If you want to keep diggin’ those good summer vibrations or revisit teen-age angst, Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, is the place to go where the high-energy musical, “Grease,” continues through Sept. 8.

The Playhouse production, directed with great gusto by Hunter Foster (who appeared in the original Broadway cast 1994 revival), is slick fun with a cast of dynamic, poised and passionate actors who recreate the fun days at Rydell High in 1959.

The Aug. 10 opening night performance was seen for this review.

If Rydell rings a bell, that’s because the musical’s fictional high school is named after Bobby Rydell (1942-2022), the south Philadelphia pop-star crooner (the hits “Wildwood Days,” “Wild One,” “Volare”). The musical tribute doesn’t end there. “Grease” is slicked up with rock, pop and ballad tunes that recall 1950s’ and 1960s’ transistor radio airwaves and sock-hop Saturday nights.

“Grease” is an homage to the days of Brylcreem and Vitalis-fueled hairstyles for teen boys and young men; the school toughs nicknamed greasers (Although, at Southern Lehigh High School, Class of ‘68, we called them hoods.), and grease under the fingernails from late nights working in the garage on street-legal hot rods and custom cars.

No ode to the Baby Boomers would be complete without a car song. The production at Bucks County Playhouse, known for its often elaborate and eye-popping staging, doesn’t disappoint when a replica of the front of a souped-up car seemingly appears out of nowhere in a cloud of smoke (bad valves, no doubt), in the impressive Scenic Design by Seth Howard and atmospheric Lighting Design by Kirk Bookman, to move forward on the stage for the production number, “Greased Lightnin,’” sung with bravado by Hank Santos (Kenickie) and the Burger Palace Boys with zingy dance moves and chuckle-buck cavorting by Choreographer Alison Solomon, who keeps the dancing near-nonstop throughout the show.

The production number doesn’t so much sing as roar as do most of the songs in the musical, which debuted on Broadway in 1972, with book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. “Grease” was adapted for a 1978 feature movie starring John Travolta (Danny) and Olivia Newton-John (Sandy).

The Bucks’ production retains the self-referential nods to the era, including “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee,” sung with tongue firmly in cheek by the hilariously vamping Giuliana Augello (Betty Rizzo).

For the pop-culture challenged, Sandra Dee (Alexandra Cymboliak Zuck, 1942-2005) was star of the teen California surf culture romantic comedy, “Gidget” (1959).

“Grease” invokes the ”wella, wella, wella” summer vibe early on with “Summer Nights” in a pull-out-all-the stops number by Stephanie Prestage (Sandy), Keaton Miller (Danny) and the Pink Ladies and Burger Palace Boys. As in the anthemic “We Go Together,” the singing is resounding, the choreography is dandy, and the six-piece orchestra, with Music Director Luke Molloy in the Sound Design by Jeff Sherwood, is outstanding.

Prestage is a diaphanous Sandy, no more so than in “Hopelessly Devoted to You” (the song from the movie was added to the 2007 revival and “Grease Live” 2016 Fox telecast), which has a brilliant placement in the Bucks’ show. Presage has a wonderfully wispy voice and also successfully interprets the song’s aching emotional core.

Among the show’s abundant 22 songs (including three reprises), numerous numbers bring the smiles out, including “Born to Hand-Jive” by Stanley Martin (Johnny Casino), with audience participation; “Beauty School Dropout,” with a twist of Little Richard, by Sherrod T. Brown (Teen Angel), a real show-stopper, and Erin Kommer (Frenchy), a delight, and Choir, and “Alone at a Drive-In Movie,” a maudlin merriment, by Miller (Danny) and the Burger Palace Boys.

The magnificent Costume Design is by Nicole V. Moody and the Hair, Wig & Makeup Design is by Sarah Norton.

Standouts in the cast of 17 are Toni DuBuono (Miss Lynch), Brianna Brito Mooney (Cha-Cha DiGregoria) and Seth Clayton (Eugene).

The Greasers include Lorenzo Pugliese (Sonny), David Nick Alea (Roger) and Joe Montoya (Doody).

The Pink Ladies include Alyssa Wray (Marty) and Sunayna Smith (Jan).

The cast includes Brianna Ascione (Patty) and Nathan Cockroft (Vince).

The ensemble includes Tiffany Engen (Dance Captain), Johnny Jordon Bollwerk, Maya Kazzaz and JP Qualters.

If you want to relive those nostalgic high school days, or discover them for the first time, “Grease” is the word at Bucks County Playhouse.

“Grease,” 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30, Sept. 3, 6; 1:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Aug. 10, 14, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31, Sept. 5, 7; 1:30 p.m. Aug. 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, Sept. 1, Sept. 4, 8, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope. 215-862-2121, https://bcptheater.org/