According to a recent press release, Cirque du Soleil and Madison Square Garden Entertainment will present an as yet named theater production specifically for the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York City! An excerpt follows:
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NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /CNW Telbec/ – Madison Square Garden Entertainment and Cirque Du Soleil have announced a joint partnership to present New York’s very first theater production of Cirque Du Soleil at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. The announcement was made today by Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil; Hank Ratner, vice chairman of Madison Square Garden and Cablevision Systems Corporation; and Jay Marciano, president, Madison Square Garden Entertainment. The yet unnamed Cirque production is being created specifically for the Theater at Madison Square Garden and will run for ten weeks, each winter, beginning in 2007 for the next four years.
While creative details of the show will be announced in the new year, it will have a narrative thread and storyline designed to present the theme of Winter. The creative team will use traditional stage techniques and the very latest in theater technology to bring the audience of nearly 5,000 as close as possible to the performers. There will be an emphasis on color, music and comedy as well as the customary circus arts the public has come to expect from Cirque du Soleil.
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{ Source – CNW Telebec: Nov.20.2006 }
