Overview

• Travolta stepped onstage at the Hollywood Bowl in leather jacket, tight jeans and a pompadour wig to channel Danny Zuko during the June 27 sing-along screening.
• He quipped “L. A., I thought you were going back to Australia? That’s cool, that’s cool, baby” before leading the crowd in the film’s signature “a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop” chant.
• Original cast members Barry Pearl, Michael Tucci, Kelly Ward and Didi Conn joined director Randal Kleiser in visibly stunned reactions to his surprise appearance.
• In a late-night Instagram post, Travolta revealed that “not even the cast” knew of his cameo and thanked fans for “a great evening.”
• The impromptu reunion highlights Grease’s lasting cultural appeal nearly five decades after its 1978 debut and three years after Olivia Newton-John’s passing.