Travolta surprised fans and his original co-stars with a special appearance at the Hollywood Bowl.
John Travolta as Danny Zuko (Source: Youtube)
Sporting his iconic leather jacket and expertly gelled hair, John Travolta thrilled audience members and former co-stars alike by rocking up on Friday, June 27th, to a sing-along for Grease hosted at the Hollywood Bowl.
Travolta starred in the major movie musical in 1978 as leather-clad, swoon-worthy bad-boy Danny Zuko, alongside Aussie superstar Olivia Newton-John as his girl-next-door love interest, Sandy Olsson. The film was a smash hit and has been revered for its iconic musical numbers for decades.
As Travolta strolled onstage at the sing-along event, the crowd went wild, and the cast members onstage looked amazed. The cast-mates at the event included Barry Pearl (known for playing T-Bird Doody), Didi Conn (known for playing Frenchy), Kelly Ward (known for playing T-Bird Putzie), and Michael Tucci (known for playing Sonny LaTierri). The film’s director, Randal Kleiser, was also present.
On Instagram, the seventy-one-year-old Pulp Fiction star confirmed that he “surprised everyone,” and that “no one knew. Not even the cast.”
Travolta posted the heart-warming footage of the event to his Instagram page. Star fans are typing up a flurry in the comments section, with Oscar-Winner Michelle Pfeiffer commenting, “Oh, wish I were there!”
Grinning onstage, Travolta hugged his awed former cast members and delivered memorable lines from the musical into his microphone, joking, “LA? I thought you were going back to Australia…That’s cool, baby. You know, rockin’, rollin’.” Then, Travolta and his co-stars led fans in singing, “A-womp-bop-a-looma-a-womp-bam-boom,” the iconic line from the movie’s finale number, ‘We Go Together.’
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Onstage, he urged fans to enjoy the show, beaming and saying, “We love you!”
This marks the first time that the Oscar-nominated star has reprised the role of his Grease character since the passing of Olivia Newton-John, who died of cancer in 2022, aged 73.
The available footage certainly indicates that this summer night at the Hollywood Bowl would have been one to remember.