PS Classics recorded the cast album of the Broadway musical hit Xanadu on October 29. The production, presented by Robert Ahrens,
Tara Smith and Brian Swibel opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre on July 10 to
great critical and audience acclaim.
The recording features the cast which stars Kerry
Butler, Cheyenne Jackson, Tony Roberts, Mary Testa and Jackie Hoffman and
features Curtis Holbrook, Anika Larsen, Kenita Miller and Andre Ward. Xanadu has book by
Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar and is
directed by Christopher Ashley, with choreography by Dan Knechtges. Eric Stern
is musical director. The album will be produced by
Jeffrey Lesser.
The label expects to have the CD in stores on January 8,
2008, although it will be available exclusively at the PS Classics website, the
Xanadu website (www.xanaduonbroadway.com) and at
the Helen Hayes Theatre by the first week of December.
Photos by Ben Strothmann
l-r: Kenita Miller, Patti Murin, Andre Ward, Anika Larsen, Annie Golden, and Marty Thomas

Cheyenne Jackson

Cheyenne Jackson

In the studio with Jackie Hoffman, Mary Testa and Cheyenne Jackson

In the studio with Jackie Hoffman, Mary Testa and Cheyenne Jackson

Kerry Butler and Richard Ridge ("Broadway Beat")

Richard Ridge, Kerry Butler and Bradshaw Smith

Curtis Holbrook and Kerry Butler

Tony Roberts and John Miller

l-r: Jackie Hoffman, Patti Murin, Annie Golden, Marty Thomas, Mary Testa, Andre Ward, Curtis Holbrook, Kenita Miller, and Anika Larsen

Cheyenne Jackson and Kerry Butler

Cheyenne Jackson and Kerry Butler

Jackie Hoffman, Douglas Carter Beane and Mary Testa