Philip and I had a fab time at the matinee performance of "Xanadu" at the La Jolla Playhouse yesterday. The play is great, great fun - a terrific spoof of the beloved 80's film flop, filled with lotsa laughs and all of the terrific ELO / Olivia Newton John tunes that I grew up with. Elizabeth Stanley is an excellent Kira - she's got great big expressive eyes, wonderful comic timing and a perfectly horrible Aussie accent. Max von Essen is very, very funny as the dopey Sonny, even though his thighs aren't nearly as impressive as those found on Broadway's Cheyenne Jackson. Much of the parody (and its very gay sensibility) seemed to be lost on the senior citizens that comprised 80% of the audience, though - they sat stony-faced and silent through much of the 90 minutes, and especially didn't like the jokes about Andrew Lloyd Webber and Southern California. No matter. I had a huge dopey grin on my face the entire time and Philip had a blast. Can a stage version of "Can't Stop the Music" be on the horizon??