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Xanadu (get Xanadu theater tickets) is a musical comedy with a book by Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, based on the 1980 cult classic film of the same name which was, in turn, inspired by the 1947 Rita Hayworth film Down to Earth. The title is a reference to the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Xanadu (get Xanadu theater tickets) began previews on Broadway on May 23, 2007 at the Helen Hayes Theatre and opened on July 10, 2007. The show is directed by Christopher Ashley and choreographed by, with sets by David Gallo and sound by T. Richard Fitzgerald and Carl Cassella. The key producers for Xanadu (get Xanadu theater tickets) are Robert Ahrens, Tara Smith III and Brian Swibel.

Xanadu's (get Xanadu theater tickets) opening night reviews from the New York critics were mostly positive. The musical broke the Helen Hayes one-day box office record the day after the reviews came out.

Synopsis of Xanadu

Wrapping up a whole musical in 1 Act, Xanadu (get Xanadu theater tickets) tells the story of a beautiful Greek muse Kira (real name Clio), who descends from the heavens of Mt. 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.

After a lot of misunderstandings, fights, tears, magic and, of course, music, the lovers are united, blunders are forgiven and the evil are, if not punished, left unsatisfied and whining. Sea God Zeus then reveals what Xanadu (get Xanadu theater tickets) is - "True love and the ability to create and share art".

Some Xanadu trivia

• In Coleridge's poem, Xanadu is the name of the Chinese province where Khan establishes his pleasure garden.
• The musical is scheduled to play the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California in the 2008-09 season, with a U.S. national tour to follow.
• The producers of Xanadu (get Xanadu theater tickets) licensed to Tin Tin Entertainment the exclusive South Korean-language rights to the show for two years.
• P.S. Classics recorded the original cast recording of the musical on October 29, 2007 and plans to release it to stores on January 8, 2008.

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