LOVE
3400 S. Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas NV 89109 800-374-9000 http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/CirqueDuSoleil/en/showstickets/love/intro/intro.htm?p=4284
Recently opened.
With LOVE, Cirque du Soleil celebrates the musical legacy of The Beatles.
Love is presented in a custom-built theatre at the Mirage featuring 360° seating and advanced high definition video projections with 100-foot digital, moving images.
A REVIEW from the SF Chronicle.
Another look .
Also a soundtrack released.
Tickets $69 - $200
"LOVE brings the magic of Cirque du Soleil together with the spirit and passion behind the most beloved rock group of all time – The Beatles – to create a vivid, intimate and powerful entertainment experience. With LOVE, Cirque du Soleil celebrates the musical legacy of The Beatles through their timeless, original recordings. Drawn from the poetry of the lyrics, the show explores the content of the songs as interpreted by innovative performances from a cast of 60 international artists. A youthful, raw energy is channeled through aerial performance, extreme sports and urban freestyle dance."
From a blurb on AOL.com: "When 'Ka' opened at the MGM Grand there were already "How much is too much?" rumblings about Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas. But 'Love' has something that 'Ka,' 'Mystere,' 'O' and 'Zumanity' do not -- a soundtrack supplied by The Beatles.
The Mirage theater, where Siegfried & Roy made white tigers disappear, has been transformed into an in-the-round venue, where a cast of 60 dancers, acrobats and specialty performers salute not just the Fab Four but the 'All You Need Is Love' mantra of the 1960s. As with all Cirque shows, the staging incorporates state-of-the-art visual effects and technical wizardry, but 'Love' is a bit more grounded in approach, though that description doesn't apply to the performers; since there's no backstage area, all entrances and exits are made from above and below the stage, which is roughly the size of a tennis court.
Original Beatles songs are heard in both montage and in their entirety, and along with the classics the show will unveil actual "new" Beatles music, discovered in vaults of unreleased and unfinished recordings. Sir George Martin, who produced most of the Beatles records, serves as the musical director with his son, Giles. Don't worry about sitting close enough to hear the score, as the tunes will pour out of 6,500 speakers, including three in each individual seat."
ACTS "Because" "Get Back" "Glass Onion" "Eleanor Rigby" "I am the Walrus" "Rock 'n' Roll Run" "Abbey Road" "Gnik Nus/Something" "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" "Help!" "Blackbird" "Yesterday" "Jam Session" "Strawberry Fields" "Parade" "Within You, Without You" "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" "Octopus' Garden" "Lady Madonna" "Here Comes the Sun" "Come Together" "Revolution/Back in the USSR" "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "A Day in the Life" "Hey Jude" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" "All You Need is Love"
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