The magic in Criss Angel’s new show on the Strip is to arrive from two performers: Angel himself and Chloe Crawford. This is the overarching message from the casting of Angel’s “Mindfreak Live!” at Luxor opening May 11. The new show supplants “Believe,” which is closing April 17. “Mindfreak Live!” is designed to carry Angel through the remainder of his contract with Cirque du Soleil at the hotel, which runs through October 2018. In the announcement of the show, Angel has elevated Crawford to the role of co-star, and it is clear that these two will deliver the magic. But there is a large ensemble in this production, too.
Making up that crew:
Comic actor Mateo Amieva (Maestro from “Believe”), Penny Wiggins (who long portrayed Psychic Tanya, the daffy sidekick of The Amazing Johnathan), “tricking” artist Chase Jarvis, dancer/acrobat Daniel Torres, dancer Michelle DiTerlizzi (late of “Peepshow,” “Vegas! The Show” and Holly Madison’s 1923 Bourbon & Burlesque at Mandalay Bay), acrobat Tatiana Mayarov, dancer Daymara Sibat, hand balancer/acrobat Denys Tolstov, acrobat Josh Spencer, dancer Maila Aberg and musicians/video jockeys DJeff and Del Cheetah.
That lineup is charged with helping Angel convey the autobiographical story from his days as a kid in New York to the “Mindfreak” TV show through to the Las Vegas stage. Angel is ramping up the production with all variety of advanced video, stage technology and new acts, with Crawford and he performing amid a series of dancers and acrobatic artists.
{ SOURCE: The Las Vegas Sun | http://goo.gl/xz24WU }
