Few movies this side of “Ishtar” and “Showgirls” are as heinous as “Xanadu,” the 1980 disaster wherein Olivia Newton-John warbles while she skates, a very young Kenny Ortega offers no hint of his ...

Depending on your age bracket, you may not remember the wildly cheesy 1980 movie musical flop “Xanadu.” It was a celebration of ELO pop tunes, pink leg-warmers, roller skates and the irresistible ...

How bad was the 1980 film “Xanadu”? So bad that it inspired the creation of the Golden Raspberry or Razzie Awards, which annually “honor” the worst movies of the year. So who could have foreseen a ...

Although roller skates, disco balls and music by the Electric Light Orchestra might not be what comes to mind when you think of “art,” that’s exactly what the premise of the camp “Xanadu the Musical” ...

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN once sang of a place “where nobody dared to go, the love that we came to know, they called it Xanadu.” What that meant, exactly, no one knew, and seeing “Xanadu,” the movie that ...

I knew all the songs. I’m not sure if I should be embarrassed or not, but while shooting photos this afternoon during a dress rehearsal for the middle school’s production of “Xanadu,” the music was ...

Olivia Newton-John topped the US singles charts five times. A look back at these songs shows her pop brilliance through the years.

“Xanadu,” a musical comedy combining ‘80s fashion and dance with Greek myths, will roll out July 28 as part of the Central Lakes Community Performing Arts Center’s 2021 summer season of music, theater ...

Update: Due to non-COVID-related developments, the opening of the production has been moved back to Aug. 23. If you held tickets for any of the postponed Aug. 19-21 performances, contact the theater ...