So, I don't get it. Everyone said we would love Absinthe. They said it was dirty and funny and I like dirty and funny. But the thing is that is just wasn't. Wasn't THAT dirty. And wasn't THAT funny. I also saw that there were no bad seats. But there were. We got same day tix and ended up in the 8th row behind a couple who decided to keep their heads on each other's shoulders the whole time. The seats were level with the row in front of us, so it was not good viewing. It was hard to see when things on the stage weren't raised up.
I recognize that many of the performers were quite talented. I really enjoyed the tightrope walkers. But there wasn't anything to string the show together and many of the jokes just fell flat for me.
I've seen this show compared with Zumanity, which we also saw and liked better. Not loved. But liked better. At least it was prettier to look at and we could see better.
I think that the (new) prices are part of the issue for me. We paid 75 for our seats through Tix4Tonite and I could not seem to find a better price than that. I paid 60 for Love tix through Summer of Cirque and there is just no way that Absinthe was a better show than Love.
I like dirty, but just dropping the f bomb isn't interesting. Louie CK--dirty and funny. Absinthe. Not.