Mike Weatherford of the Las Vegas Review-Journal is no stranger to reviewing Cirque du Soleil shows. Just after the new Year, Mr. Weatherford took a look back at the creation of LOVE:
- “Love” was the easiest of Cirque du Soleil’s six missions on the Strip, except for that one detail: living up to the expectations of everyone who grew up with the Beatles.
First, the easy part. In all other Cirque titles, the music supports the action. Here, it’s the opposite. After cutting a landmark deal with the Beatles organization, the band’s entire catalog was handed over to cherry-pick and remix for a theater-in-the-round with 6,000 speakers. New details emerge from old favorites with stunning clarity.
With that head start, the company could have thrown a few psychedelic costumes on a few acrobats and rang up the gift-shop receipts for years to come.
Find out what he thinks of the show now; read the full article here
{ SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal }
