Oh, these summer season nights. It’s been 47 years for the reason that launch of Grease, the 1978 film musical starring Olivia Newton-John as Sandy and John Travolta as Danny, and its blockbuster soundtrack that reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and notched 4 top-five hits on the Billboard Scorching 100. On Friday night time (June 27), the movie-star model of Danny Zuko, Travolta himself, reemerged on the Hollywood Bowl.
Travolta — who was in his early 20s throughout his time at Rydell Excessive on the Grease film set, and is now 71 — made an unannounced look Friday on the Hollywood Bowl’s summer season Grease Sing-A-Lengthy occasion, all dressed up as Danny.
The actor captured his leather-based jacket and slicked-back hair throwback for followers, sharing the second later on Instagram.
“Tonight on the Hollywood Bowl, for the primary time I stunned everybody on the GREASE Sing-A-Lengthy and dressed up as Danny Zuko. Nobody knew. Not even the solid,” Travolta revealed in his put up.
“Thanks for a terrific night,” he added, directing followers to swipe to observe a video filmed throughout his go to to the June 27 get-together for Grease followers, which had inspired attendees to indicate up in costume and was advertised as a night “the place you’re the stars and Grease is actually the phrase! Watch Danny, Sandy, and the gang whereas singing and dancing alongside to the lyrics as proven on the display.”
Little did they know that the OG chief of the Rydell Excessive T-Birds can be rockin’ and rollin’ and whatnot amongst them.
“A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a-wop-bam-boom!” he led the group with glee.
See Travolta’s video clip — and a closeup photograph of what Danny Zuko appears to be like like in 2025 — on Instagram here.