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Blue Man
Group - Live at Luxor", takes place at the 1,200 seat
state-of-the-art Luxor Theatre and contains a hybrid of new material
and "signature" pieces from Blue Man Group productions in
New York, Boston and Chicago. Blue
Man Group founders Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton and Chris Wink headed
West with the ambitious goal of taking both their show and the city of
Las Vegas to a whole new level. Blue Man Group's mission in Las Vegas
is exemplified by one of the new pieces; in it, the Blue Man character
brings an enormous neon-like landscape to life, and transforms it into
the site of an intense "techno-tribal" ritual. Stanton
explains, "When the Blue Man takes the neon sign and turns it
into something else, something primal, exciting and unexpected, this
mirrors our goal of transforming the Las Vegas scene by bringing an
uncharacteristic and innovative experience to the Strip."
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Music
plays an even larger role in the Vegas production than it has in
previous Blue Man Group shows. "Blue Man Group: Live at Luxor"
features a number of the new musical instruments developed by Blue Man
Group for their debut album, "Audio", including Back Pack
Tubulums (pronounced "tube-you-lums"), Airpoles and the
three-story high Drum Wall. Blue Man Group's band, which currently
consists of three musicians, has expanded to seven. The sound system
includes the latest innovations in surround sound technology. The
result, according to Wink, is that "the music in the Vegas show
reaches a level of tribal density that until now, Blue Man Group has
only hinted at."
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