Xanadu on Broadway (Original Broadway Cast Recording 2007)
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Free Music Review: A Star is Born!
Hit: 4 Stars
While listening to the CD cannot come close to approximating the giddy experience of seeing Xanadu on stage, this CD does capture Kerry Butler's star quality. Her singing and comic timing are impeccable and she definitely has IT. This is a very well produced cast recording of a show that is a campy tribute to the days of disco....Free Music Review: Fun recording
Hit: 4 Stars
I am a big Kerry Butler fan. I never saw the show but the singing by Kerry and Cheyenne Jackson is top rate. Mary Testa and Jackie Hoffman are great as the wicked sisters. Buy it if you enjoy the ELO songs of the 80s and you are looking for something truly lighthearted.Free Music Review: Suitably ridiculous
Hit: 3 Stars
The cast recording of "Xanadu" is a satisfying bit of preposterousness. Based on the famously bad Olivia Newton-John-roller disco movie from 1980, the show's creators have smartly evaded the stigma of being yet another lazy adaptation of a well-known film by subversively acknowledging the absurdity that such a thing as "Xanadu"--in any form-- exists. On disc, Kerry Butler gives a very charming performance as the muse Clio, and she's well matched with strong-voiced Cheyenne Jackson as lunkheaded artist Sonny. They and the rest of the small cast have a lot of fun with the early-80's pop score, which is essentially the film's soundtrack, played by a tiny band. Even if (like me) you're not a devotee of the screen "Xanadu", you'll have little trouble recognizing songs like "Magic," "Evil Woman," and the disco-flavored title number, which were popular hits-- despite the film's decidedly unpopular reputation. The disc is too short, and more of book writer Douglas Carter Beane's dialogue would have been nice (What's included here is smile-worthy, but I'm not quite getting a sense of hilarity that the rave reviews would suggest). But the disc has an unpretentious vibe that makes it an undeniable, if small-scale, pleasure.Free Music Review: This CD can just barely stand alone
Hit: 3 Stars
Saw the show - Loved the show: The cast is the best that ever was! (In fact, the one saving grace on this CD is Cheyenne Jackson.) The CD however, can hardly stand alone. This is one of those cases where it is almost hideous to listen to the music unless you are relating it to a show you have seen.
Yes, it is supposed to be campy, but I still do not really like the CD, though the show is fabulous!
Instead of this CD or in addition to this CD, may I suggest -
"Magic: The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John."
Meanwhile, when you are in NYC, do see Xanadu the Musical. Xanadu the soundtrack CD from the Musical is just okay.
Free Music Review: Fun but too short
Hit: 3 Stars
Let me start by saying I love Kerry Butler. And though I have never seen the infamous film of the same title, I looked forward to the cast recording of Xanadu simply for her. It is a cute and bouncy musical but I was a little let down. While all performers deliver as expected, the album is disappointingly short, its total running time around 44 minutes. This is a broadway musical! There should be more than just 14 tracks and the album should provide at least an hour's worth of music. Oh well. I still hope Kerry Butler gets a Tony nom for this because she deserves it. She is brilliant.