Speaking of the Beatles, on Saturday night I took in a performance of Cirque du Soleil's
Love at the Mirage, and I have to say, I was pretty disappointed. The music was amazing--don't get me wrong. The new mixes of classic Beatles tunes were quite extraordinary at times, but this was a Cirque du Soleil show, and as such, it totally fell under their usual mark of awe-inspiring excellence. It was the first time where the music was more important than the SHOW, and so all they did was just dress their performers up in costumes and let them do little interpretive dances all over the stage while the music played. BORING! There were a few really cool moments ("Octopuss' Garden" being one of them), but by and large, this Cirque show was very flat. If you have the chance to pick up the soundtrack, do so, but skip the show. The music is better.
