I have been waiting my whole life for something so awesome. Watch out: this may be the most detailed review of the MR ever.
We had tickets for the Saturday 21:00 show. We got there around 20:00. We had no wait and were sat immediately. And we got one of the absolute best tables in the building. So of course I'm already fabulously excited. They brought us champagne immediately. After that we were never spoken to again by a server, which if we had wanted to order something else it would've been very frustrating. As we were not planning to order anything else, we were fine with it. 4 other people we sat at our table, but that was expected. It was crowded, but not touching or awkward and I never felt overly crowded. The show was just awesome. The opening act with the glitter suits was good. The dancers had good posture, pointed toes, straight legs, and most of them had a great stage presence. Next was the "octopus" outfits. I liked these too. Next came the skating couple. Like everyone else has already said, they were just absolutely amazing. I was absolutely floored. Definitely one of the highlights of the show. Next, the pirate part. The feathers with the pirate stuff was kinda weird, but whatever. The girl in the snake pool was pretty cool. And it was impressive how she kept her good posture even in the pool. Next: 2 glow in the dark dancers singing in the middle of the air hung down from suspension wire. Yeah, this part was definitely the most uninteresting part in the whole show. I was definitely bored to tears for that 5 minutes. Next came the clowns. The ponies. One pony was not feeling like preforming that night, which was pretty funny actually. The next little intermission was an improv guy. It wasn't amazing or anything, but it was cute and entertaining, and it was fun that he included a few members of the crowd in his act. And then the cancan! It was fabulous! The whole reason I wanted to come in the first place! I only wish that part had been longer. There was a few more little dance numbers, and then the finally, full with the same octopus skirts, but pink this time. And lit up. It was fabulous. The show started right at 21:00 and ended at 22:40. The dancers were in shape and had a good stage presence. They were able to stay with the music and with each other in their movements, obviously a requirement for professional dancers. My only complaint was that in some numbers, half the male dancers were smiling and half were serious. I don't care which one it was, I just wanted them all to match. But a tiny minor detail. When we left, the line to get in was down the street, so I'm glad we chose the earlier show.
For anyone who says they were expecting more dancing: this is dancing. There are many different types. I don't think you realize how hard it is to synchronize 40 dancers to all move at the same time in the same way. If you are disappointed that this was "like a Las Vegas show", let me remind you this IS a show! Very like one you'd see in Vegas, or like the Rockets. This was absolutely one of the highlights of my vacation, and you really shouldn't miss going. BF and I both had a fabulous night here. read more