--- title: Vanessa Hudgens Sings 'There Are Worse Things I Could Do' description: Viewers were blown away by Vanessa Hudgens's stunning portrayal of Betty Rizzo in Fox's Grease: Live on Sunday night. canonical: https://time.com/4202642/vanessa-hudgens-there-are-worse-things-i-could-do-grease-live/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-01T18:21:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:31.897Z og:title: Watch Vanessa Hudgens Sing Her Heart Out During Grease: Live og:description: The show was dedicated to her late father og:url: https://time.com/4202642/vanessa-hudgens-there-are-worse-things-i-could-do-grease-live/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Vanessa Hudgens Sing Her Heart Out During Grease: Live twitter:description: The show was dedicated to her late father twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Vanessa Hudgens Sing Her Heart Out During _Grease: Live_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 1, 2016 6:21 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 1, 2016 6:21 PM UTC Viewers were blown away by [Vanessa Hudgens’s stunning portrayal](http://time.com/3762438/vanessa-hudgens-broadway-instagram/) of Betty Rizzo in [Fox’s ](http://time.com/4201666/keke-palmer-grease-live/)[_Grease: Live_](http://time.com/4201666/keke-palmer-grease-live/)on Sunday night, particularly in light of the circumstances of the day. Hours before delivering the incredible performance, the 27-year-old [_High School Musical_ alum](http://time.com/4189539/zac-efron-vanessa-hudgens-audition/) announced on Twitter that her [father had passed away from cancer](https://twitter.com/VanessaHudgens/status/693839722741780481) the night before. Fittingly, one of the most moving moments of the entire show came during her emotional rendition of “There Are Worse Things I Could Do.” > [](https://twitter.com/VanessaHudgens/status/693839722741780481) Many watching the broadcast took to social media to express their admiration for Hudgens. “Imagine you had Vanessa Hudgens’ day, and doing that,” _Hamilton_ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda [tweeted](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/693984865419694081). “What a superhero. In total awe.” **Read More:** [Vanessa Hudgens Will Perform in _Grease: Live_ Hours After Father’s Death](http://time.com/4201607/vanessa-hudgens-grease-live-father/) > [](https://twitter.com/ashleytisdale/status/694005009525047298) > [](https://twitter.com/corbinbleu/status/694031835769077760) > [](https://twitter.com/WValderrama/status/694038207948677120) > [](https://twitter.com/joshgad/status/694031205528801280) The show was dedicated to the actress’s late father, Greg Hudgens. > [](https://twitter.com/NatalieAbrams/status/693992908454653952) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4202642/vanessa-hudgens-there-are-worse-things-i-could-do-grease-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4202642/vanessa-hudgens-there-are-worse-things-i-could-do-grease-live/"},"headline":"Watch Vanessa Hudgens Sing Her Heart Out During Grease: Live","datePublished":"2016-02-01T18:21:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:31.897Z","description":"The show was dedicated to her late father","url":"https://time.com/4202642/vanessa-hudgens-there-are-worse-things-i-could-do-grease-live/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Musicals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4202642/vanessa-hudgens-there-are-worse-things-i-could-do-grease-live/","name":"Watch Vanessa Hudgens Sing Her Heart Out During Grease: Live"}}]}] ```