{"id":27426,"date":"2021-04-21T14:52:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T21:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=27426"},"modified":"2024-10-25T08:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T15:14:47","slug":"cirque-du-soleil-sets-return-dates-for-o-mystere-and-blue-man-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/cirque-du-soleil-sets-return-dates-for-o-mystere-and-blue-man-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Cirque du Soleil Sets Return Dates for “O,” “Mystere” and Blue Man Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Three popular Cirque du Soleil shows are reopening in Las Vegas after more than a year.<\/p>\n

“Mystere,” the one we get mixed up with “Ka,” returns to Treasure Island on June 28, 2021.<\/p>\n

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“Mystere” was first performed on Dec. 25, 1993. How it’s run that long truly is a mystere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“O,” the water one, reopens at Bellagio, the water one, on July 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

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“O” has earned more than a billion dollars since it opened Oct. 17, 1998. Damn right, it’s reopening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blue Man Group (yes, that’s a Cirque show, in case you missed the memo) returns to Luxor on June 24, 2021.<\/p>\n

By our estimate, Las Vegas has been 31 percent less weird without Blue Man Group. And not in a good way.<\/p>\n

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Blue Man Group splatters about 50 gallons of paint on audience members each week. Panchos are provided.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Quite a few shows have reopened on the Las Vegas Strip, but they aren’t Cirque shows, and as we’ve said before, Las Vegas isn’t really Las Vegas without Cirque.<\/p>\n

Here’s a quick guide to all the Cirque shows in Las Vegas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s been a bumpy ride for Cirque du Soleil recently. The company filed bankruptcy during the pandemic, but had accumulated nearly a billion dollars in debt<\/a> even prior to the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n

A series of poor management decisions (“R.U.N.” at Luxor was a $70 million trainwreck<\/a>) tanked the company financially, but the good news is Cirque du Soleil is now has new, more competent, leadership. Just kidding. Same guy in charge.<\/p>\n

Also, former MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren is onboard. Jim Murren is the guy who turned Monte Carlo’s $80 million a year earnings into $62 million after spending $550 million on a rebrand to Park MGM. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n

Our horrible attitude aside, we’re thrilled to share Cirque is back!<\/p>\n

These larger-than-life shows are intertwined with Las Vegas, and these performers, some of the most talented in the world, need to mount the stage again.<\/p>\n

Which isn’t as dirty as it sounds.<\/p>\n

Let’s Cirque again!<\/p>\n

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