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Carly Rae Jepsen to play Frenchy in Grease revamp
Written by . Published: October 01 2015
Carly Rae Jepsen and Jessie J have been added to the cast for the upcoming Grease: Live TV event.
The Call Me Maybe singer will take on Didi Conn's colorful character Frenchy in the Fox TV musical, while Brit Jessie J will open the show with an updated rendition of Barry Gibb's Grease theme, which was originally recorded by Frankie Valli.
The two pop stars will join Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens, Aaron
Tveit, Carlos PenaVega and Keke Palmer in the production, which
will premiere on 31 January (16).