While getting a picture of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign has long been one of those “musts” for vacationers, seeing a Cirque du Soleil production may be even more so. And this week sees the return of the longest-running Cirque show in Vegas, Mystère.
With a loose modeling on a traditional circus, the show starts with a clown teasing the crowd, stealing popcorn and seats, then progresses to a whirlwind of center-ring action. Cirque’s signature, inventive costumes nearly steal the show, with birds, lizards and jungle creatures coexisting with even more fanciful characters such as the “double faces”—it’s sometimes hard to know which side is the front and which is the back. An array of acrobats in those wild costumes shimmy up and down poles, fling each other through the air, use aerial straps, perform a wicked balancing act, and bungee jump across the stage. And the stage! Parts of it rise, fall and move to release the denizens beneath. Musicians provide a variety of effects; the taiko drum segment is super-moving.
By the end of the show, your popcorn may be gone, but your wonder will not.
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