a question

[Lord Adalbert]

Posted: 9/14/14 at 8:58pm

With Pippin selling fine. Does anyone think a Cirque will produce a show for Broadway. Like a Broadway Musical that uses Circus acrobatics? I know Pippin does not use Cirque.

Updated On: 9/14/14 at 08:58 PM

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 9/14/14 at 9:07pm

Guy Laliberté. I'm sure he knows.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 9/14/14 at 9:24pm

Anyone can ask Cirque du Soleil anything.

[Nateben2]

Posted: 9/15/14 at 3:48am

Well, they tried to win New York.

It's really difficult for a cirque style show to work in a union environment, they are more geared to two shows a day, five shows a week, plus 4 to 5 hours of training, which is very expensive in a union house. They would need to figure out an off site training / rehearsal location.

But the main difficulty, is the way the cirque style shows are put together is they don't require a strict narrative to move forward. They typically can move the evening forward with out a certain performance, or a certain act.

For a "play" or "musical" that's a little harder.

Part of the reason there was so much tension with Spiderman, was there was the camp that kept saying "well, they do this in Vegas/Cirque every day", which is true - but if the performer or the automation is out - the cut the act - and move forward. Harder to do with a narrative piece.