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Synopsis

Slap on your roller skates, pump up the glitter, and get hip to the muses in Xanadu, the laugh-out-loud musical stage adaptation of the 1980 film. Xanadu follows Clio, the lovely and precocious Greek muse who decides to put on some rollerskates. legwarmers, and an Australian accent in order to help Sonny Malone, a chalk artist with half a brain and a heart of gold, rediscover his own creativity. With both help and hindrance from the other muses -- and from a clarinetist-turned-real estate mogul named Danny Maguire -- Sonny and Clio work to rebuild their “apex of the arts”: a roller disco. Xanadu is the rare musical with a big heart, an even bigger funny bone, and a tongue stuck firmly in its cheek.

Show Information

Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
1
First Produced
2007
Genres
Comedy, Fairy Tale/Fantasy
Settings
Simple/No Set
Time & Place
california, 1980s, and mount olympus
Cast Size
medium
Orchestra Size
Small
Dancing
Some Dance
Ideal For
Community Theatre, College/University, Mostly Female Cast, Includes Young Adult, Adult, Mature Adult Characters, Medium Cast

Context

Plot

Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Sonny Malone

Lead

Male

Tenor

Clio (Kira)

Lead

Female

Soprano

Melpomene / Medusa

Supporting

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Calliope/Aphrodite

Supporting

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Danny Maguire / Zeus

Supporting

Male

Tenor

Erato

Featured

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

Thalia

Featured

Female

Tenor

Euterpe

Featured

Female

Soprano

Terpsichore

Featured

Male

Tenor

Songs

  • I’m Alive – Clio/Kira and the Muses
  • Magic – Kira
  • Evil Woman – Melpomene, Calliope and the Sirens
  • Suddenly – Kira and Sonny
  • Whenever You're Away From Me – Danny and Kira
  • Dancin’ – Danny, Sonny and the Muses
  • Strange Magic – Melpomene, Calliope and Kira
  • All Over the World – Sonny, Danny and the Muses
  • Don’t Walk Away – Sonny, Danny and the Muses
  • Fool – Kira and the Muses
  • The Fall – Sonny and the Muses
  • Suspended in Time – Kira and Sonny
  • Have You Never Been Mellow – Kira and the Greek gods
  • I’m Free - Kira, Sonny, and Pegasus
  • "Xanadu" – Kira, Sonny, Danny and the Muses

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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Key Terms

    A musical that features hit songs of a popular music group or genre.

    An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, situation, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

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