Brian Scott Lipton takes a sneak peek at the new musical Xanadu and speaks with author Douglas Carter Beane and the show’s stars: Kerry Butler, James Carpinello, Tony Roberts, and Mary Testa.
Can one of the worst films of all time become one of the best musicals of the 21st Century? Broadway audiences are currently answering that question at Xanadu, a drastic reworking of the notorious Olivia Newton-John stinker about a Greek muse who comes to earth to help a struggling artist open a California roller disco. At a recent press rehearsal for the show, Brian Scott Lipton talked to the show’s author Douglas Carter Beane and stars Kerry Butler, James Carpinello, Tony Roberts, and Mary Testa.
