Posted: 1/20/20 at 8:46pm
Put in with the "Ka is the best" category as well. While it has a few slow moments due to transitions between the technical elements, those tech elements are MINDBLOWING. The music is good, the costumes are good, and it's the rare time that the plot line of the show is VERY clear and easy to follow.
Of the others I have seen, I REALLY loved LOVE. And this is from a person that is not a big Beatles fan. It fully embraces the theme and runs with it to make it into a psychedelic wonderland for the senses. Highly recommend it as the second best I have seen out there.
ONE is....... well if you like MJ you might like it? I didn't hate it but it just doesn't feel like a Cirque show. It focuses a LOT on dance, which is appopirate for a show based on MJ but it therefore lacks the specticle of the others. I will admit though that it's got the best pre-show gimmick of any Cirque I have ever seen.
The traditional "clown" act is performers playing paparazzi that hound and chase patrons around the lobby and the theatre with camera and then some photos they take end up projected onto the show curtain with outrageous tabloid headlines. It's VERY well in theme with the life and controversies of MJ.
I know a lot of people that praise Mystere but by far it is my LEAST favorite Cirque show. Not just in Vegas but over all. I just could not enjoy it. That damn snail. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT SNAIL!?
I have not seen any of the others but I have heard poor things about Zumanity more then good and O I have been told is VERY overrated.