Grease is the word

Yesterday I went to see Northeastern's performance of "Grease."

I am a huge supporter of community and amateur theater. You don't have to give me a roof-raising performance for me to appreciate a performance, but you have to give it your best effort.

Without naming names, I really felt there were a handful of main cast members who seemed very apathetic about their roles. It was really disheartening. To play any of these characters has to be a ton of fun. They are high school students at their prime.

There were, however, students who really loved what they were doing and it showed. Jillian Ambrose (Jan), Phillip Freedman (Danny), Ben Heiland (Roger) and Lindsay Deacon (Rizzo) were four standouts who saved the show. They had the energy, charisma and comedy that it takes to pull off "Grease."

Kudos to those four students! They owned the stage. Jillian and Ben's performance of "Mooning" made me want to get out of my seat and shout. Jillian made me laugh out loud numerous times with her stage command. Phillip had me believe that he was the leader of the pack with awesome vocals, and Ben's hilarity was contagious. Lindsay gave the attitude it takes for raunchy Rizzo.