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| - Just saw Viva ELVIS March 2nd and it was the first Cirque show I have ever seen. I have done theater in the past (singing, acting and dancing), so I always appreciate the effort it takes to create and rehearse for a show. And acrobatics are cool to a certain extent, but I am not a tricks junkie. I'd much rather see great acting and great dancing. Another reviewer took the words out of my mouth: "I'm not a very big Cirque fan to begin with, but I do appreciate their athleticism." The main reason I went is because we had comped tickets and I am an Elvis fan.
I liked the opening numbers but started getting bored maybe 45 minutes into the show (it runs about 90 minutes). Acrobatics are cool, but you can only jump on a trampoline and do acrobatic poses so much. Dancing was mediocre at best. Also I am an Elvis purist, so I did not care for some of the versions of his songs. They do play his voice singing for all the songs (much better than some impersonator) but there were a couple duets with females that made my skin crawl; they succeed in making the lyrics to his beautiful love songs sound cheesy.
I guess the biggest issue with the show was something that my boyfriend got to say before I did: it felt very forced, as if they were just using Elvis as an excuse to do tricks. I get that Cirque is all about acrobatics and such, but I felt that they did not blend the two well.
There was a western number with guys swinging flaming lassos around that was impressive. The ending numbers include the male cast members in funky Elvis jumpsuits while the women are in traditional Vegas showgirl attire, and that was pretty fun. There was also a ballet number thrown in and I felt that was the most random part of the show, definitely could have done without it (not on a personal level, just that it didn't fit into the show).
We sat in the nosebleeds, the second to last row in the theater, but as it turns out I felt that those were some of the best seats in the house; we were not extremely far from the stage. We were pretty much in the middle, and being that high up we were able to see the stage easily as well as all the things going on way above the stage (people drop drown from above and have routines way up in the air) without having to turns our heads way up like people in more expensive seats would have had to.
I REALLY liked the theater though. The seats are so comfortable, no seat is very far from the stage, and the sound quality was perfect. It was not too loud as one might expect any large show to be, and it was crystal clear. I would definitely return to see a show in this theater.
At the end of the day, I'm glad I got to see this for free since I would not have paid $100+ for it, but 2 stars since overall I wasn't greatly impressed with the show. It doesn't really make me want to see a different Cirque show, but considering all the Cirque fans that didn't like this particular show perhaps I will see one some day.
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