Lesbian-led ‘Xanadu’ takes audiences back to 1980
Openly lesbian director/comedienne Sherri Sutton has not been idle since returning to Atlanta. Among her projects, Sutton is directing the campy musical “Xanadu,” which opens at Actor’s Express May 10. Based on the 1980 Olivia Newton John-Gene Kelly film — considered something of a flop, albeit one with a killer soundtrack — “Xanadu” follows the general plotline of the movie. A Greek muse, Clio (Lindsay Lamb Archer) comes down from Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, Calif., to assist Sonny Malone (Jordan Craig), a young man whose dream it is to open a roller disco. He has been contemplating suicide… >>
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