Grease Comes to Fox; After Success of NBC’s Sound of Music Live, Fox Announces It Will Broadcast The Live Musical 'Grease' Next Year

'Grease' will spend one hot summer night live next year. After the success of NBC's "Sound of Music Live!," Fox announced that it plans to broadcast a live production of "Grease" next year.

Fox ordered a three-hour live production of the hit 1970s high school musical "Grease." Fox plans to air the musical in 2015.

Last December, NBC scored high in the ratings with a live broadcast of the musical "The Sound of Music" which starred  Carrie Underwood. NBC's "The Sound of Music," also starred Audra McDonald and True Blood's Stephen Moyer. It pulled in almost 19 million viewers last December.

NBC recently announced that it plans to produce a live version of "Peter Pan" next December.

The Fox live musical event will be based on the 1971 Broadway musical Grease that also was turned into a  hit movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in 1978. Book, lyrics and music for Grease came from Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs, who wrote the original version.

Fox's special live broadcast will feature live performances of popular songs like "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightnin" and "You're the One That I Want."

In a statement, Fox senior Vice President of event series Shana C. Waterman said "From Broadway to film, and across generations, Grease is one of the most beloved musical stories ever told - and we can't wait to bring it to our air in a spectacular live event. Its iconic characters and addictive songs make it the perfect fit for Fox, and we're going to give it the kind of star power and production quality to make every Sandy, Danny, Rizzo and Kenickie out there want to get up and sing along."

Grease will be produced by Paramount Television. The "Grease Live" cast and premiere date have not yet been announced.