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"THE MOST FUN YOU’LL HAVE ON BROADWAY!
Ridiculously brilliant, lavish and sublime!”
-Hilton Als, The New Yorker

"XANADU is so ridiculously brilliant, so lavish and sublime a confection that any set of adjectives you might come up with after a single viewing will more than likely be replaced by another set of ineffectual adjectives once you’ve seen the show a second or third time."
-The New Yorker

PUT A BUNCH of smash hit songs, Tony® Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane and the cutest couple in town into a Broadway musical comedy blender, and what do you get? "Heaven on Wheels" says The New York Times. Taking audiences back to 1980 Venice Beach, California, this hilarious new musical follows the beautiful Kira, who travels to earth to inspire a struggling young artist named Sonny, as she helps this aspiring painter to find his voice, discover true love and build the world’s first roller disco (not necessarily in that order).

"HEAVEN ON WHEELS!"
-The New York Times

“I LAUGHED THE ENTIRE TIME! IT’S A GREAT MUSICAL FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY!”
– Olivia Newton-John

"OUTLANDISHLY ENJOYABLE AND IRRESISTIBLE!

Silly bliss! Ingeniously adapted by Douglas Carter Beane and directed at roller-derby speed by Christopher Ashley. Kerry Butler is the rare Broadway ingénue who is as funny as she is pretty, and she sings gloriously, too. Cheyenne Jackson is hilarious. Tony Roberts possesses a polished deadpan style. Jackie Hoffman andMary Testa are criminally funny! There's enough first-rate stage talent rolling around in 'Xanadu' to power a season of new musicals. Sharp good humor and magnetic high spirits!"
-Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

“ECSTASY IN BROADWAY TICKET FORM!”
– James Wolcott, Vanity Fair

"A FEAT WORTHY OF ZEUS HIMSELF! SO MUCH ENJOYMENT!"
An unexpectedly sustained, refreshingly unassuming crowd-pleaser. A guilt-free pleasure! Kerry Butler is irresistible! Cheyenne Jackson plays to endearing perfection!"
-David Rooney, Variety

Appropriateness Rating: "PG"*

Run Time: 90 minutes, NO INTERMISSION

http://xanaduonbroadway.com/

*DSM requested "appropriateness" ratings from each show. The rating shown has been provided by the touring company's publicist.

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Elizabeth Stanley and company

Elizabeth Stanley and Max von Essen

Elizabeth Stanley and company

Elizabeth Stanley and Company

Elizabeth Stanley and company

Max von Essen

All photos by Carol Rosegg

 

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Tickets are on sale now! To buy tickets, just click the blue "Get Tickets Here" button below the show poster, or click on the tiny Xanadu Poster to the right. Tickets range from $15 to $71. Tickets can be purchased by visiting the DSM Box Office at 542 Preston Royal Shopping Center, by calling 214-631-ARTS, visiting any Ticketmaster retail location, or www.ticketmaster.com.

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group is 15 for all shows except:

WICKED (20+)

Group leaders, those seeking information
please email a group sales manager.

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FULL STORY:
This is 1980 with an artist on Venice Beach. Poor Sonny Malone is slaving away on his chalk mural of “ancient Greek arty chicks” – when his artistic temperament gets the best of him. He rips up his paper (or study), curses his own shortcomings and runs off towards the Santa Monica pier. And then the most remarkable thing happens – who knows why it happens? But the fact remains: the drawing that Sonny had been working on magically comes to life. The muses of Grecian lore rejoice and sing I’M ALIVE. Clio, muse of all History and leader of them muses, disguises herself as an Australian “Sheila” named “Kira.” She vows to inspire Sonny Malone to create the greatest of all artistic achievements – a roller disco. Back on the Santa Monica pier, Sonny teeters on the brink of suicide, but “Kira” is there to turn his life around and give him a little creative inspiration and more than a little…MAGIC. She then races off – with Sonny in pursuit. Since Clio and her sisters are from the world of Greek mythology, they tend to have the traits found in most Greek dramas. Leave it to Clio’s sisters Melpomene and Calliope, the muses of Tragedy and Epics respectively, to give way to a jealousy of Medea-like proportion and plot their revenge on the popular Clio. Every fable, it would seem, needs at least one EVIL WOMAN.

