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Stick a feather in my butt and call me macaroni, XANADU IS A BROADWAY MUSICAL It's true. It's beautifully, tragically, frighteningly TRUE:
http://www.xanaduonbroadway.com/ I don't know whether to or | |
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dammit I'm a month and a hafl too early ugh! | |
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Natisse said: dammit I'm a month and a hafl too early ugh!
Oh noooo... not againnnnn!!!!! if sexy was a colour it would be red | |
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Get the fuck out
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From Playbill News:
Playbill.com has learned that a first reading of the new musical Xanadu — based on the 1980 film of the same name — will be presented April 21 in Manhattan.
The reading, which is by-invitation-only for Drama Dept. subscribers, will feature Kerry Butler as Kira, the role created on screen by Olivia Newton-John, with Alan Tudyk as her leading man and Richard Kind as Danny, the role played by Gene Kelly in the cult classic film. As previously announced, Douglas Carter Beane, whose acclaimed play The Little Dog Laughed is headed to Broadway next season, will pen the book for the production, which is being produced by Robert Ahrens. The musical will utilize songs from the movie's soundtrack. Playwright Beane told Playbill.com that Xanadu "uses the movie as a springboard for a musical comedy about creativity and mortality." In Xanadu, Kira (Butler) is a muse sent to earth. There are eight other muses who arrive, says Beane, "[ready] to create havoc in early eighties America. . . . Other characters from the eighties in the show include Nancy Reagan, Aaron Spelling, Twyla Tharp and Tammy Faye Bakker." The muses in the upcoming reading will include Billy Porter as Calliope, muse of epic drama; Annie Golden as Erato, muse of lyrics and erotic poetry; Jackie Hoffman as Euterpe, muse of music; Mary Testa as Melephone, muse of tragedy; Mary Bond Davis as Polyhmnia, muse of sacred music; Cady Huffman as Terpsicore, muse of dance; Amy Hohn as Thalia, muse of comedy; and Jonathan Freeman as Urania, muse of astrology. All Shook Up's Christopher Ashley will direct the reading, which will feature musical direction by Lynn Shankel and stage management by Adam Grosswirth. Playwright Douglas Carter Beane is the author of The Little Dog Laughed, As Bees in Honey Drown, The Country Club, Music From a Sparkling Planet, Advice From a Caterpillar, White Lies and Devil May Care and Old Money. Director Christopher Ashley has directed All Shook Up, The Smell of the Kill, Voices in the Dark, Princesses, As Thousands Cheers, The Country Club, Rude Entertainment, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Jeffrey, Blown Sideways Through Life, Fires in the Mirror, Bunny Bunny and Das Barbecu. Kerry Butler was most recently on Broadway as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors. She portrayed Penny Pingleton in the original Broadway cast of Hairspray, and her other Broadway credits include Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Eponine in Les Misérables and Ms. Jones in Blood Brothers. Off-Broadway she was seen in Bat Boy The Musical, The "I" Word, Prodigal and The Folsom Head. She was also part of the cast of the new musical The Opposite of Sex, which premiered in San Francisco. Alan Tudyk was recently seen on Broadway in the Tony-winning musical Spamalot. His other stage credits include Epic Proportions, Wonder of the World, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Misalliance, Oedipus and Bunny Bunny. On screen Tudyk appeared in "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story," "28 Days," "A Knight's Tale," "Wonder Boys," "Patch Adams," "Ice Age" and as the robot Sonny in "I, Robot" and TV's "Arrested Development," "Frasier" and "Strangers with Candy." Richard Kind has been seen on Broadway in The Producers, Sly Fox and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife. His other theatrical credits include Bounce, Rough Crossing, Once in a Lifetime, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Big Knife, Accomplice, Power Failure, The Seagull, Perfect and Gravity Shoes. Among his film and television credits are "Spin City," "Mad About You," "Scrubs," "Still Standing," "Just Shoot Me," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," "Quicksand," "Stargate," "Clifford" and "Mr. Saturday Night." The 1980 film "Xanadu" was written by Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel and was directed by Robert Greenwald. Described as "a fantasy, a musical, a place where dreams come true," the film starred Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, Michael Beck, James Sloyan, Dimitra Arliss, Katie Hanley, Fred McCarren and Ren Woods. | |
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Every single time I hear the word muse I think of Karen | |
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Natisse said: Every single time I hear the word muse I think of Karen
she totally needs rollerskates, legwarmers and a peasant blouse...and little pink ribbons to tie in her hair. | |
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Anx said: Natisse said: Every single time I hear the word muse I think of Karen
she totally needs rollerskates, legwarmers and a peasant blouse...and little pink ribbons to tie in her hair. she could totally pull off Kira | |
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Anx said: Stick a feather in my butt and call me macaroni
new hobby, dear? | |
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XxAxX said: Anx said: Stick a feather in my butt and call me macaroni
new hobby, dear? my patriotic doodie! i mean duty! | |
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Unless it's performed on roller-skates I'm boycotting.
