Xanadu, 2007

The run closed September 28, 2008

Opened

July 10, 2007

Closed

September 28, 2008

Performances

512

Previews

Unknown

Theatre

Helen Hayes Theater

Of the 397 productions we hold that opened in the 2000s and carry a performance count, this is the 43rd longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of Xanadu 1 more that season

2015

Playhouse Theatre Transfer

Who was in it16 named

Shannon Antalan
Jacob Ben Widmar
Whoopi Goldberg
Luke Hawkins
Kyle Dean Massey
Ryan Watkinson

10 of these 16 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 6 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name, so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director

Christopher Ashley

Choreographer

Dan Knechtges

Producer

Rob Ahrens, Dan Vickery, Sara Murchison, Dale Smith, Tara Smith, B. Swibel

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination

Best Musical

Nominated

Recordings 2 held for the work

None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Xanadu, and nothing says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.

Around this production

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• among the musicals interested in looking at boys’ lives were: Big (1996), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001), a 2003 revival of Big River, Tarzan (2006), Billy Elliot (2008), and Newsies (2012). And from there a subgenre of musicals aimed mostly at young girls and teenage girls opened: Jane Eyre (2000), Hair-spray (20… The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals Dan Dietz Paxton Mcnallie 2016 Rowm, p. 172
• Xanadu 512 Performances Opened July 10, 2007 Closed September 28, 2008 Theatre World 2009 2010 Season V 66 Willis, p. 463
• Xanadu 512 performances Opened July 10, 2007 Closed September 28, 2008 Theatre World 2011 12 Season V 68 Willis, p. 463
• The show table that took in the most money was Xanadu ($10,138). The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 2007 To May 2008 Viagas Robert 4th Annual Ed, p. 449
• Marty Thomas (center), Mr. Xanadu and winner of the pageant, performing “Proud Marty” with backup dancers. The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 2007 To May 2008 Viagas Robert 4th Annual Ed, p. 450

Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.

What this page does not know

• No photograph of this staging.
• No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
• Which of the 2 recordings of Xanadu document this run, if any.
• Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.