Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens sign on to Fox's live Grease musical

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Julianne Hough as Sandy. Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo. Get ready to actually see that in — more than a year?

Fox announced its two leads for the three-hour, live musical production of Grease, which viewers will have to wait to check out until Jan. 31, 2016. The network is following in the footsteps of NBC, which has aired live musical productions of The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, and just announced an upcoming production of The Music Man or The Wiz, The Hollywood Reporter notes.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.