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Stan4dSteph
07-31-2009, 08:29 AM
For those in the LA area:

on Aug. 2, the Grove is really going to resemble the Vegas Strip when it hosts Cirque du Soleil in six half-hour mini-performances, each representing one of the six permanent Cirque shows in Las Vegas.

More information here (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/07/cirque-du-soleil-at-the-grove.html).
innerSpaceman
07-31-2009, 09:43 AM
OMG, guess who's hanging out at the Grove all day SUNDAY.
Ghoulish Delight
07-31-2009, 10:02 AM
Oh, THAT Grove, not the Anaheim Grove. That's cool.
innerSpaceman
07-31-2009, 10:20 AM
OUR Grove is THE mini-Las Vegas, complete with mini-Bellagio fountains!
cirquelover
07-31-2009, 10:44 AM
That looks so very cool!! I love that they have an area for the kids and a chance to talk to the performers. How I wish I was there, well except for Believe I suppose.

ISM if you really do go, could you please report back what acts you saw! I will be forever grateful:D
innerSpaceman
07-31-2009, 10:59 AM
Um, unless there's a tidal wave that comes 7 miles ashore, I'll be there.
innerSpaceman
08-02-2009, 10:03 PM
What a complete and total FAIL.
innerSpaceman
08-03-2009, 07:42 AM
ISM if you really do go, could you please report back what acts you saw! I will be forever grateful:D

That won't really be possible, as they didn't do acts from any show. There were costumes from the shows, and a few dance numbers and a couple of acrobatic featlets.

In truth, I didn't see them all. The 3 I did were beyond lame, the saddest non-things I've ever seen Cirque du Soleil not do.


If this was supposed to be a promotion for people to go to their aging retinue of overpriced Las Vegas shows, it was a Capital F fail.




Cirque du So Lame.
cirquelover
08-04-2009, 12:29 PM
I'm sad to hear that but not overly surprised. Considering, at least to me, Cirque has been going down hill for a while now!

Thanks for the report though!
innerSpaceman
08-04-2009, 12:43 PM
I really enjoyed Love, though it was really just choreography and pretty stuff with a little acrobatical thrown in occasionally. Most of my party liked it less, but I love The Beatles ... and I was really high.

I also liked Corteo a lot. So the last two shows I've been able to see have been good-to-great. Kooza's been out for nearly a year, but it won't be in L.A. till October. I haven't heard great things about it.

No doubt Cirque has likely passed its prime. But the sad mall thing was just pathetically unexpected.



They're opening a "permanent" show here in Hollywood next year. I really hope it doesn't suck.
Stan4dSteph
08-04-2009, 01:10 PM
I liked Kooza quite a bit, and the new one, Ovo, was really fun. I was smiling for the whole show. I might get tickets for the arena tour of Alegria. I loved that show when I saw it way back when.
CoasterMatt
08-04-2009, 02:24 PM
The show in Hollywood is supposed to be the one with Danny Elfman composing the music; a tribute to Hollywood.
innerSpaceman
08-04-2009, 02:31 PM
A tribute to Hollywood sounds like a gay recipe for kitchdaster, but a score by Elfman is always promising.
SzczerbiakManiac
08-04-2009, 02:45 PM
I dunno about my mo bros, but I'd love to see an all-male Cirque show! :evil:
innerSpaceman
08-04-2009, 02:50 PM
I was really happy they put back the homo act in Zumanity last time I saw it (especially since it was the time I sat in the front-row love seat with my equally drunk and appreciative homo lover).