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Xanadu is a 1980 musical/romance film directed by Robert Greenwald. It is an unofficial remake of the 1947 film Down to Earth starring Rita Hayworth. The title of the film is a reference to the poem "Kubla Khan, or A Vision in a Dream. A Fragment." by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which is quoted in the film. Xanadu is the name of the Chinese province where Khan establishes his pleasure garden in the poem.
Xanadu stars Olivia Newton-John (fresh from her role in Grease), Michael Beck, and Gene Kelly, and features music by Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra, UK pop idol Cliff Richard, and the San Francisco-based art-rock band The Tubes.
A $5 million Broadway musical adaptation of the film began previews on May 23, 2007, and opened (with Olivia Newton-John and John Farrar in attendance) on July 10, 2007 starring Kerry Butler as Kira, Cheyenne Jackson as Sonny and Tony Roberts as Danny. Jackie Hoffman and Mary Testa co-starred (in a new plot twist to the Broadway version) as "evil" Muse sisters.
Sinopsis: Kira es una de las hijas de Zeus y musa de las artes. Cumpliendo ese trabajo, visita al pintor Sonny Malone, a quien inspira con un beso. Sin embargo, la bella diosa y el mortal se enamoran, lo que será un problema en el orden cósmico. Al mismo tiempo, un viejo músico sueña con abrir un club nocturno al viejo estilo, un proyecto en el que Kira y Sonny se involucrarán. Fantasía musical cuyo cruce entre viejos clichés hollywoodenses, onda disco y canciones de Electric Light Orchestra fue indigesto para muchos. A esta distancia, el conjunto resulta adorable si se le toma con humor y sin pretensiones. Olivia (en su punto más alto) canta y baila. Año 1980
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