er w as Sky in Mamma Mia! w ith Rainbow Stage and w as in ensem ble of Drayton Entertainm ent's production o f Marathon of Hope. But, the dow nside o f being a w orking perform er m eans that he w asn 't able to spend Christm as with his fam ily in Ottawa, although his m other sent along a Christm as in Toronto. package. 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