The Tuesday Morning “Nobody-Asked-Me-To, But-Here-I-Go-Anyway” Event Review – The Beatles “LOVE”, Cirque Du Soleil.
(or, Why I Will Never Be A Professional Concert Reviewer…) (Happy Birthday yourself, MTDG!!!)
The Vegas show that I picked to see for my birthday (and essentially signal the wrapping up of this incredible trip) was the long-running Cirque Du Soleil production of “LOVE”. I’ve wanted to see it since it debuted many moons ago, but our visits to this city have been performer-specific the last few years, so the show just hasn’t shoehorned into our agendas.
But it did last night, and man – you forget just how astounding these Cirque productions are, live and up close. Embracing the surreal imagery inspired and associated with the Beatles’ latter-year catalogue, this show is an overwhelming explosion of dance, acrobatics, and music – music that you recognize by the very first note, even after the wild re-inventions throughout the song library for this show.
You’ve got a tap number in rubber boots. You’ve got stunning roller-blading on skate-boarding ramps (that doesn’t even begin to convey what the performers do in that segment), and one special effect where most of the audience is covered under a billowing mass of cloth. Like any Cirque show, there is far too much going on both off and on stage to wrap your mind around – even more so here, with the surreal characters and sets arriving and departing in a frenzied blur of Cirque-iness.
You really can’t help but realize that this music lends itself to such a production, even though it was conceived and originally performed back in the final few years of the 60’s, and the early 70’s. To hear the unplugged version of Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, as the performers (and a couple of wispy puppets) bring the song to life – it looks and sounds right at home in 2009. Freakin’ remarkable…
This show was something else, and the title entirely appropriate, considering what I’ve felt and feel this past few days.
Get your cabooses down here, and see this show!!
Chow for now!!
(or, Why I Will Never Be A Professional Concert Reviewer…) (Happy Birthday yourself, MTDG!!!)
The Vegas show that I picked to see for my birthday (and essentially signal the wrapping up of this incredible trip) was the long-running Cirque Du Soleil production of “LOVE”. I’ve wanted to see it since it debuted many moons ago, but our visits to this city have been performer-specific the last few years, so the show just hasn’t shoehorned into our agendas.
But it did last night, and man – you forget just how astounding these Cirque productions are, live and up close. Embracing the surreal imagery inspired and associated with the Beatles’ latter-year catalogue, this show is an overwhelming explosion of dance, acrobatics, and music – music that you recognize by the very first note, even after the wild re-inventions throughout the song library for this show.
You’ve got a tap number in rubber boots. You’ve got stunning roller-blading on skate-boarding ramps (that doesn’t even begin to convey what the performers do in that segment), and one special effect where most of the audience is covered under a billowing mass of cloth. Like any Cirque show, there is far too much going on both off and on stage to wrap your mind around – even more so here, with the surreal characters and sets arriving and departing in a frenzied blur of Cirque-iness.
You really can’t help but realize that this music lends itself to such a production, even though it was conceived and originally performed back in the final few years of the 60’s, and the early 70’s. To hear the unplugged version of Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, as the performers (and a couple of wispy puppets) bring the song to life – it looks and sounds right at home in 2009. Freakin’ remarkable…
This show was something else, and the title entirely appropriate, considering what I’ve felt and feel this past few days.
Get your cabooses down here, and see this show!!
Chow for now!!
PS – in a further chance of surrealism, we are actually IN the U.S.A., while the new president is being inaugurated. THAT is pretty cool…
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