(Cirque du) ‘Batman Live’ coming in October
Looks like Cirque du Soleil got beat to the (Pow!) punch on the Best. Idea. Ever: a Batman-themed Cirque.
The good news is someone else is doing it. "Batman Live" will play the Thomas & Mack Center Oct. 3-7 and it looks like the Best. Show. Ever.
See for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/user/BatmanLiveTour
Tickets go on sale Friday. Even though it will be another bat-mania summer with "The Dark Knight Rises" movie, the Thomas & Mack folks say they won’t be able to promote this show during the summer, lest there be confusion between Christopher Nolan’s dark, gritty take on Batman and … this.
The creative director, Anthony Van Laast, has Las Vegas ties. He was one of the directors on Siegfried & Roy’s show at The Mirage and then worked on "EFX" at the MGM Grand.