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| - And another update! I saw Jreamz again and I'm still really impressed by it. Plus, the guys changed the ending of the show since I saw it a couple of months ago, to one that is upbeat and fun and doesn't end so abruptly. Nice job, guys! Great hip hop music, great choreography, great miming, great dancing, and great pace from start to finish. I know others think just as highly of Jreamz. Overheard at the show: "That was dope!" (re: Street Fighter scene) and "That was awesome!" (while exiting after the show). Bumping this up from four to five stars :)
This was my last review from a couple months ago:
Gotta update this review once again since there have been some changes to this show, such as:
* Venue: The Jabbawockeez are back at MGM Grand, where it all started for them in Las Vegas. They now have their own theater, which I believe they share with Beacher's Madhouse. The theater is bigger than it looks in pictures, but it's definitely the smallest of all the venues they've called home over the last six years. To enter the theater, you have to go through their store, which has also changed and leads me to talking about their new...
* Store: It really is barebones and has a more limited selection than their old store at Luxor. It is all so very plain inside and could use more pizzazz in my eyes, or at least more merchandise!
* Show: Jreamz is shorter than Mus.i.C. and Prism at only about an hour or so in length, though there are some elements that have been carried over from their previous shows. They still have pre-show entertainment, which involves a Jabbawockeez "security guard" who interacts with fans as they wait for the show to begin. No thanks to you, Mr. Jabba security, for faking me out on that fist bump! :p (By the way, if you are sitting in the front, you can't see all the interaction taking place in the theater unless you turn around in your seat.). They still have gags that I think would seem to go over better with young audience members than grown folk. In fact, quite a few gags fell flat in front of the audience I was in, which was comprised mostly of adults. Also, some dance routines have carried on over to Jreamz from Mus.i.C., possibly from Prism as well but I don't remember that show as much. I didn't see the Jabbawockeez show at Universal Studios, but from videos I've seen, Jreamz actually seems almost identical to their show at Universal Halloween Horror Nights.
My favorite act is still the segment in the middle that involves audience participation. I was lucky enough to attend a show on a night when Do-Knock from Super Cr3w was one of the Jabba's starring in that segment. He is EXCELLENT as a mime, really silly and funny, and is such a versatile and talented dancer. It was a bit of a long segment as others have mentioned, but didn't seem as long as the one in Prism. It maybe also helped that the female who was brought up on stage the night I went seemed likable and fun.
Overall, I would have to say Mus.i.C. was my favorite of all three Jabbawockeez shows, but I do like Jreamz better than Prism. It's a small-scale production with few special effects, but I liked the pacing of this show. So good, in fact, I wish the show were a bit longer! It seemed to have ended abruptly and kind of went out with a whimper, just like Prism. The good thing is, with it being so short, it leaves plenty of time to go out to dinner after or even see another show (if you go to the 7pm show). And for non night owls like myself you can get to bed at a decent hour :p
As far as seating and ticketing, there isn't any info on the different seating categories on the MGM website. They are supposed to have VIP packages which include meet and greet with a few masked cast members, but that information is nowhere to be found online. Personally, I would pass on it as most of the cast are not original Jabbawockeez or Super Cr3w members - those are the guys I became fans of many years ago. Still, while it's not the same for me without those guys, the dancers they currently have performing in their show are good enough to watch, and I would go and see Jreamz again (as opposed to Prism which I only saw once).
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