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Xanadu
Wednesday, Jul 18, 2012 8:00p
ZACH Theatre
Austin,
TX
Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar
Based on the Universal Pictures film | Screenplay by Richard Danus and Marc Rubel
Directed and Choreographed by Nick Demos (The Drowsy Chaperone)
Music Direction by Allen Robertson
Starring Jill Blackwood (The Drowsy Chaperone)
A hysterical roller skating ride to bliss!
An over-the-top, roller-skating musical that spoofs the outrageously campy 1980’s film starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly. A beautiful muse descends… Show more
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Zach Theatre’s “Xanadu” — the story of Greek muse Clio who descends from Mount Olympus to inspire the (very much) struggling artist Sonny Malone, with 1980s Venice Beach, California as the backdrop — is just as over-the-top as you’d expect it to be.
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