"Xanadu"
Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar
Based on the Universal Pictures Film
This Tony-Award-nominated, hilarious, roller skating, musical adventure about following your dreams despite the limitations others set for you, rolls along to the original hit score composed by pop-rock legends, Jeff Lynne & John Farrar.
"Xanadu" follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time - the first ROLLER DISCO! But when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation, and chaos abounds.
Directed by Jessica Johnson
Choreographed by Keely Cobb & Eric Ventura
Music Direction by Branden McKinnon
Vocal Direction by Vance Corum
July 11, 12*, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31, Aug. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 @ 7:30pm
July 13, 20**, 27††, Aug. 3, 10 @ 2pm
*denotes PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH performance
†denotes scheduled U/S performance
**denotes talk back performance
†† denotes captioned performance
"Xanadu" is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
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