Archive for June, 2006

  • Cirque a Success in Seattle!

    Cirque a Success in Seattle!

    Chris Winters, a Journal Reporter for the King County Journal in the Seattle area, wrote a brief article about Cirque du Soleil’s run of Varekai. The article is a fascinating read; if you’re interested, visit the King County Journal: Some highlights include: o) The show was such a success that Cirque du Soleil will return [...]

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  • How Cirque emails its clients

    How Cirque emails its clients

    On June 1, 2006, Marketing Sherpa released a case study on Cirque du Soleil’s email marketing program. It’s a very interesting read and a wonderful behind-the-scenes look into CirqueClub processes. The case study is available in full print below; however, click the link to see the original article. SUMMARY Are you trying to improve your email [...]

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  • ‘The Beatles’ head to Vegas for 10 years

    ‘The Beatles’ head to Vegas for 10 years

    LAS VEGAS, Nev., June 25 (UPI) — The Cirque du Soleil version of the Beatles, called “Love,” opens in Las Vegas June 30, with remastered music for an expected 10-year run. The acrobatic troupe from Canada has teamed up with Beatles’ original producer, Sir George Martin and his son Giles, for the $150 million production, The [...]

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  • LOVE in London?

    LOVE in London?

    GEORGE HARRISON’s widow OLIVIA is relieved THE BEATLES-inspired Cirque du Soleil show has finally made it to the stage after a string of venue changes. Olivia admits LOVE, which opened this month (JUN06) at The Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada, was originally supposed to be a London production, but got moved twice before opening. She says, “When [...]

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  • Comedian Kathy Griffin on Cirque

    Comedian Kathy Griffin on Cirque

    “I’m sorry. I can’t stand it. Here’s why. I don’t want to see a French-Canadian clown slowly rolling a beach ball across the stage for 5 minutes while saying, ‘ye-yay-yay.’” That’s okay Kathy… We don’t want to see a D-list comedian rant-and-rave about nothing in particular for 5 minutes while pretending we’re listening either. a2a_config.linkname="Comedian [...]

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