Ensemble Theatre Group

Kira, a beautiful Greek muse comes down from heaven of Mt. Olympus and reaches Venice Beach in California. This happens in 1980. Kira has a purpose. She is here to motivate a struggling artist named Sonny to open Roller Disco, one of the biggest artistic creations ever.

However, the story takes a turn when Kira falls in love with Sonny. So, what’s the fuss about it? Well, Kira is a magical angel from heaven while Sonny is a mortal! The story gets chaotic when Kira’s envious sisters make the most of this situation.

Kerry Butler as Kira in this 90-minute Broadway production sets the audiences’ hearts soaring with her beautiful performance. The music is taken from the movie version of “Xanadu” that starred Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton-John. It includes the top 20 Billboard hits like ‘Magic’, ‘Xanadu’, ‘I’m alive’, and ‘Party All Over the World’.

The musical has a fantastic comedy. Of course, it has to be! With Broadway’s topmost satirist Douglas Carter Beane, Broadway’s favorite pop music composers John Farrar and Jeff Lynne, and one of the most creative directors Christopher Ashley coming together to form one of the most thrilling teams of Broadway, nothing less than “Xanadu” can be expected!

John and Jeff’s smashing numbers like “Suddenly”, “Evil Woman”, “All Over The World”, “Magic”, “Have You Never Been Mellow”, “I’m Alive”, “XANADU”, and others sends pulsating energy across the theatre.

“Xanadu” is a complete family entertainer with an inspiring story about chasing your dreams without caring about your inhibitions and restrictions imposed on you. It’s about listening to your heart and showcasing your talent to the world. Once you prove that you have it in you to make it big, the world follows you and you get the well-deserved applause.

So, come with your mom, dad, granny, girlfriend, boyfriend, buddy, or colleagues, or just alone, and watch this lively musical love story. Get the flavor of 1980 culture, along with music that penetrates deep into your heart. There is endless enjoyment and lots of motivation, as you watch the magical Kira help Sonny’s dreams come to life. Join Sonny in making his idea of Roller Disco turn into reality. Perhaps you might get a surge of inspiration to follow your own dreams as well. You might even get a mind blowing idea and the guts to implement it.

All this can happen if you watch “Xanadu”. However, there’s a little problem. The tickets to this show might not be available as easily as you think. Tickets are being sold like hot cakes. The line seems to be endless at the box office. If you do not want to test your patience, the best way is to go online and book your tickets. You can even get it home delivered. Another way is to dial the number of ticketing services. If lady luck is by your side, you might even get tickets for the front row!

So, get ready to be swept off your feet by the magical beauty, Kira and the ambitious dreamer, Sonny.

When David Hampton—the notoriously raffish con man who inspired Guare’s most popular play—died of AIDS complications in 2003, The New York Times quoted one of his last victims. The man had gone on a date with Hampton in 2001, during which the swindler managed to finagle $1,000 for a phony September 11 celebrity benefit before sneaking off, leaving his date with a $423 dinner tab. But “Honestly?” said the mark. “It was one of the best dates that I ever went on.”

Evidently, Hampton maintained his beguiling knack for separating urbanites from their money long after Guare dramatized, in 1990, Hampton’s most impressive scam, that of persuading members of Manhattan’s upper crust to take him in as the son of Sidney Poitier. Of course, Guare is interested in more than the attractions of one con artist; he uses the story both to poke fun at and commiserate with his real subject: the well-meaning but somewhat lost liberal rich.

The play’s success in performance hinges on whether we buy that Paul (the Hampton character) could charm the pants and pocketbook off pretty much anyone. On that account, Marra’s otherwise lively production fails: Engelen brings to the character a childlike sincerity that justifies the older characters’ parental concern for him, yet there’s nothing irresistibly seductive about his Paul. As the principal scamees, Griffith and Steinhagen display some comic timing but lack the necessary air of patrician breeding troubled by liberal guilt.

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