A lot of people are hoping Cirque du Soleil’s “Viva Elvis” will be good for a lot of reasons.
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The “V” does stand for variety. In a given day at the V Theater, you can throw it down at an Italian-American wedding or relive the Beatles and Motown.
After weeks of writing about shows and theater closings, it’s refreshing to have a column’s worth of, well, if not new construction, at least some encouraging activity to refurbish ballrooms, old lounges and showrooms.
Michael Laygo, in a gleaming white blazer, sings “The Impossible Dream” and stretches “the un-r-e-a-c-h-able star” until the audience can hold its breath no more.
So now we’re going to have two costumed rock “Legends”-type shows, with one of them moving back into the Harmon Theater, which filed for bankruptcy protection this week.
Puppeteers hide behind their work, so there is no reason why you should know it’s Michael Curry who brought forth crab monsters from the sand in “Ka” or bunnies to terrorize Criss Angel in “Believe.”
The Showgirl is almost gone, and it adds extra resonance to nearly everything Bette Midler says onstage.
The future of the Steve Wyrick Theatre is up in the air, but it’s pretty clear we won’t be calling it that anymore.