Canada’s Globe and Mail has a couple of interesting passages regarding Viva Elvis’ closure, slated to occur at the end of 2012:
Viva Elvis’s lack of successis relative, though. Since the show began in December, 2009, it has been seen by one million people over nearly 900 performances. However, Cirque’s dominance in Las Vegas is so strong that Aria Resort was hoping for a packed house every show.
Aria’s theatre was 60-per-cent full on average for Viva Elvis. This compares to 99-per-cent occupancy for Cirque du Soleil’s water-themed show O and its Beatles-musical tribute Love. Those shows have been running 13 years at the Bellagio casino and five years at The Mirage, respectively.
And the 19-year-old production of Mystère still fills 82 per cent or more at Las Vegas’s Treasure Island Resort, according Cirque du Soleil’s senior director of public relations Renée-Claude Menard.
Viva Elvis has received mixed reviews, although Lamarre characterized the cancellation by Aria as “simply a business decision.” An extended break had been planned early next year to revamp the production. Instead, the show will be only halted briefly between Feb. 4-11, and a new acrobatic act will be added. Lamarre said the company will try to move many of the artists and crew to other productions after the show ends late next year.
See it while you can!
Read the original article here.
{ SOURCE: The Globe and Mail }
