![]() Her first hotel was acquired by the government as an atomic bomb test site, but, decades later, Boozy Skunkton has returned to take over the Kraken Music Hall, a hidden saloon bar in the heart of Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort. Could this become the wildest watering hole in Las Vegas? ![]() It’s described as “Blazing Saddles” meets “America’s Got Talent” meets “Westworld”. But we welcome the day when others will join us.The hotly anticipated show from Spiegelworld, the creators of Absinthe and OPM, is in Vegas. In Atlantic City, we are opening a new frontier with the first resident show in decades. We have now found that in Vegas with our own three shows. But I wonder if traditional Broadway audiences, maybe even Lord Lloyd-Webber, might be ready for a bit of a shock to the system?Ī hit show is good for other theatres on the block. We’ve taken creatives with Broadway pedigree and given them freedom to play.Ĭompared to the stodgy status quo two hours’ drive away, the levels of energy, variety, experimentation and fun are going to be exhausting. The Hook is a carefully choreographed melee of world class entertainment, food and drink, secret bars and immersive artwork, all rolled into a single experience under the roof of a brand-new purpose-built theater (reviving a magnificent century-old façade). Broadway used to do that for people, but the importance of experience is now being overlooked.Īs it happens, the apex of our mad extra-terrestrial experiment (so far) is going to be landing not too far from Broadway, in Atlantic City. We take you out of your comfort zone and into another world. Since then, we’ve developed a new form of live entertainment where circus, theater, comedy and music can all sit hand-in-hand and where the artistry (and fun) explodes off the stage into every facet of the production – food, drink, artwork, design, architecture, you name it. When we opened Absinthe in New York people went nuts because it felt like a breath of fresh air compared with the stuffy New York scene. ![]() I’ve spent my career rebelling against this kind of stasis. How can the world’s greatest live performance market be built on paying hundreds of dollars to cramp into an uncomfortable seat and watch either a stage adaptation of a kids’ film or a juke box musical while drinking cocktails from a $50 sippy cup? No wonder producers turn to jukebox musicals with song catalogs everyone knows.” The result? As Lloyd-Webber says: “No wonder musicals now feature small casts and minimal sets. Shows are eye-wateringly expensive to produce, so theaters and the few remaining producers with deep pockets avoid creative risks and try to appeal to the broadest possible audience.Īrtists making work (without gargantuan budgets) are forced to compromise creatively - even before you consider shortcomings of the experience of cramming into a 100 year-old theater with one bathroom. ![]() I’d summarize Lloyd Webber’s warning thus: I’ll take his critique one step further: Broadway is boring. It was refreshing, to see such an establishment paragon question the all-powerful sanctimony of the Great White Way in the New York Times. On Broadway, Andrew Lloyd-Webber built one of the most powerful live entertainment empires in history. “We’re also honored to have Sergei Kholodkhov as part of this troupe and his father-in-law Kostia Besstchetnyi, one of Russia’s legendary banquine acrobats who has lived and worked in Las Vegas since the 1990s, as head coach.” Ukraine produces more of the world’s best circus acrobats than almost any other country, and we want this act to be a celebration of that fact. Spiegelworld brings incredible artists from all around the world to Las Vegas. “Besides being an excellent pun on my favorite Weather Girls song, we chose the title ‘It’s Ukrainian Men’ in the spirit of pride and joy. “This is one of the most heart-stopping acrobatic acts we’ve ever produced, and it’s been inspiring to watch it take shape,” said Ross Mollison, Spiegelworld’s Impresario Extraordinaire. It is literally raining men inside the tent. Incredible strength and precise skills are required as the acrobats form human towers to propel each other over the heads of the audience without any safety harnesses. This is the largest-scale, most dangerous act ever performed in ABSINTHE’s 12-year history. Hallelujah!, the act features six Ukrainian acrobats along with a former World and European Champion, the Russian acro-flyer Sergei Kholodkhov. Watch the behind the scenes in our latest episode of #VegasHitShow and then see it in person at ABSINTHE #lasvegas. This remarkable new Spiegelworld act was more than two years in the making - and it is spectacular.
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