wrong emoticon edit [Edited 3/30/07 7:35am] The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp. | |
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jone70 said: Unless it's performed on roller-skates I'm boycotting.
wrong emoticon edit [Edited 3/30/07 7:35am] there will be roller skating, from what i'm reading. plus it's set in the '80s. what the hell, i KNOW i'm going, and i'll dance in my seat like a little fool. | |
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What crap ISNT being revised on Broadway or turned into a Hollywood movie, this country hasn't had an original idea for entertainment in a decade. The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. | |
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lazycrockett said: What crap ISNT being revised on Broadway or turned into a Hollywood movie, this country hasn't had an original idea for entertainment in a decade.
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Anx said: Douglas Carter Beane, whose acclaimed play The Little Dog Laughed is headed to Broadway next season, will pen the book for the production
he just won a GLAAD Media Award for that play. http://elmadartista.tumblr.com/ http://twitter.com/madartista | |
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I think I see a new Invasion coming on. Okay, who wants to charge 80 or 90 reserved tickets?
M MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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madartista said: Anx said: Douglas Carter Beane, whose acclaimed play The Little Dog Laughed is headed to Broadway next season, will pen the book for the production
he just won a GLAAD Media Award for that play. it was a very good play... and it meant seeing johnny galecki (david from "roseanne") full frontal too. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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lazycrockett said: What crap ISNT being revised on Broadway or turned into a Hollywood movie, this country hasn't had an original idea for entertainment in a decade.
on a related note "legally blonde: the musical" is opening soon, "the wedding singer:the musical" is closing soon, and "high fidelity: the musical" is still closed after a week worth of performances. and no, i am not kidding. and those are just a few of many. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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I want them to do a musical version of HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER.
m MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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cborgman said: lazycrockett said: What crap ISNT being revised on Broadway or turned into a Hollywood movie, this country hasn't had an original idea for entertainment in a decade.
on a related note "legally blonde: the musical" is opening soon, "the wedding singer:the musical" is closing soon, and "high fidelity: the musical" is still closed after a week worth of performances. and no, i am not kidding. and those are just a few of many. Has anyone seen Edward Scissorhands yet? Why am I even posting on this thread? | |
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MIGUELGOMEZ said: I want them to do a musical version of HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER.
m i still am pushing george lucas to let me write a "star wars trilogy" musical. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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sextonseven said: cborgman said: on a related note "legally blonde: the musical" is opening soon, "the wedding singer:the musical" is closing soon, and "high fidelity: the musical" is still closed after a week worth of performances. and no, i am not kidding. and those are just a few of many. Has anyone seen Edward Scissorhands yet? Why am I even posting on this thread? i haven't. a friend saw it and said it was not good, and the reviews were not good. i actually thought it would make a decent ballet, but it appears that it is getting beaten down. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said: it was a very good play... and it meant seeing johnny galecki full frontal too.
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cborgman said: sextonseven said: Has anyone seen Edward Scissorhands yet? Why am I even posting on this thread? i haven't. a friend saw it and said it was not good, and the reviews were not good. i actually thought it would make a decent ballet, but it appears that it is getting beaten down. That's a shame. I can count on one hand how many broadway musicals I've seen, but I would have reluctantly seen this one if the reviews were unanimously favorable. | |
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cborgman said: MIGUELGOMEZ said: I want them to do a musical version of HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER.
m i still am pushing george lucas to let me write a "star wars trilogy" musical. Do it!! Hahhahaha!!! M MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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madartista said: cborgman said: it was a very good play... and it meant seeing johnny galecki full frontal too.
*cough* *cough* http://www.omgblog.com/20...alecki.php *cough* [Edited 3/30/07 12:27pm] Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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sextonseven said: cborgman said: i haven't. a friend saw it and said it was not good, and the reviews were not good. i actually thought it would make a decent ballet, but it appears that it is getting beaten down. That's a shame. I can count on one hand how many broadway musicals I've seen, but I would have reluctantly seen this one if the reviews were unanimously favorable. i was dissapointed too. as a HUGE burton/depp fan, i really wanted it to be good. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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MIGUELGOMEZ said: cborgman said: i still am pushing george lucas to let me write a "star wars trilogy" musical. Do it!! Hahhahaha!!! M will have to tell you that story sometime in person. funny ass high school weed story. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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Anx said: Natisse said: Every single time I hear the word muse I think of Karen
she totally needs rollerskates, legwarmers and a peasant blouse...and little pink ribbons to tie in her hair. Are you high? What did you do snort a glacier while you were gone? | |
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