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| - I couldn't find tickets at one of the "Tix 4 Tonight" booths that sell tickets for shows at much better prices than the shows' box offices, so I went to the Beatles LOVE box office and plunked down $140 for a fairly standard ticket (I was in the back but as other people have mentioned it doesn't really matter where you sit because the auditorium is designed well and you can see pretty well from any seat).
So the show starts, and after the first number that lasted about 3 minutes, an announcer announced over the speaker system that there would be a temporary interruption or something. I thought it might be part of the show. They started playing some non Beatles muzak while everyone just kind of glanced around wondering what was going on. After 10 minutes I knew this wasn't part of the act. By the 15 minute mark people were getting up and walking out. At the 20 minute mark (I'm pretty sure that's how long it was but I didn't time it with my watch), I had decided I'd had enough also and was getting ready to leave...and then of of course the lights dimmed and the show picked up where it left off. I was a bit miffed that for the amount of money I spent on my ticket ($140 ain't cheap) that I had that experience. Once again, I told myself, venues can't get it right every time, so I bit my lip and stayed for the show.
Unfortunately, my mood had been a little soured by the interruption. The rest of the show was pretty much as the other reviews have described. The dancers and performers obviously make the show. Their feats are unbelievable. If you think about just how difficult it must be for them to be pulling off what they do you can appreciate the show more. Most people can't lift their leg past their knee, and these people are trapeezing 40 feet in the air, flying all around each other, landing in car windows, stuff no human should be able to do but they seem to do it with ease. Very cool.
As for the music, it is good. They must have remastered all of the tunes because it sounds better than if the Fab 4 were down there doing their thing in person. Also very cool. Those two things are the only things that pull my review up to 4 stars, it otherwise would have been 3.
So, if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't go unless I found discounted tickets. If you are a Beatles fan, you will of course love the music. Other than that it wasn't that amazing of an experience, but as I said, watching the Cirque was something else.
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