From the LA Times:
If the new Cirque du Soleil tribute to Michael Jackson, “Immortal,” confirms one thing, it’s that the King of Pop’s presence, even in death, sure can rile up a crowd. Every time the late singer’s image popped on-screen during the show’s Las Vegas premiere on Saturday night, whether as a tyke with a golden voice as part of the Jackson 5 or as a Thriller with a sequined glove and a miraculous body for dance, the sold-out venue erupted, if only for a snapshot moment.
But clips of Jackson being MJ, however magnetic, can’t sustain an hour-and-a-half show dedicated to his music, nor can a dancing Bubbles the chimpanzee, big-Afroed J5 impersonators, a baffling mid-show cello solo, a sexy contortionist act atop a children’s book, groups of synchronized mummies in hoop skirts and, most curiously, a life-sized dancing glove that looked more like a half-dead starfish.
Read more of the LA Times’ Review of MJ The Immortal here.
And for an alternate take, check out Mike Weatherford’s review in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
{ SOURCE: La Times / Las Vegas Review-Journal }
