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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
Music: Jeff Lynne & John FarrarLyrics: Jeff Lynne & John FarrarBook: Douglas Carter Beane

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 1 album held

Licensing 1 entry

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

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In the literature13 passages

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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