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Xanadu

1980, Movie, PG, 93 mins

Xanadu: TV Guide News

Oh, Mama: A Great New Grey's | Matt Roush | 10/4/2007
If you don't like tonight's first-rate episode of Grey's Anatomy, which fires on about as many cylinders as possible (humor and emotion coexisting wonderfully), then you should probably face the fact that you simply don't like Grey's anymore, if you ever did. Diahann Carroll, terrific as the departed Burke's visiting mom, hovers around Seattle Grace this week as a much-needed reality check and conscience for the various characters: including Meredith, who could always use a good dressing-down... read more be the first to leave a comment
Blondie's Seeking Susan, and Other Stage Notes | Today's News: Our Take | 7/11/2007
Blondie is lending songs — including "Heart of Glass" and "One Way or Another" — to a West End musical based on the 1985 Madonna film Desperately Seeking Susan, says the AP. Emma Williams (Bat Boy) will channel the Material Girl.... Claire Danes makes her Broadway debut as Eliza Doolittle to Jefferson Mays' Henry Higgins in Pygmalion, opening Oct. 18.... Xanadu, whose Broadway bow was visited by one Olivia Newton-John, is drawing primarily positive reviews. The New York Daily News,... read more be the first to leave a comment
On Stage: Vegas' New Producer, Bening on Broadway | Today's News: Our Take | 6/18/2007
Tony Danza, who over the past few years has transformed himself from has-been to sought-after song-and-dance man, will star as Max Bialystock in the Las Vegas production of The Producers, says Extra. The Who's the Boss hunk previously played the role on Broadway.... A few weeks after announcing that Annette Bening would star in the upcoming L.A. staging of The Female of the Species, Playbill says the three-time Oscar nominee will subsequently travel with the play to Broadway next spring —... read more be the first to leave a comment
Xana-Doogie: Stymied Musical Eyes Mother Star | Today's News: Our Take | 6/14/2007
UPDATE: Cheyenne Jackson has accepted the role in the (thus far ill-fated) musical. In a statement almost as adorable as he is, the actor states: "I'm excited to join the cast of Xanadu while James Carpinello recovers. My heart goes out to him, as he spent months working on this project, only to be injured so close to opening night. I owe a lot to [director] Christopher Ashley and [writer] Douglas Carter Beane and would gladly paint their apartments if they called and asked." Sadly, he has yet... read more be the first to leave a comment
On Stage: A Very Painful Xanaboo-boo, and More | Today's News: Our Take | 6/14/2007
UPDATE: Xanadu is eyeing Neil Patrick Harris to step in; go here for more.The campy musical adaptation of Xanadu has more to overcome than just its film-flop reputation: male lead James Carpinello hurt his foot rollerskating during a rehearsal (I hate when that happens), postponing the opening indefinitely.... From Brokeback to Broadway: Jake Gyllenhaal recently appeared in a reading of Beau Willimon's Farragut North, and is considering following the play to the Great White Way.... Sunday's... read more be the first to leave a comment
Xanadon't: Kristen Bell Won't Toll for Broadway | Today's News: Our Take | 3/3/2007
You have to believe... it was meant to be. Despite buzz that Veronica Mars herself, Kristen Bell, might front a Broadway musical based on the infamous film Xanadu, the Olivia Newton-John role has instead gone to Kerry Butler, who last graced the Great White Way as Little Shop of Horrors' Audrey and recently lathered up One Life to Live. Though Jane Krakowski sold investors on her rollerskating reading in the workshop, yet ultimately had to defer to her 30 Rock obligation, lead producer Robert... read more be the first to leave a comment