Xanadu

Being home has been fun so far. Lots of sleeping, seeing friends, watching obscene amounts of TV, and of course a trip or two to the city.
Sunday was Xanadu day. That's right, Broadway has made a musical out of the biggest movie flop of all time. But Olivia Newton-John and her posse of 80's maniacs have nothing on the cast of Xanadu the Musical. (Ok, I'm starting to sound like an advertisement) Anyway, the show was so much fun and the music was amazing. Unfortunately, they haven't made an Original Broadway cast recording yet, so I'm listening to the old music from the movie for now. The only upset was that when sat down and opened our playbills, a river of understudy notices fell out. Kerry Butler (who I LOVE and was dying to see) was not there, but her understudy, Anika, was phenominal, and the understudy who played Anika's normal role was great too. The other substitution was actually a GOOD one- It turns out that in the last weeks of rehearsals, the Actor cast as the lead male was rehearsing his rollerskating numbr when he broke his ankle. So since opening night, the lead male has been Cheyanne Jackson- who in my opinion has THE best male voice on broadway. (Ok, so I exaggerated about the "river" of understudy notices...but when you're dealing with a cast of 8, 3 notices seems like a TON)

anyway, check out the Xanadu Website:

http://xanaduonbroadway.com/index2.html