Cirque du Soleil's Banana Shpeel, a Mashup of Vaudeville, Circus and Theatre, Opens in NYC May 19
By Kenneth Jones, 19 May 2010
Forget the Big Apple. New York City is the Big Banana on May 19. At least that's what Cirque du Soleil would like you to believe on the opening day of Banana Shpeel, the troupe's new vaudeville-style theatrical show with circus acts.
Previews began April 29 at the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The show has been going through retooling since its world premiere in Chicago in fall 2009, and it's finally ripe.
David Shiner (star and co-creator of the Tony Award-winning Fool Moon) is Banana Shpeel's writer and director.
Banana Shpeel is billed as "a roller coaster mix of styles that blends intense choreography, crazy comedy and distinctive acrobatic acts. The show offers a diverse spectrum of performances including tap, hip-hop and eccentric dance, slapstick comedy and Cirque du Soleil acrobatic acts — plus madcap characters spreading chaos in all directions."read more at: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139638-Cirque-du-Soleils-Banana-Shpeel-a-Mashup-of-Vaudeville-Circus-and-Theatre-Opens-in-NYC-May-19
Previews began April 29 at the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The show has been going through retooling since its world premiere in Chicago in fall 2009, and it's finally ripe.
David Shiner (star and co-creator of the Tony Award-winning Fool Moon) is Banana Shpeel's writer and director.
Banana Shpeel is billed as "a roller coaster mix of styles that blends intense choreography, crazy comedy and distinctive acrobatic acts. The show offers a diverse spectrum of performances including tap, hip-hop and eccentric dance, slapstick comedy and Cirque du Soleil acrobatic acts — plus madcap characters spreading chaos in all directions."read more at: http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139638-Cirque-du-Soleils-Banana-Shpeel-a-Mashup-of-Vaudeville-Circus-and-Theatre-Opens-in-NYC-May-19
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