Grease is a musical about a high school romance between Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School in Chicago. The story follows the two teenagers as they navigate the challenges of peer pressure, cliques, and love while trying to make their romance last. The musical is set in the working-class youth subculture of the 1950s known as greasers and features songs like "Greased Lightnin'", "We Go Together", and "Mooning" that recall the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley.