Xanadu, the musical comedy???
XANADU (v): To express oneself through the arts with abandon.(n): Paradise. Also, a Mongol city founded by Kublai Khan, 1625, Anglicized form of Shang-tu, the site of Kublai Khan’s summer residence in SE Mongolia. Sense of “dream place of magnificence and luxury” derives from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, Kubla Khan (1816).
From The Hollywood Reporter…
There is one major, bona fide Broadway opener this week: “Xanadu,” a musical comedy based on the 1980 Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly musical, officially launches tonight at the Helen Hayes, next door to Sardi’s, with music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar, book by Douglas Carter Beane and direction by Christopher Ashley. The cast is headed by Broadway stalwart Tony Roberts, along with Cheyenne Jackson and Kerry Butler, in the role previously inhabited by Newton-John.
You GOTTA check out the show’s website! I bet you’ll leave it open and listen to the entire song…I bet you will. “Xanadu, your neon lights will shine…”
Also, if you are in New York, check out the next Skate to Xanadu event…
Xanadu and Rollerblade USA proudly present… Skate to Xanadu - on Mondays June 4 and 25, July 16 and 30, Aug. 20, Sept. 10 and Oct. 1. for $49.50 tickets. Skaters get ready to live your dreams with XANADU ON BROADWAY in New York, NY – the cult classic eighties film is now a Broadway musical extravaganza, featuring romance, rollerskates, and some of the best rock music
