Olivia Newton-John: Grease the Musical star says it was ‘surreal’ to inform audience of her death

Olivia Moore, who plays Sandy in Grease the Musical, said it was “surreal” to break the news of Dame Olivia Newton-John’s death to her audience.

The star of the current West End production was informed of Newton-John’s passing during the interval, with the news met with gasps of shock backstage.

Referring to her second-act rendition of “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” Moore said: “such a mixed bag of emotions to sing that song, but I actually am really happy that I knew because I will never sing it the same now.”

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