Xanadu (musical)

Xanadu
Broadway poster
MusicJeff Lynne
John Farrar
LyricsJeff Lynne
John Farrar
BookDouglas Carter Beane
BasisXanadu
by Richard Christian Danus
Marc Reid Rubel
Productions2007 Workshop
2007 Broadway
2009 US Tour
2015 London
AwardsOuter Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
Drama Desk Award for Best Book

Xanadu is a musical comedy with a book by Douglas Carter Beane and music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, based on the 1980 film of the same name, which was, in turn, inspired by the 1947 Rita Hayworth film Down to Earth.[1] The title refers to Xanadu, the site of the Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan's summer palace.

The musical opened on Broadway in 2007 and ran for over 500 performances. It earned an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical and a Drama Desk Award for Best Book. It was also nominated for Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Book. The US Tour officially began on December 15, 2009, at the Segerstrom Performing Arts Center.

  1. ^ Martin, Michael (May 25, 2007). "In Down to Earth, Terpsichore, a muse from ancient Greece, infiltrates a Broadway show about the nine muses". New York Magazine. Retrieved May 29, 2007.