It’s wild. And silly. And sexy. It’s Opium, the variety show at The Cosmopolitan that defies a quick description. Ostensibly about an outer space trip in which you, the guest, are the passenger, Opium performs in a petite theater in the round that shares a common entrance with the new Superfrico restaurant. The show is produced by Spiegelworld, which also has the shows Absinthe at Caesars Palace and The Atomic Saloon Show at The Grand Canal Shoppes, and just reopened after a hiatus due to the global pandemic.
The show presents a number of neat circus-style acts, including a balancing pair who also have a great sense of rhythm. The area for performances is so compact that it seems as if you could reach out and touch the artists, which makes each act more impressive. Here, one man flips another over and over incredibly quickly with his feet.
Another passenger escapes from a straitjacket while lip-syncing, and yet another demonstrates her skills in plate-spinning. Who knew it took such talent to get the pottery a rollicking? I do now. And one of the neatest things you’ll see all night is a man who blows bubbles, from simple soap spheres to smoke-filled towers and unbelievable geometric forms.
Almost as neat is the ship’s resident sex robot, because there’s one common thread, sex, among most of the characters and storylines in this voyage to Uranus. (Yes, that choice of destination is oh-so-deliberate). From an ingenue to a stalwart captain, they are all obsessed, but in a laugh-out-loud way. In fact, when you see the wardrobe malfunction of a hirsute honey, you’ll probably spit your pizza out. (Opium audience members can order pies and drinks from Superfrico to enjoy during the show.)
By the time it ends, all are satisfied, from the characters who were looking for love to the paying passengers who’ve been entertained the whole voyage.
The Cosmopolitan, spiegelworld.com/opium
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