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"Oh Danny, Is This the End?"
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"Oh Danny, Is This the End?"

Is the musical Grease past its sell-by date?

One of the most popular musicals of all time, Grease seems to have fallen from grace. Most recently, two schools in Australia were planning to stage a joint production of the musical this year, but shelved it when students complained that the content of the musical was “offensive.”

Why has the musical come under fire? Is it time to retire it? On this week’s Banished, Amna Khalid speaks with Scott Miller, founder and artistic director of New Line Theater, an alternative musical theater company in St. Louis.

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Banished explores academic freedom, free expression, campus politics and the culture wars. Hosted by Amna Khalid. http://banished.substack.com.