Okay, so last Christmas, NBC aired this live broadcast of The Sound of Music and got great ratings. They've announced that this year's follow-up will be Peter Pan.
Now, Fox has made a deal to air a live broadcast some time in 2015 of Grease. Not a bad idea. One assumes they'll cast some recognizable TV names, especially as faculty members, and that they'll include the songs written for the movie like "You're the One That I Want" and the title tune which seem to sneak into many of the stage productions done since the film. They might even stick in some actual fifties songs, too.
This is probably good for the theater in that it will introduce the idea of musical comedy to a new generation. I just hope they don't then go to the theater and think the idea is for the audience to sing along.