A couple of weekends ago, I went to see Xanadu on Broadway. Oh yes, this is indeed the musical stage adaptation of the 1980 movie. For those of you not familiar, it's the story of a Greek muse who descends from Mount Olympus to come to the inspirational rescue of a struggling artist in Venice Beach, California. She helps him realize his dream of opening a, um, roller disco. (What more could you possibly want in 1980?)
We weren't sure if we were going to like the show or not (it was one of the only tickets we could get at TKTS 15 mins before curtain), but we gave ourselves up to all its kitschy glory and transported our minds back 27 years (1980 was TWENTY-SEVEN years ago?? Ugh!) and laughed at the semi-lampooning of a questionable (at best) movie and story line.
Tony Roberts and Jackie Hoffman both starred, the lead character spent much of the performance cruising around stage on rollerskates, and there was just enough balance of darn good singing with purposely cheesy lines and situations. It's also in a relatively small theater so it seemed like every seat was probably pretty decent.
Still not sold? Not sure you'd actually fork over the precious cash for the tickets when Wicked, Lion King and Spring Awakening are all playing just down the street and around the corner?
Well, you have to believe we are magic, don't you then?
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