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| - I went for this on July 9, 2011 at 9:30pm.
The most important thing you'll walk away with after reading most of these Yelp reviews: DO NOT GO INTO THIS EXPECTING A TYPICAL CIRQUE DU SOLEIL. THIS SHOW IS FOR CRISS ANGEL FANS ONLY.
This show has gone through multiple iterations, each time shaving off the elements of Cirque du Soleil (the dance, the music, the acrobatics), and adding more Criss Angel. Not necessarily a good thing, considering how obnoxious, rude, and narcissistic he is. Also, he does a piss poor job of captivating his audience which makes his "magic" very dull and most of what should've been climactic points fell flat. This show definitely left much to be desired.
I sat dead center in one of the first few rows and these two guys directly to my left clapped the loudest, laughed the loudest, and kept yelling in loud voices that the show was "so awesome" and "the best they'd ever seen in their whole lives." I honestly think you'd either have to be paid to say those things, or be closely related to Criss Angel. I'm thinking they were planted there to fill the empty seats.
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Assuming you're looking for a true Cirque du Soleil experience.....
If I could do it all over again, I'd save the best for last and do it in the following order: 1.) Zumanity, 2.) Mystere 3.) Love, 4.) Ka, 5.) Le Reve, 6.) O -
SKIP BELIEVE.
I also have no idea how IRIS was discontinued, but BELIEVE is still running and surviving.
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