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Cirque du Soleil 'Michael Jackson ONE' permanent Las Vegas show

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^ Maybe the journalists learned their lessons since.
 
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just found..

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In #vegas celebrating @michaeljackson bday w/MJ's estate @ItsTravisPayne #MJ THE Greatest Of All Time
 
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Hey all,

Does anyone have any advice on which seats to get for the show? I'm here in Vegas for 4 days and booking today so I don't just want to take the most expensive seats as they aren't always the best.

Any help would be appreciated!
 
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Mashllie said:
Hey all,

Does anyone have any advice on which seats to get for the show? I'm here in Vegas for 4 days and booking today so I don't just want to take the most expensive seats as they aren't always the best.

Any help would be appreciated!
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Yes! I sat in 201 BB, in the outer aisle. At first, I regretted picking a seat way out on the edge but then I was really happy I did. One of the entrance/ext areas were right next to me and I got lots of "audience participation"! One of the warriors even came to dance with me at the end of the show, I think because I was more into it, on my feet and dancing, when some other around me were a bit low energy.

Anyway wherever you sit, I'd pick an aisle. It's lots of fun, I think either an aisle in the front sections or a first row/first row aisle in the back sections. Hope that makes sense!

**Small Spoiler**


Sitting in the front row of the back section (this will make sense when you see the seat map, the audience is divided into two main sections, one close to the stage and one far) gave me the opportunity to cheer, high five, and thank all the cast members who were dancing in the aisle section in front of me and interacting with the crowd. I LOVED being able to say "Thank you" to each of them as they each took to time to high five/shake the hands of everybody in my row during the last number. The front row of this section is a bit different because it is raised and we were reaching down to them over a small wall. To my left was a small stair case leading up to my seat, and one of the dancers came up to dance which was fun, this is also how I got grabbed by a zombie during thriller! I screamed and laughed my head off!

**Spoiler over**


Worth letting you know the front row of the back section (The back half of the theatre) is raised a little. There is a wall in front of the first row. You can still see, but it's not an open space in front of you.

Lark
 
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Mashllie said:
Hey all,

Does anyone have any advice on which seats to get for the show? I'm here in Vegas for 4 days and booking today so I don't just want to take the most expensive seats as they aren't always the best.

Any help would be appreciated!
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I found this with Immortal yesterday. I found myself wishing I was further back and elevated during some parts of the show. However, it was pretty amazing to have performers directly above me during the show too.
 
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Lark said:
Yes! I sat in 201 BB, in the outer aisle.
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Thanks for your advice on this. I've literally just arrive back at my hotel room after seeing the show. I booked for section 201 but they 'upgraded' us somehow and gave us 2 seats closer in the first section.

The show was amazing and I'm having trouble processing and remembering what I've just seen because it was so full on but I wanted to thank you for your help with picking the seats. To be honest, I don't think there is a bad seat in the house!
 
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Mashllie said:
Thanks for your advice on this. I've literally just arrive back at my hotel room after seeing the show. I booked for section 201 but they 'upgraded' us somehow and gave us 2 seats closer in the first section.

The show was amazing and I'm having trouble processing and remembering what I've just seen because it was so full on but I wanted to thank you for your help with picking the seats. To be honest, I don't think there is a bad seat in the house!
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I totally agree! All the seats are good. I wish I could hug you because all I wanted to do when the show was over was have a big group hug with the whole audience! And I just love having the mash up of Black or White and Can You Feel It in my head.

I know it's overwhelming isn't it? So beautiful, and fun! I loved how funny it was, I think Michael would have loved it.

Lark
 
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There should so be a CD release of this, even if it's just on the Michael Jackson website. I'd buy it if it included the Privacy mix, and the true, original show unlike the Immortal mixes which are different to what is played during the show.
 
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I just heard the entire show audio and the mixes are incredible! Much better than Immortal..

My fav so far is the mash-up of Human Nature and Never Can Say Goodbye..

Pure genius!
 
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Lark said:
I wish I could hug you because all I wanted to do when the show was over was have a big group hug with the whole audience!
Lark
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LOL thanks for this, I could have done with one after the show. I seriously contemplated going back again tonight just to make sure my eyes and ears believed what happened yesterday but my bank balance made that decision for me!

