L-R: Tricia Fukuhara as Nancy Nakagawa, Marisa Davila as Jane Facciano, Cheyenne Wells as Olivia Valdovinos and Ari Notartomaso as Cynthia Zdunowski in 'Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies' (Photo Credit: Eduardo Araquel/Paramount+)

Alethea Jones finds room for joy with ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’

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Long before she was director, Alethea Jones was performing in and choreographing Rock Eisteddfods – she recalls a teacher once hot glued sequins to her face.

So a few years ago, when asked by new management in the US what would be her “heart’s desire” to direct, the answer was easy: A musical. Music and dance was the world she’d come from, and she was keen to get back to it.

No sooner had she said that, her manager asked, “What if I said the phrase Rise of the Pink Ladies?&#...