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March 19, 2007
Cirque du Soleil to Add New Show at Luxor With 'Mindfreak' Cris Angel
Posted by HunterOk, so this isn't really a surprise. This has been rumored and semi-confirmed for months.
After the fall of 'Hairspray', Luxor officials were looking for something to fill their theater and they tapped their friends from Canada to help.
This show will feature the 'magic' tricks of illusionist Cris Angel. I've never seen him perform but I've heard he is quite good and far less annoying than David Blane.
Expect more details from MGM Mirage soon and a show to open early 2008. Production cost is supposedly about $100 million.
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- Nichol recently commented "I personally find Cris Angel to be completely annoying, but there is no den..." in Cirque du Soleil to Add New Show at Luxor With 'Mindfreak' Cris Angel
- mike_ch recently commented "So what're they gonna call this one? Cirque do Soleil: Freakshow? This guy..." in Cirque du Soleil to Add New Show at Luxor With 'Mindfreak' Cris Angel
- Hunter recently commented "You just don't want to wear nice shoes. I know your story...." in Cirque du Soleil to Add New Show at Luxor With 'Mindfreak' Cris Angel
- Five Hundy recently commented "Everybody knows magic is just another word for witchcraft and, quite frankl..." in Cirque du Soleil to Add New Show at Luxor With 'Mindfreak' Cris Angel
- Mike E recently commented "On the contrary, I find him *more* annoying than David Blane. But than agai..." in Cirque du Soleil to Add New Show at Luxor With 'Mindfreak' Cris Angel
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This could be cool. Luxor needs a good show to generate traffic. If done well, and I am sure CDS will do a great job, I think this might be a big hit. Love was much better than I expected, and I am not even a Beatles fan, but the show is fantastic. I look forward to seeing what they can do with a magic act. I miss the big production magic shows, like S&R. Though it may have gotten dated towards the end of its run, it was a fantastic show, and light years ahead of anything else when it opened.
On the contrary, I find him *more* annoying than David Blane. But than again, I can't think of a single magician that doesn't get on my nerves with their exaggerated gyrations and Claudia Schiffer girlfriends, but I digress...
It'll no doubt be an unquestionable hit.
Everybody knows magic is just another word for witchcraft and, quite frankly, witchcraft scares me. I disapprove.
You just don't want to wear nice shoes. I know your story.
So what're they gonna call this one? Cirque do Soleil: Freakshow?
This guy's "style" is the kind of stuff that causes most normal people to crawl out of their skin. It's nice to see he stopped hanging by flesh hooks and moved onto more publically-acceptable crazyness, but eew.
I'm not planning to see this one, but then I've found 2/3rds of the more experimental, less traditional Crique shows to be acceptable (yeah, Love disappointed me as a Cirque fan, but as a Beatles fan I thought it was alright.)
Still... Eh.
I personally find Cris Angel to be completely annoying, but there is no denying this guy is an amazing illusionist. CDS is always an incredible show. I'll make the travel plans to come see this for sure.