'Grease' opens Friday in Oak Harbor

Life too serious? The 21st century too complex? Take a break from it, by traveling to Oak Harbor and back to the 1950s and Rydell High School and relax with Whidbey Playhouse’s production of “Grease,” opening the in-person 2022-2023 season Friday, Sept. 9.

The large, generally teenage cast holds its own, singing and dancing through the 18 numbers, several which you know and will want to sing.

The story is simple, opening at the start of a school year, with boy, gang leader Danny Zuko (Chris King), bragging to his cohorts of his summer beach romance. Meanwhile, the girl transfer student, Sandra...