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Xanadu (musical) He then says that "Xanadu" can win the Tony, creating the campaign's slogan "Yes It Can!" Subsequent episodes feature more Tony Award winners like Patti LuPone, Cynthia Nixon, Adriane Lenox, John Lloyd Young and John Gallagher Jr., and follow Cubby while he shows the cast of "Xanadu" the "Cubby steps to the Tony". Cubby makes them sell "Cub-Cakes" to benefit the charity Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS during the one-year anniversary of "Xanadu" on Broadway, teaches them "the art of the shmooze" and helps them build up their confidence. The sixth and most popular video is the only one in which