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| - All my friends were out gambling and I simply couldn't bring myself to sit in a smoky casino watching them get glassy-eyed while I watched.
8:55 - decide to see a show. Wearing robe and no makeup.
8:56 - consult Yelp
8:57 - call the O box office, it's sold out
8:59 - call the Love box office - if I can get there in 15 minutes I can get 1/2 price tickets for the 9:30 show
9:05 - jump in a cab (fully dressed with makeup)
9:10 - get dropped off at the Mirage
9:15 - find the box office, buy my half-price ticket
9:20 - grab a Starbucks (no booze, I'm old!)
9:24 - settle into my seat
9:30 - watch a beautiful, emotional, exquisitely choreographed darling of a show in an intimate (by Vegas standards, anyway) theater.
I'm waffling between 4 and 5 stars because really liked the show but I was hoping to see more of the showy aerials of the other Cirque productions. Yes, I read the other reviews so I knew that it was light on those aspects but I still left a smidgen (just a smidgen!) disappointed.
But what is there is gorgeous and I love any production where there is not a single performer or backstage person dialing it in. Everything (dancing, effects, props, acting, sound) was of the highest caliber.
That seals it. 5 stars for love.
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