Thomas Kail

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Director of Hamilton on Broadway and Grease: Live on Fox

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As  Grease: Live  opens, performer Jessie J sings “Grease is the Word” as she winds her way through bustling high school sets, backstage hallways, dressing rooms and even outdoors in…

Thomas Kail, director of 'Grease: Live'

As Grease: Live opens, performer Jessie J sings “Grease is the Word” as she winds her way through bustling high school sets, backstage hallways, dressing rooms and even outdoors in…

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