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| - This is my first time in Vegas, and my third show. My wife and I went to Divas our first night here and scored free tix to the Nathan Burton show so we figured we'd try it out. The free seats were sold out by the time we got there, so we ended up paying $15 each. For $15 we figured it was worth a shot to see the show. (little did we know...)
First of all, the theater had the worst seating of all the shows we have seen, including Absinthe (and those are uncomfortable seats!). It is so packed together like sardines, I kept bumping into people around me just while sitting watching the show! Terrible. They couldn't have packed more chairs in that theatre, I'm not convinced it wasn't already breaking fire code.
The worst part of the whole show was the beginning. There was a cool performance by this guy that was dressed like a backstage crew and was sweeping the floor then did a Stomp style dance. That was cool. But then they put up a slideshow of all the photographs of the audience members they'd taken outside. Like a disney ride when they take your photo then you can pay for it afterwards. This had the beautiful (*cough cough) backdrop of the casino with ugly carpet. Seriously, it was a slideshow on the big screen of everyone's photo. So dumb.
Then came the giant commerical with blaring music on the big screens. Like, seriously, why are we watching a Nathan Burton commercial when we've already paid and are in the theater?! This was using up time as it was already after 4pm. So dumb.
Then came the show itself. He wasn't funny - they need to take out the comedian part and just call it a magic show. And, the magic was the same exact act over and over and over again. Scantily clad showgirls dance around. Box comes on stage. Person goes in box. Person disappears. Person reappears. Ta da! Over and over and over again. With the showgirls dancing around between every act to clearly take up time. There were two 'mind-reading' acts in addition but that was the only variety to Burton's act. I kept checking my watch to see when this was over. Not soon enough was the answer.
The only redeeming quality to this afternoon were the 'guest performers'. The juggler was fantastic. If he hadn't come on stage at that time, I'm sure we would have left. He was funny to both kids and grown-ups. He was talented. He was amusing. He did cool stuff. He had hilarious audience participation. I'd pay to see him again. And there were two russian acrobats/strong men that did cool lifts and feats of pure strength. They were cool. Very similar to the Absinthe performers from the night before, but very cool nonetheless.
And, then Nathan came on stage at one point to encourage us to buy his dvd etc. It felt like a giant commercial. You know what? If I saw a show and loved it, I would look for the DVDS when I walked outside. I wouldn't need a commercial.
Waste of time.
I hope the juggler gets his own show!
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