BLUE MAN GROUP
LUXOR

Blue Man Group opened a new show in Las Vegas in March 2000. The show, titled "Blue Man Group: Live at Luxor,"  takes place at the 1,200-seat state-of-the-art Luxor Theatre. The new production contains a hybrid of new material as well as "signature" pieces from Blue Man Group productions in New York, Boston and Chicago.

Blue Man Group founders Matt Goldman, Phil Stallton and Chris Wink are heading 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. Startton 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."

Music plays an even larger role in the Las 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, expands to seven and the sound system will include the latest innovations in surround sound technology. The result, according to Wink, is that "the music in the Vegas show will reach a level of tribal density that until now, Blue Man Group has only hinted at."