Xanadu at Toby's Dinner Theatre - Baltimore

The story of a struggling artist who is visited by a Goddess from Mount Olympus to help inspire him and his artistic vision was also a film from the 1940's called "Down to Earth". The Broadway version of the tale takes loving potshots at the 1980 film version - while using all of the Top 40 radio hits that stayed on the airwaves for more than a year after the film faded away. The score was written by Pop music masters John Farrar, who was responsible for most of Miss Newton Johns smash hits, and Jeff Lynne leader of the legendary rock band Electric Light Orchestra. Songs such as "Magic", "All Over the World" and the title tune "Xanadu" ruled the airwaves in the early 1980's and the Soundtrack Album eventually went Platinum - a rare feat in those days.