“Xanadu”

Date: Tue, March 09, 2010

Time: 1:00 t0 2:00 p.m.

Audience: High School and Middle School

Guest #1: Members of the cast and crew.

About this program:
XANADU follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time - the first roller disco. When Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation and chaos abounds.

This hilarious, roller skating, musical adventure about following your dreams despite the limitations others set for you, rolls along to the original hit score composed by pop-rock legends Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, and includes, “Magic,” “All Over The World,” “Suddenly,” “I’m Alive,” "Evil Woman," "Have You Never Been Mellow," and “Xanadu,” to name a few, and is based on the Universal Pictures' cult classic movie of the same title, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly.

Members of the cast and crew will discuss their respective career backgrounds, performing arts training and responsibilities with the touring production of XANADU.

To participate:
Interested schools should contact John Ramicone at 216-916-6360 or email by March 4th. A program fee of $75.00 will be charged to schools not in the NOTA or NORTH2 consortiums membership. Please process a purchase order for WVIZ/PBS, c/o John Ramicone, 1375 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44115 and fax a copy or the number of the p.o. to 216-916-6361.