Xanadu Tour Cast

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Xanadu Tour Cast#1

Posted: 8/23/08 at 4:12pm

A friend with inside info told me via IM . . .

btw the xanadu tour cast is
elizabeth stanley as klio
max von essen as sonny
sharon wilkins and johanna glushack as the jackie hoffmann mary testa roles

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[IdinaBellFoster]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#2

Posted: 8/23/08 at 4:13pm

Must we hear Elizabeth Stantley's pushed belt again?

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[taylorPHENOMENON2]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#2

Posted: 8/23/08 at 4:13pm

Right. When's this even set to launch?

[scaryclowns223]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#3

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:03pm

Hmmm....

This is interesting. Elizabeth Stanley has been attached to LEAP OF FAITH for a while now, and that is supposedly heading towards an out of town tryout preceding a spring opening. What this seems to be saying is that either Elizabeth Stanley won't be involved with LEAP OF FAITH or that LEAP OF FAITH can't find a theatre and will be postponed.

That said- I would LOVE to see Max von Essen's Sonny.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#4

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:03pm

Ugh, I was interested until Elizabeth Stanley's name was uttered. I'll wait for an official announcement hoping for a different name.

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[commasplice]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#5

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:22pm

"Right. When's this even set to launch?"

The tour's set to start in La Jolla in November, and will then have a six-month run in Chicago beginning in January.

[je veux te voir2]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#6

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:30pm

If that's true that Max Von Essen is Sonny then i'm tres excited! :)

[adamgreer]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#7

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:38pm

This is now the second time I've heard Stanley and von Essen's names attached to this tour.

[tourboi]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#8

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:52pm

VERY Exciting indeed.

[kyle.]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#9

Posted: 8/23/08 at 6:08pm

I saw it in New York a week after the Tonys with the OBC minus Mary (Annie Golden was Amazing).

I hated it.

I am looking forward to seeing it in Chicago and seeing if I feel differently about it.

I could BARELY understand Kerry (who I love) through most of the show, and thought that most of the "acting" was atrocious. I saw the Sunday matinee after the Tonys and felt that EVERYONE in the cast was just going through the motions (besides Annie Golden), and I was left feeling like the show was just ... whatever.

I went in wanting to LOVE IT! Even bought a window card before the show because I was so positive that I would love it.

Needless to say I gave the window card to a friend who loves the show...because I sure didn't.

Hope the tour will make me feel something different.
Updated On: 8/23/08 at 06:08 PM

[MungoGypsy8232]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#10

Posted: 8/23/08 at 6:09pm

It would be interesting to see what Elizabeth Stanley does with the role, but I'm leaning towards the negative. She is such a hard person to appropiately cast for parts, though she definately has the talent.

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#11

Posted: 8/23/08 at 6:19pm

Any word on who is going to play Danny and the other muses?

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[TheatreFreak05]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#12

Posted: 8/23/08 at 7:26pm

I loved Elizabeth Stanley in Company, but I haven't seen her in anything else.

I'm definitely going to see this when it stops in La Jolla!

[dancingthrulife04]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#14

Posted: 8/23/08 at 9:30pm

I would LOVE to see Max von Essen's Sonny.

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[everythingtaboo]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#15

Posted: 8/25/08 at 12:34am

In my mind, the best people for the tour are Patti Murin and Curtis Holbrook, audiences never fail to fall in love with them as Kira and Sonny; they are so talented, and let's face it, they're adorable together.

Elizabeth and Max are fine on their own, but I do not see them in these roles.

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[NGD47]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#16

Posted: 8/25/08 at 1:01am

I would like Kenita go out on tour.

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[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#17

Posted: 8/25/08 at 1:14am

I adored Elizabeth Stanley in COMPANY, but thought she was awful in CRY-BABY, primarily because the show was so bad, and she looked way too old for the role she was playing.

I bet Max von Essen will be wonderful as Sonny.

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[tourboi]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#18

Posted: 8/25/08 at 3:15am

It'd be great if Patti and Curtis went on the tour, but hasn't Curtis been confirmed for West Side Story?

[Testing1232]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#19

Posted: 8/25/08 at 12:07pm

Yes, Curtis begins WSS rehearsals in Oct (I believe)

He IS confirmed. YAY !! Incredibly talented !

[fishergirl819]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#20

Posted: 8/25/08 at 12:10pm

I would love to see Max as Sonny.

[jboy1]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#21

Posted: 8/25/08 at 1:54pm

My friend's roommate was offered Specialty Skater (Marty Thomas' track) and Female Swing...but she took another major tour instead.

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[je veux te voir2]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#22

Posted: 8/25/08 at 2:31pm

o cool, what tour did she take instead?

[Unknown User]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#23

Posted: 8/25/08 at 2:52pm

Ooolala. Max Von Essen. :)

[tourboi]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#24

Posted: 9/7/08 at 3:28am

Any buzz for who'll play the Muses and Danny?

[jboy1]

re: Xanadu Tour Cast#25

Posted: 9/17/08 at 2:23pm

My friend got cast as (and has accepted) the Male Swing and Sonny Cover.

RIGHT NOW: Closing DISNEY'S WHEN YOU WISH at Marquee Productions (Apr. 23-26)

NEXT UP: Playing Albert Peterson in BYE BYE BIRDIE at The Western Stage in Salinas, CA (Aug. 15-Sept. 5)

Photo: Nick Adams - BEAUTIFUL!!!