Dutch theatregoers were shocked on Sunday night when a would-be John Travolta and his Olivia Newton-John lookalike counterpart were injured as their car plunged into the orchestra pit during a performance of the musical Grease. Jim Bakkum was concussed and Bettina Holwerda may have broken her arm, the director of the Almere City Theatre Peter Swinkels told Dutch television. "Jim was driving. … She (Bettina) was able to jump off before it went over the edge, and Jim went down with the car," Swinkels told RTL Nieuws. The car landed in an empty part of the pit, and no musicians were injured. Both were taken to the hospital for treatment in Almere, 15 kilometres east of Amsterdam. The car, dubbed "Greased Lighting" during a song in the play, was made up of the chassis of a classic red-and-white convertible and the engine of a golf cart. The incident took place during a scene where the characters made famous by Travolta and Newton-John in the movie version – Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson – go to a drive-in movie in the car.
AAP (story) and RTL Neiuwes (photo)
That had to be scary. I was watching Grease, You're the One That I Want when I read this and I almost feel that show is going in the same direction as the car..
