As previously rumored, Cirque du Soleil’s Mystère will be receiving a couple of gifts from ZED, set to close New Years Eve in Tokyo:
Two “Zed” acts then will be incorporated into “Mystere,” giving Cirque’s oldest Las Vegas show its biggest changes since it opened at Treasure Island on Christmas Day of 1993.
Cirque already has announced a third “Zed” act will be folded into “Viva Elvis” for its final year. This parceling of performers out to other Cirques casts new wrinkles upon rumors that “Zed” in its entirety will replace “Elvis” at Aria.
“They’re not taking it back. We’re keeping ours,” jokes “Mystere” artistic director David Gomez.
The big change to “Mystere” will be replacing the closing high-bar trapeze act.
The new Mexican troupe has nine fliers and three catchers who are positioned upside down. One of the flying men can do a quadruple somersault, and one of the women can do a triple.
A solo aerialist who wraps herself in a vertical tissue of silk also will be folded into “Mystere” without replacing an existing act.
The notion of refreshing “Mystere” has been talked about since at least 2007. But it stayed on the back burner until Treasure Island became an independently owned hotel, with a separate agenda from the big-picture one of MGM Resorts, landlord of the other six Las Vegas Cirques.
“The hotel has been discussing with Cirque the idea of making some changes. We did it not too long ago with ‘La Nouba’ (at Walt Disney World),” Gomez says.
“When the opportunity came along with ‘Zed,’ I think it just opened up a window for us and we took advantage of it.”
“Mystere” goes dark from Jan. 12 until its Feb. 11 reopening with the new content and different music to score it. …
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{ SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal }
