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Cirque du Soleil Show to Open in New York
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The Cirque du Soleil’s new production Banana Shpeel will open on Broadway next month and is scheduled to play through May 30th of this year at the Beacon Theatre. Previews for this sure to be spectacular production will begin on March 17th. This new production from the well known and almost universally loved and respected company borrows performance styles from vaudeville and combines some of the traditional Cirque du Soleil performance style with elements of hip hop, comedy, tap, slapstick and more. This is certain to be a sell out production and theatre package information is available here and at information centers throughout the city and online.
The Cirque du Soleil is a Canadian company that is based in Montreal, Quebec. The company is self described as being a blend of theatrical circus acts and street performance. It was originally founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by Daniel Gauthier and Guy Laliberte, who themselves had been street performers. The company has grown and expanded and is now known and loved throughout the world. Each of their shows blends their circus style based performance technique with a unique story line. They also borrow and incorporate circus performance styles from around the world and use them in a particular theme or story.
They are a permanent fixture in Las Vegas and many people visit that gambling center for the sole purpose of seeing a Cirque du Soleil show. They have also won numerous awards and honors. Some of these include two Drama Desk Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Bambi Award among many others. Some of their standard permanent residency shows include Love, Zed, Mystere and Zumanity among many others. This upcoming New York production will be a succession of hilarious encounters woven into a continuous though wacky storyline.
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