1. Xanadu. Xanadu. Xanadu.

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Breaking Free: Flying Through the Films of Kenny Ortega

Zina Ellis

12 episodes

3 days ago

Kenny Ortega has directed and choreographed iconic movies and concerts for the past 4.5 decades. From Ferris Bueller to Dirty Dancing to Hocus Pocus to High School Musical, Kenny has stayed at the forefront of musical storytelling on stage and screen. Host Zina Ellis and her guests soar/fly through Kenny's tropes, stage pictures, and unforgettable songs as they analyze how he has remained so relevant over his years of work. Maybe this is an incredibly long gambit by Zina to get more people to watch High School Musical 3 (the best one), but maybe this could be the start of something... great.

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1. Xanadu. Xanadu. Xanadu.

Breaking Free: Flying Through the Films of Kenny Ortega

1 hour 1 minute 47 seconds

4 years ago

1. Xanadu. Xanadu. Xanadu.

Wow, y'all. Episode 1 is finally here, and we're talking about Xanadu, Kenny Ortega's first film credit! Starring Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, and Michael Beck, this film was meant to reinvigorate the movie musical which it honestly.... did not. But it did bring us a lot of great music by ONJ and the Electric Light Orchestra, and of course, it brought us Kenny! Skyler Ross is my absolutely delightful guest, so come through and discover how many times I can refer to the script of Xanadu as "the text" (seriously it's so many)(can't take the theater major out of the girl)!

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Music: Soar by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au