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Love

May 18, 2007 | Filed Under Main, Music, Theater | No Comments

Okay - I finally won some money. About $100 on one of those video poker machines. In the Irish casino no less. (Coincidence?) I am now ahead. Still think that kind of gambling is dumb.

Last night, I saw the only show I signed up for - Love by Cirque du Soleil at the Mirage. All I really knew about Cirque was that they did acrobatics and went from a strange circus act to a McDonalds franchise all over the world. Then I heard they had “remixed” a bunch of Beatles tunes for the show. None of this really sounded hopeful. But someone gave me the CD of the music (remixed by George Martin and son) for my birthday and I loved it! It all works. What is more interesting is that the music maintains a reverence while making everything sound fresh. in essence, it rescued some of these old Beatles songs from history and made them sound alive again. So I thought - let’s give it a shot.

wow

I was totally blown away. The show is Theater and dance and aerial work and rock and spectacle. Don’t bother waiting for the DVD to come out. It won’t work and you won’t get it. The show moves all around you and over you. The sets, lighting and special effects were the best. There were characters and storlines and recurring themes throughout. It was about the Beatles and about the times (though some numbers were just about the song - “Octopuses Garden” for one). There were also a couple of revolving storylines that just pertained to the show itself.

And - of course - the music. It is a Beatles’ fan wet-dream. But even if you only vaguely know the music, the entertainment value of the show is immense. I know I was in tears a couple of times and it really was all about how the stage picture and the music melded. Hard to describe really. But an amazing experience.

What with seeing Coast of Utopia and Love, I have been blessed with seeing - in six months - the best theater I think I have seen in decades. Not bad….

Instant Messages

April 6, 2007 | Filed Under Theater, Writing | No Comments

This is one of my short plays. You can find it under Written Works.