Skip to main content
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Home For You Chat My Shows Register/Login Games Grosses

Xanadu

New Post Search Report Abuse Rules

Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.

#1

Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 8:51pm

Is there anyone else who thinks Xanadu is the biggest piece of crap to hit Broadway? We sat there and didn't understand how everyone thought it was so funny. Biggest waste of $60 spent in a long time.

Updated On: 1/14/08 at 08:51 PM

#2

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 8:52pm

Ditto!
He's a faker, and you've been taken in by his con. And in doing so, you are enabling him. He is doing more damage to aspergers than papa's words ever could. -Chane/Liverpool on me having asperger syndrome.
#3

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 8:57pm

Nope, pretty sure it's just you.
http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
"And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler
#4

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 8:59pm

I didn't think it was the most hilarious show I had ever seen, but it was the most fun I've had in a theatre in long, long time.
Tick Tock
#5

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:02pm

No offense, burntplains, but what are you on!?! I think XANADU is pure genius!
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#6

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:05pm

Watch out burntplains, Medusa is coming for you.
#7

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:07pm

Some of the music is fun but that's about all it has going for it... I look forward to the day it closes! I'm not picking a fight... I just strongly disliked it!
#8

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:12pm

I look forward to the day it closes! I'm not picking a fight... I just strongly disliked it!

^^^^^^^

I respect your opinion....but hoping for a show to close is not a good thing ... any show in particular...actors will lose their jobs.. and they do work so HARD for it--it not a nice thing to say-iMO.

J*


Updated On: 1/14/08 at 09:12 PM

#9

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:16pm

What kind of show do you enjoy? I think Xanadu is terrific entertainment and does what a show is suppose to do, entertain. The music is great (about the only thing good the film had) and the actors are hilarious! A lot more entertaining than Young Frankenstein (but that's my opinion). I've seen it 4 times and the show is still fun and exciting.
"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski
#10

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:17pm

A little "camp" goes a LONG way for me.. but it was enjoyable.

It thought it was the best Off-Off Broadway show on Broadway.
What great ones do the less will prattle of
#11

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:19pm

burntplains,
Agree! Maybe a new leading lady would help...Oh..and an ounce of taste, and a new....let me stop! Poor Broadway....
#12

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:23pm

i think anything that keeps Jackie Hoffman & Mary Testa's bills paid IS A GIFT FROM HEAVEN!!!!!!
#13

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:24pm

If you dont like a show, it's your opinion - but there's no need to trash it, hope for it to close etc. without posing a reason for that opinion. If you didnt like the show, MOVE ON and go see one of the other 31 shows on Broadway or the numerous Off-Broadway ones.
#14

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:25pm

"I respect your opinion....but hoping for a show to close is not a good thing ... any show in particular...actors will lose their jobs.. and they do work so HARD for it--it not a nice thing to say-iMO."

ESPECIALLY THE CAST OF XANADU!! Well, especially Kerry who went through a lot to get the skating right. It would be soo unfair if it closed since they've all worked so hard.
It's ok if you didn't like it but it's definitely not ok to pray for its closing.

Luvinbroadway: No need for a new leading lady!! DON'T MESS WITH KERRY!! :)


I <3 n69n
"In theater, the process of it is the experience. Everyone goes through the process, and everyone has the experience together. It doesn't last - only in people's memories and in their hearts. That's the beauty and sadness of it. But that's life - beauty and the sadness. And that is why theater is life." Sherie Rene Scott

Updated On: 1/14/08 at 09:25 PM

#15

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:47pm

Are you secretly a producer with a show looking for a theater? That would be the only reason I can fathom for the comment "l look forward to the day it closes!"

And on that (sad) day, what will you do? Dance, sing, laugh with glee, take the day off to celebrate, send out cards, hold a party, shout from the rooftops.....People are employed, many an audience member is delighted, lifted, filled with joy....whatever could be wrong with that.
#16

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:53pm

Exactly what were you expecting? High art? Come on, the show does exactly what it aims to do -- keep people entertained, happy and laughing. If you're expecting Eugene O'Neill, go elsewhere.
BroadwayEd
#17

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 10:02pm

Mary testa is all the show has going for it... I'm entitled to my opinion without being attacked!
#18

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 10:05pm

If you say something as harsh as "I hope the show closes" or "I can't wait for the show to close' you are going to get attacked on the boards. There are shows that I haven't enjoyed but I would never say they should close. If people enjoy a show, so be it.
"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski
#19

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 10:09pm

this is not an attack.


have you seen the film? are you familiar that it was a parody and that was the style of comedy you were going to get going in? because I find that people who research the show, or know how horrible the film was before going in have a great time, and others just don't get it.
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
#20

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/14/08 at 10:30pm

i respect your opinion because maybe you're just the type of person who isn't in to that kind of show, you do have to admit though that the actors are fabulous you can say you disliked the show but you can't say Kerry and Cheyenne and Tony and the fabulous ensemble weren't good enough.

And please don't wish for a show to close.. people lose their jobs re: Xanadu lol.
He's so nurturing! - Penny Pingleton, Hairspray
#21

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/15/08 at 8:49pm

I've seen it 4 times and the show is still fun and exciting.

Yes-I've seen it three and I'm going back for my fourth on Sun.
I love it-it's fun. A nice escape and I can't stop laughing!
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world." "Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
#22

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/15/08 at 8:59pm

On our weekend trip last August we sandwiched Xanadu right between Chorus Line, which we saw Friday, and Color Purple, which we saw Sunday. It was great having such an enjoyable piece of "fluff" in the middle of more serious fare. We loved it!

It also helped that we watched the DVD of Xanadu on the plane ride to NYC. We were ready for it!
#23

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/16/08 at 5:46am

I feel the same way as you,tobiasragg. Xanadu rocks!!!
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis
#24

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/16/08 at 10:38am

I didn't think it was total crap, but I didn't like it. I totally knew what to expect re: that style of comedy, I understand what they wre trying to do as far as parodying the awful, campy movie, but I don't think it was well written. To me, the problem is not with any performances, or even the concept, but with the script. However, I thought the cast was very good and the songs were fun.

But if it makes lots of people laugh and have a good time, then may it never close! Chacun a son gout!
#25

re: Xanadu

Posted: 1/16/08 at 11:16am

"I'm entitled to my opinion without being attacked!"

You haven't remotely been attacked. You've been criticised for the content of your message, which is what happens when you express an opinion around other people, particularly in a public forum of any sort -- people sometimes disagree and even go so far as to hold you accountable for the content and tone of your statement.

← Back to Message Board

BroadwayWorld TV

View all Videos

Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Hot Show
Tickets From $59
Hot Show
Tickets From $71
Hot Show
Tickets From $71
Hot Show
Tickets From $95
More Hot Shows Discounts
Recommended For You