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Last night Darion, Kirsten and I made the long trek down the coast to La Jolla, CA to attend the premiere performance of Xanadu: The Musical as it begins its national tour. I was very fortunate enough to see the show a few times on Broadway (Darion came out to see it with me one of those times) but Kirsten had yet to see it so I thought it would be fun for us all to see it together here in SoCal. By and large, it was a fun performance. Because the original Broadway lead actors (Kerry Butler and Cheyenne Jackson) were so phenomenal in their roles, I had a hard time not comparing these touring players with them … but the new cast won me over almost entirely:

For me, unless the entire Broadway cast is able to tour with the show no touring performance is able to match the perfection of the original. That said, this show is so well-written and the tour has been so well-cast that I think it will hold its own out on the road. My only complaint is that La Jolla is not the place for this show to run. The audience was predominately over 50 years old and many of them did not get the jokes — or the show overall. But, by the time the show was over, there were quite a few smiling faces dancing in the crowd. I personally believe the show would be a STUNNING hit if it came to LA but … mebbe one day.

D, K and I managed to get on-stage seats for the performance, so we were kinda part of the show. We had such an amazingly fun time — I only wish I had been able to sit on stage when the show was on Broadway. Overall, tho, last night was just too much fun … here are a few pics from our road trip adventure:

Yes, we managed to dine at an actual Chick-Fil-A restaurant (rather than a Food Court mall Chick-Fil-A), sipped on Kira-tinis before the show and got to snap a pic in our on-stage seats after the show was finished. Add to that a trip to Baskin Robbins on the way home and … well, you can see we had a blast.

Tonight I have to rebleach my hair before I fly back to Detroit tomorrow and then I’m meeting up with my friend Tom for dinner. Oh yeah, I still have to pack at some point as well … ugh!!