Sonny finally catches up with his “Kira” in front of an abandoned old theatre – the Xanadu. He immediately realizes that this could be the perfect spot for him to open his roller disco. As he and Kira track down the name of the owner of the dilapidated building and call, they get to know one another oh so SUDDENLY. Danny Maguire is the greatest real estate broker and builder in all of Los Angeles. When the dream-filled artist Sonny asks him to for the free use of his old theatre, Danny is quick to say no. But when he sees “Kira,” he is reminded of someone from his past (WHENEVER YOU’RE AWAY FROM ME). You see, our man of millions has a bit of a secret – he was once a clarinet player in a swing band and built the Xanadu theatre. And, he was inspired to do this by a girl named Tangerine. A girl who was actually Clio in a Southern Belle disguise. You’re not going to see a plot complication like that in Spring Awakening.

Alone in the abandoned Xanadu theatre, Sonny looks around to see where his dreams almost happened. He is interrupted by Danny who also has dreams – of what this place could be (DANCIN’). Moved by Sonny’s enthusiasm, Danny sets down a challenge: if Sonny can have the theatre restored in one day, he will let him own one quarter of it. Alone with Kira, Sonny begins to sketch what the theatre will be like – he encourages Kira to sketch with him. This is of course most forbidden for muses. They can never create art, they can only inspire it. But Kira begins to sketch and feels the power of the moment. At the instant of creative impulse, her two plotting sisters seize upon the moment to create the most vengeful curse of all, the curse of love. And trust me, those of us who know love, know just what a curse it can be (STRANGE MAGIC). But the day has flown by, and Kira and Sonny have not even begun to restore the theatre. Happily, four of Kira’s sisters happen by:

Thalia, Terpsicore, Euterpe and Erato. The six join forces to fix-up the theatre in ALL OVER THE WORLD. And, it is proudly noted here that at no time during this theatre restoration scene is a theatre restoration surcharge enforced. Before the number is done they’ve even managed to make over Danny! Gosh, this just couldn’t be any more fun – but complications are bound to occur. Hermes appears to Clio and reminds her that Zeus has decreed that artistic creation and love of a mortal are the things forbidden to a muse. Clio realizes that she must run away and return to Mt. Parnassus. As Kira (the Australian), she bids Sonny farewell. Sonny begs her to stay in DON’T WALK AWAY. She runs off. On the beach of Venice, Sonny finds Kira and they confess their love for one another. The delighted and victorious Melpomene and Calliope goad Kira on to more confession. Kira tells Sonny that she is a muse from ancient Greece. The sisters then confess to placing a curse of love on Sonny and Kira. There is more confession in this scene than in Carol Channing’s autobiography and the Scooter Libby trial combined. When Sonny admits that he does not believe that she is a muse, she calls him a FOOL. Oh, our poor lovers, love surely cannot exist where there is not trust. Clio and her mortal Sonny

Malone break up. As Clio returns to the chalk mural for all eternity with her sisters, thus taking all creativity with her, Sonny sings THE FALL. Sonny and Danny reunite just as a sudden California shower washes away the chalk mural. As the two men laugh at the possibility of Kira actually being a muse from ancient Greece, a quite remarkable thing occurs – Pegasus, the winged horse, flies across the sky with Clio on its back. She sings SUSPENDED IN TIME. Clio, not the horse. And Sonny and Danny realize that indeed Kira is Tangerine and they are both Clio. Danny vows to save the Xanadu theatre, even though the wrecking balls are about to start swinging. Sonny vows to save Clio, even though the mural has been washed away. Meanwhile on Mt. Olympus (and if I had a dime for every time I’ve written that in a synopsis), the goddesses and mythological creatures beg Zeus to not punish Clio in HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW? Will Zeus punish Clio for her creativity and love? Will Sonny find a way to Mt. Olympus? Will Danny be able to save the theatre? Will Melpomene and Calliope ever find the revenge they seek? Will anyone find out what the word “Xanadu” really means? Well, as Sweeney Todd says, “What happens then, well that’s the play, and he wouldn’t want us to give it away.” (For those fond of spoilers check the * below; the rest read on.) But do remember, there was a time when hope was abundant, laughter was free, happy endings were messages, music was only selling the promise of a new love, and leg warmers looked quite, quite fetching. That time was then, and maybe just maybe it is happening again now. In Xanadu.

