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 but she helps him to fulfill his ambition, disguising herself as Kira, a roller girl — one with an Australian accent, to boot.
Clio’s green-with-envy sisters Calliope (Jill Hames) and Melpomene (Marcie Millard) back at Mount Olympus watch on deviously. It is a rule that a muse must never fall for a mortal, and they secretly hope Clio will break the rule and be banished.