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| - For all the overly critical reviews here, I thoroughly enjoyed the show Panda! I also, like many apparently, received a pair of comp'ed tickets to the show at the Palazzo.
I'm sure you can read many of the specs in other reviews. The show is dark Wednesday and Thursday. Panda! runs roughly 80-90 minutes long. They have many photo opportunities along the outside, but certainly not in the theater during the show. (Which, by the way, should be common sense, people. These acrobats do some incredible stunts and balancing acts during the show and don't want some inconsiderate bonehead snapping their flash in their eyes because they "wanted a cool shot". For every 99 people who would be considerate enough to not use flash photography, there's always going to be that one who would not. So I understand just keeping them out altogether.)
We went on a Monday night and walked in around 7:15pm for the 7:30 start. The Palazzo Theater is a small, intimate theater. I was a little surprised at how small it was actually. The chairs weren't necessarily the most comfortable, but I've dealt with worse seating(As much as I love the show its self, Absinthe at Caesar's always comes to mind).
They actually upgraded us to the front row! Wow! Can't beat that!
As for the show, the stunts by the performers were pretty damn impressive and I found myself nervous for them on many occasions. Our hero, the Panda, is trying to win back his love, the rediculously flexible Peacock Princess, after she is kidnapped by a "demon vulture". He gets help from a Shaolin martial arts master who teaches him the art of kung fu.
Some of the best parts of the show are when the real monks come out and do their thing. Including one little pint sized monk who was just rediculously cute lol Seriously, you have to see this little guy!
They do keep the audience engaged and there were many interactive components to the show. In fact at one point, one of the performers came off the stage, performed a "magic trick" and handed my friend a little stuffed Panda. lol It was pretty amusing.
It IS a show that will make the kids happy, but I am in my mid 40's and I liked it a lot as well. I know people are going to think I'm either nuts or trolling, but I can honestly say that this show was better than Ka! Yes, that's right! Panda! is better than Ka! I'm serious. Ka!, the most overrated Cirque in all of history, bored me to tears and I loved this show.
The only thing I didn't care for was the constant pandering for applause. That got to be a bit much after a while. Other than that though, I think it's a great show for people of all ages..so I give it..
4 stars.
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