Very interesting development. I had been hearing Grease rumors for long time, and I would think an all-out live TV production would be more feasible and memorable than a motion picture reboot.

The only word about casting is that there will be a “young ensemble cast”…..that seems to imply the cast will be up and comers, rather than names.

If they just use Glee people, then such a show will only be popular with the Glee demographic. The goal of a big budget production like this is to have crossover appeal and buzz to create value for advertisers.

I think Fox might decide it needs big names because that will get more attention and make more people tune in. Will it be Taylor? I don’t know….that’s a pretty tall order.

TV viewing is declining overall in an age of games and social media, but much of the highest-rated programming on tv has a live, unpredictable element to it.

NBC used Carrie Underwood in The Sound of Music Live probably because she was the only person they could get with crossover star power (especially to middle-America) and enough talent to get it done, even if they knew traditional theater types probably wouldn’t approve of her.

Already, someone has sent me a nice E! article about a dream Grease live cast…..http://www.eonline.com/news/536454/grease-dream-cast-taylor-swift-zac-efron-drake-and-more-of-our-picks-for-fox-s-live-special

It’s possible that Fox could get huge names and not have to overpay them for their time, because some big names are obsessive about performing or proving they can do things we wouldn’t think they could do (like Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages). So I could imagine Taylor doing it and it not being concerned about not being paid the kind of money she makes recording and touring.

As for her vocal power, Taylor does 2 hour live productions….all. the. time. and I would bet her rehearsals regularly go over three hours.

If high school kids can handle doing a three hour live production, I would think Taylor can. Also, high school stages aren’t mic’d for TV. Also, high school performers don’t have commercial breaks.

But could Taylor ever fit this in in her crazy schedule?

If Taylor puts out a new album this Fall, then tours in the Spring and Summer of 2015…..even only keeping it to North American stadium shows (fewer shows overall) - that would leave next Fall as the time to rehearse and perform Grease….which would seem to be perfect timing.

But if you hear Taylor announce tour dates that go through the Fall of 2015, you’d know it is an impossibility.

Carrie Underwood was announced as the lead role for the Sound of Music Live over a year in advance.

….And that doesn’t even consider the very real chance that Taylor could play the Super Bowl in Feb. 2015…..or a year after that.

Regardless, it is not like Taylor hasn’t been here before…..