I know this thread is past the original intention, but since I'm in
Vegas, hanging out with friends (Cirque folks) I figured I'd chime
in.
I saw LOVE last night, and I have to say I was a little disappointed.
The music sounded great, but I felt like it was the least cohesive of
the Cirque shows, which is saying something, since they're almost all
more collections of images than anything else. Having seen all of the
Vegas Cirque shows, as well as two of the touring shows, my feeling is
that O, in the Bellagio is by far the most interesting, both from a
show standpoint and from a technical and design standpoint. It has all
of the moving stage elements of Ka and LOVE, with water thrown into
the mix, and aerial stuff as well. Hell, I had to arrange a backstage
tour just to see how the managed to do what they do with taking the
main curtain away and bringing it back. Obviously my disappointment
was all relative... mediocre Cirque with a Beatles soundtrack is head,
shoulders, and kneecaps above what most people are doing, at least in
terms of design.
I'm curious about La Reve, at the Wynn... anyone seen it? The
advertising makes it look like they're trying to get as close to O as
they can without getting sued by Cirque.
I've sat in the booth for a couple shows as well... they're computer
scripts are pretty amazing. If something goes wrong, the SM's just
enter what the problem is, and as long as it's been encountered or
anticipated before, the system makes all the changes necessary for all
the calls after that. It's apparently very rare for the older shows
like Ka or Mystere to run into a problem that hasn't already been
solved in the computer script.
-Stephen
On Mar 23, 10:53 pm, FCP User <newvi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <xO%Ej.46$sR1.25@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "David McCall" <mccallm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > "rigger" <l...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >news:0001HW.C409EF000097AB72B01AD9AF@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:48:08 -0400, Thomas Paterson wrote
> > > (in article
> > >
<abbf356c-eca7-446c-a6cd-2bc249c29...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> I ended up seeing Phantom, The Spectacular. It was better staging,
> > >> some of the backdrops were new and stunning.
>
> > >> Shame about the total disinterest of the cast.
>
> > > Heh. Welcome to Vega$.
>
> > > --
> > > dave-dot-vick-at-gmail-dot-com
> > > IATSE#274 DoD#2117 ACGwB#5 NGI#666 BMoZ#[classified]
> > > Asst. Carp/Rigger, 'A Chorus Line' Ntn'l Tour '08-'09
>
> > If you haven't seen KA at the MGM in might be worth $130.
> > It has a pretty interesting, and very large, stage that can go from
> > perhaps 30'-40' below what we would normally call stage level
> > to at least that amount above stage level. Now comes the fun part.
> > It can tilt and rotate to almost any angle.
>
> > They do some very big stuff out there.
> > Not necessarily the epitome of art, but it is a showplace for
technology.
>
> > David
>
> I'd also recommend the LOVE "Cirque" show at the Mirage.
>
> Not only is the staging/rigging/projection great - the Beatles music is
> all re-mixed from the original masters and sounds superb.
>
> Great fun.
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