Xanadu
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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.
- Opened
- 2007
- Performances
- 512
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Modern
Productions2 on Broadway
| 2007 | Helen Hayes Theatre Original. July 10, 2007 · Christopher Ashley | 512 performances |
| 2015 | Playhouse Theatre Transfer. June 8, 2016 |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 2 albums held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Xanadu matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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13 passages naming Xanadu, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
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… book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p172
Xanadu 512 Performances Opened July 10, 2007 Closed September 28, 2008 book:theatre-world-2009-2010-season-v-66-willis#p463
Xanadu 512 performances Opened July 10, 2007 Closed September 28, 2008 book:theatre-world-2011-12-season-v-68-willis#p463
The show table that took in the most money was Xanadu ($10,138). book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2007-to-may-2008-viagas-robert-4th-annual-ed#p449
Marty Thomas (center), Mr. Xanadu and winner of the pageant, performing “Proud Marty” with backup dancers. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2007-to-may-2008-viagas-robert-4th-annual-ed#p450
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Douglas Carter Beane, Xanadu book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2007-to-may-2008-viagas-robert-4th-annual-ed#p459
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