 

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Cast:
Elizabeth Stanley – Clio/Kira
Max Von Essen – Sonny
Larry Marshall – Danny Maguire, Zeus
Annie Golden – Calliope, Aphrodite
NaTasha Yvette Williams – Melpomene, Medusa
Kevin Duda – Thalia, Eros, Cyclops
Veronica Kuehn – Euterpe, Thetis
Chaunteé Schuler – Erato, Hera
David Tankersley – Specialty Skater
Jesse Nager – Terpsicore, ‘80s Singer, Hermes, Centaur

Swings:
Amy Goldberger, Vincent Rodriguez III, David Tankersley, Tiffany Topol

Produced by Robert Ahrens Dan Vickery Mickey Liddell Tara Smith /B. Swibel in association with Latitude Link. Associate Producers: Lorenzo Thione & Jay Kuo.

Book by Douglas Carter Beane; Music by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar; Lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar; Music Director: Eric Stern; Based on the Universal Pictures Film Screenplay by Richard Danus; Based on the movie with a screenplay by Marc Rubel; Music arranged by Eric Stern; Associate Music Director: Karl Mansfield.

Directed by Christopher Ashley; Choreographed by Dan Knechtges; Associate Director: Dana Iris Harrel; Associate Choreographer: DJ Gray; Assistant Choreographer: Allison Bibicoff.

Scenic Design by David Gallo; Costume Design by David Zinn; Lighting Design by Howell Binkley; Sound Design by Dan Moses Schrier; Projection Design by Zachary Borovay; Hair and Wig Design by Charles G. LaPointe; Make-Up Design by John Carter.

Associate Scenic Design: Frank McCullough; Associate Lighting Design: Ryan O’Gara; Associate Costume Design: Amelia Dombrowski and Sarah Laux; Associate Projection Design: Austin Switser.

 

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XANADU NATIONAL TOUR
PATRON RULES FOR ON-STAGE SEATING

As of: July 17, 2009

• You MUST arrive at the theatre no later than 15-minutes prior to
performance time to be seated OR you will forfeit your on-stage seat.
There is no LATE SEATING for on-stage ticket holders. If you arrive
late, you WILL NOT BE seated on-stage. If seats are available elsewhere in the theatre, Patrons will be re-seated at the discretion of theatre management. If not, the Patron can return to another performance if they purchase a new ticket.

• On-stage seating offers a rear-view of the performance, with the showtaking place in front of you. Please note that some aspects of the show from these seats may be obstructed.

• All personal items must be placed in the small (18 x 18 x 18) designated space beneath your seat prior to the start of the performance in order to keep the on-stage seating area and pathways clear. NO drinks on stage.

• For artistic reasons, you will not receive the complimentary Playbill until the END of the performance.

• Because you will be on-stage with the performers, absolutely NO
electronic equipment, cell-phones, cameras, Blackberry’s, pagers or PDAs will be allowed in your possession while you are seated. These must be turned OFF and stowed beneath your seat and you cannot access them until the performance is over and the house lights are on. There are no exceptions.

• Stage seating patrons must be at least 10-years of age. Stage seating is General Admission Seating so couples and groups may be split up. Seats cannot be held until the rest of your party arrives. If you would like to be seated with your group, you must be seated all at the same time.

Thank you,

The Xanadu National Tour

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