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The Beatles: Love / Cirque de Soleil : 5 of 5
4.25.2008 12:15 PM \| Link	For our last show in Vegas, my parents and I continued our tradition of going to a Cirque du Soleil production by seeing The Beatles: Love at the Mirage. I somehow expected this to be a simple show filled with more dancing than acrobatics, but it turned out to be a huge production with all of the beauty and spectacle of a typical Cirque experience! Of course, the music consists of fabulous remixes of popular Beatles songs (all sounding incredible in the custom theater with speakers embedded into each individual seat!), and roughly follows a kind of timeline of the band, beginning in Liverpool. The opening number is really unexpected, since after watching all the performers partying to Get Back, the Liverpool set is suddenly destroyed (down to individual bricks) in World War II. This leads nicely into some sadder songs like Eleanor Rigby, which also introduces other characters (like Father McKenzie, for example), who show up throughout the rest of the show. The plot seems to follow The Beatles through several stages of their career (and ages of the performers), but includes typical Cirque touches like a persistent character representing "love" (in my opinion), forever offering a bouquet of flowers to the world. Acrobatically, there are some great flying routines and trampoline jumping, and theatrically, the stage itself is really unique, featuring huge translucent screens that are used to extend the set with projections, display silhouettes of the band, or even as a slide show of Beatles images for the wonderful finale. The Beatles: Love is an incredible production, combining drama, artistry and fantastic music that everyone knows and loves into one of Cirque du Soleil's best shows ever. It was a great show to finish our Vegas vacation! Labels: arts, cirque du soleil


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