Xanadu Take Two?

Someone on the WoS board is reporting that David Ian announced Xanadu for this August. Can anybody confirm?

And if it's true...what are the chances of getting Cheyenne Jackson over here? Or who could take it on locally?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7879468.stm

xanadu is far better than it had any right to be, a very witty book and very self aware that the source material was dreadful

The cast recording however is awful and does not reflect the show

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but will sell so bloody well it will run years!

New here but as huge Cheyenne/Xanadu fan I figured I'd chime in.
Cheyenne was slated for another show (forget the name of it currently) but with some many things cancelling here in NYC don't know if its still in the works, I'm actually going to watch a taping for a Siruis radio show tomorrow where he's being interviewed hopefully the talk of his upcoming projects will be discussed.

As far as the comment about NY Jewish humor I totally do not get this at all. It takes place in California with a fake Austalian Muse,I didn't see anything NY and especially not Jewish about it. Can you give a reference to what you mean?

I saw the show on Broadway. Mary testa and Jackie Hoffman's characters brought a very definite vibe to the show- I loved it, but I'm not sure it will transfer to the mainstream in London. Cos dumb it ain't!

'The humour is so New York Jewish, I seriously doubt it'.

I have not seen this show, cannot comment, but have seen New York Jewish humour in other shows such as The Producers and Spamalot!

Fair point, and maybe part of the delay in it transferring comes from adjustments to the book. We shall have to wait and see.

Mama, I usually like Jackie H but she was sleeping through the matinee I saw, whereas Mary Testa was- as they say- fierce!