Ramm also choreographs the extensive dance numbers, hitting her stride with the huge ensemble piece “Born to Hand-Jive,” which spotlights the enormous terpsichorean talents of the glamorous Gire, outdoing anything you’ll see on “Dancing With the Stars.”
Other notables include Chantelle Rosinsky as the pink-haired beauty school dropout Frenchy, Jonathan Dean as the rakish deejay Vince Fontaine and Tony Graham as the school’s mooning champ Roger, better known as “Rump.”
Musical director Rick Heckman and his upstage combo keep the pace torrid, though he could tone the sound down a bit in the late-show number, “All Choked Up” (which fills the slot occupied in the flick by “You’re the One That I Want”) so that the audience could catch the unfamiliar lyrics.
