Shows · Xanadu

Xanadu

Opened 2007

512 performances

Musical, Modern

Kerry Butler, who was in the 2007 production. Nick Step

Xanadu is a musical comedy with a book by Douglas Carter Beane and music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, based on the 1980 film of the same name, which was, in turn, inspired by the 1947 Rita Hayworth film Down to Earth. The title refers to Xanadu, the site of the Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan's summer palace.

Music: Jeff Lynne & John Farrar
Lyrics: Jeff Lynne & John Farrar
Book: Douglas Carter Beane

Productions2 on Broadway

2007

Helen Hayes TheatreBroadway Original, opened July 10, 2007, directed by Christopher Ashley

512 performances

2015

Playhouse TheatreBroadway Opened June 8, 2016

Songs11 songs

I’m Alive, Magic, Evil Woman, Whenever You’re Away from Me, Dancin’, Don’t Walk Away, Fool, Suspended in Time, The Fall, Have You Never Been Mellow?, Xanadu

Recordings 2 recordings

2008

Xanadu on Broadway PS Classics PS-858, released January 8, 2008

United States

2008

Xanadu on Broadway PS Classics, released January 8, 2008

United States

Licensing 1 entry

Music Theatre International Xanadu matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor

André Ward with the “Centaur Bear” from Xanadu.

The Playbill Broadway Yearbook June 2007 To May 2008 Viagas Robert 4th Annual Ed, p. 453

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