Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th

[Craig]

Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#1

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:05pm

October 12th will mark Xanadu's last performance on Broadway. News story coming shortly...

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#2

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:06pm

Noooooooooooooooo!!! from RC in Austin, Texas

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

[bwayfan9]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#2

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:06pm

omfg!!!1 NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama/Biden 08

[wonderfulwizard11]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#3

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:06pm

Didn't really see that coming.

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

[bwayfan9]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#4

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:07pm

I thought it was some spammer, but I saw it was Craig and I was like AH!!!!

Obama/Biden 08

[Steve2]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#5

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:09pm

I am so sorry to hear this. I wish everyone in the cast well and hope that they find future work easily.

[everythingtaboo]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#6

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:09pm

Way to ruin my Big Brother buzz, Craig.

"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008

[zepka102]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#7

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:10pm

::bust a move::

[bwayfan9]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#8

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:10pm

GOODBYE

Obama/Biden 08

[frogs_fan85]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#9

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:11pm

That's unfortunate. It had a hell of a run though, considering the initial prospects.

[defyinggravity42694]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#9

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:11pm

I'm so sad, and upset! I loved this show, I saw it twice and thought it was fantastic!!

Goodbye

Updated On: 9/16/08 at 10:11 PM

[DRSisLove]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#11

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:14pm

Aw man

[Luckydave14]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#12

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:14pm

Damn, was about to buy tickets for the last show when I realized I can't go that day. I'm going to have to see it again before then though.

[legally_popular]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#13

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:15pm

WOW. This is a total shock. I was hoping it would last through the holidays and was planning on seeing it again around then.

[broadwayboy101]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#15

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:16pm

Craig IS a moderator lol hence the validity

I bet those people that were bragging about knowing the next "big name" to enter the cast are biting their tongues now!


I'm so disappointed! I wanted to see this show so badly on my next trip to NYC...oh well...

[musicalmaster703]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#16

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:17pm

Oh, I though you ment switching to Off-Broadway. Oh it's closing, thats too bad.

[Steve2]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#17

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:18pm

It was a joke broadwayboy101.

[fflagg]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#19

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:19pm

It's about time. To think that this ran longer than Grey Gardens. . .

Let's hope TOS is next.

Do you know what happens when you let Veal Prince Orloff sit in an oven too long?

[NGD2225]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#20

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:19pm

But XANADU can survive with stunt casting, funny stunt casting. WHY?!?

[wicked_beast4]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#21

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:20pm

NOOOO!!!!!

"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable." -F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise

[defyinggravity42694]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#22

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:20pm

The article's up...
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=32552

Goodbye

Updated On: 9/16/08 at 10:20 PM

[broadwayboy101]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#23

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:23pm

How does playbill not have this up yet?

[Unknown User]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#24

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:23pm

At least it will live on in the tour, and I am sure it will be popular in regional theaters.

Still-sad to see it go-but all good things must come to an end. I'm happy to say that I got to see it twice.

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#25

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:24pm

This is very sad! What is the reason for the closing?

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Xanadu to Rollerskate Off Broadway on Oct 12th#26

Posted: 9/16/08 at 10:25pm

This is such sad news!
It's not by any means a perfect show but it's a hell of a lot of fun and it's really the best time you'll have on Broadway right now.

I hope to catch it at least one last time before it goes...the shame is it got BETTER with time, too, so I'm sure the longer it ran the better it would've been getting...


Such a high-energy, brisk, really well-put together show. I really hate to hear that it'll be gone in a month.