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| - I've seen this show four times now under various circumstances, and each time, it never fails to impress.
Granted, the Beatles were before "my time", but I have always been a fan of their music, and the visual world that they created through their music. "LOVE" brings that vision to life.
There's so many things to cover about LOVE: The music, the theatrics, the representations of the songs,the realizations of characters from the songs, the side "cameos" from the Beatles... it gives the viewer the feeling that they are taking part in a live musical concert where the Beatles are still doing their thing in the present time. The suspension of disbelief isn't difficult: The sound system is incredible. Music flows around the theater, from within the audience seats, and there is always something going on at every angle.
Seeing the show multiple times isn't boring at all as I still catch things that I hadn't seen from previous performances.
Everything is meticulously set up in the theater. Even the lobby outside is just wonderful to walk around in and behold all of the detail and care put into everything. My recent favorite is the addition of a Blue Meanie in the gift shop. I've had to curtail my fantasies of somehow kidnapping it and putting it into my home, but visiting it is almost as good (almost).
Even the beverages in the lobby, while somewhat pricey, are big, and will definitely put you in a great mindset to enjoy the show.
LOVE was THE show that I had to see when I heard of its opening, and still remains one of my favorite Cirque shows. Even though Cirque has begun to shy away from its whimsical storytelling of old to focus on musical legends these days, this is one that I don't mind seeing again whenever the opportunity presents itself.
After all, all you need is love....
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