A Broadway musical version of a cheesy 1980 movie about a painter and a Greek muse who rollerskate their way to love in L.A.? What would the theatre gods say? But because "Xanadu" is a spoof, it works brilliantly. Think tube socks, leg warmers, over-the-top choreography, breathy Australian accent, disco balls and hilarious performances all around: you get 90 minutes of pure, silly fun. Anybody who's as beautiful, funny and as great a singer as Kerry Butler is deserves to be a demigoddess. Ms. Butler(who reminded me of Sarah Michelle Gellar from where I sat), plays Clio/Kira, who sets out to inspire Sonny, a struggling artist. Cheyenne Jackson was absent so we saw Curtis Holbrook (he's in the Broadway in Bryant Park footage). Mary Testa and Jackie Hoffman as Melpomene and Caliope respectively, chewed up the scenery as expected. The only weak spot I found was the flashback to real estate bigwig Danny Maguire's (played by Tony Roberts) failed romance. So to writers Douglas Carter Beane, Jeff Lynne, John Farrar and director Christopher Ashley, thanks for "A place where nobody dared to go, The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu."
September 30, 2007
Fanadus!
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Lani
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Can I just say that during the show I kept thinking....Kerry BUtler sounds so much like Olivia Newton John in the movie....it's amazing! I love her voice!
Jackie Hoffman and Mary Testa are hilarious as always.
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