Thanks to you and those that replied to my message. If I can be of help to anyone, just send me a message.
 
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This is a really good preview that gives a great look at several sequences. You get a good idea of what the Earth Song sequence is like, which is totally unique and for me a real standout.

This is from a news show, but they did not pair random music to random footage. The music you hear is the correct music for each sequence. Take a look!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zhFJrVTnj9k

Lark
 
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Hi! from Berlin/Germany - I hope to see the show too on DVD or BluRay. Many Years ago I was also a great fan of Cirque Du Soleil. (I know some some clowns private of the company, because they are DEAF and I am are DEAF too. YEAH, to live as deaf person are no barrier to love Michael and his Music!!!) - But the last years, what I see from the Cirque here in germany: it was more and more without "soul". the philosophy and art of the Cirque at their "Founder-Time" was very different. Today they orient very commercial. I hope their adaption will cope with the legacy of Michael and his art.
 
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Hi I'm from Peru, and the truth my aunt who was in one of the shows in Las Vegas says he was impressed with the staging of the dancers, the sound of the music was the best and most of all the issues that will put for this prestigious tribute to Michael by Cirque du Soleil, I hope soon to have the DVD / Bluray to watch it in my house.
 
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Published on Oct 17, 2013
Exhilarating spectacles were taken to new heights this afternoon as Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du Soleil partnered with Gibbon Slacklines to showcase a record-breaking highline walk from the exterior of Mandalay Bay and House of Blues Foundation Room, 63 floors above the Las Vegas Strip . As the kick off to the 2013 World Slackline Federation (WSFed) Slackline World Cup Finals taking place inside the Michael Jackson ONE Theatre on Oct. 17, Andy Lewis, the daredevil Gibbon athlete and slackliner made famous for his Super Bowl XLVI halftime show performance with Madonna, set a new world record for the longest urban highline walked. Lewis thrilled spectators by forging a 480-ft. high, 360-ft.-long slackline, running parallel to the Las Vegas Strip, rigged from two of Mandalay Bay's resort towers.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUCh0ICVQoc
 
Slackline Daredevil Andy Lewis at Michael Jackson ONE

October 18, 2013 by VegasNews.com

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Slackline athlete extraordinaire Andy Lewis attended the early performance of Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du Soleil at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 (Pictured: Andy Lewis and members of the cast of Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du Soleil – Photo credit: Cashman Phototography).
Known for his spectacular performance in Madonna’s Super Bowl XLVI halftime show, earlier in the afternoon he took his daredevilry to new heights, setting a world record for the longest urban highline, walking 360 feet across a one inch nylon band 480 feet above the Las Vegas Strip rigged outside of the Foundation Room at Mandalay Bay.
He celebrated his amazing accomplishment with his fiancée, mother and father at Michael Jackson ONE before going backstage for a photo with some of the show’s acrobats and characters, including featured slackline artists Gabriel Amaral and Igor Zambelli. Igor also competed in the World Slackline Federation World Cup Finals held inside the Michael Jackson ONE Theatre.

http://www.vegasnews.com/105143/slackline-daredevil-andy-lewis-at-michael-jackson-one.html
 
Bringmethediscoking;3920025 said:
There will be a CD or dvd or iTunes versión of ONE¿
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As long as the show is on in Las Vegas (and hopefully that will be decades) it's not likely. Maybe there will be a DVD of Immortal when the tour is finished.
 
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Published on Oct 22, 2013
Jamie King, writer/director of the "Michael Jackson One" Cirque Du Soleil show and former MJ backup dancer, talks to the WSJ's Lee Hawkins about the challenge of doing a show that lives up to Jackson's high standards and his working relationship with John Branca, chairman of The Michael Jackson Co. and co-executor of Jackson's estate. According to the estate, Jackson has sold more than 50 million records since his death, and 70 percent of his sales come from outside the United States. King also discusses "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour," which he also wrote and directed.


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Thank you :flowers: this is one of the best Interviews of Jaimie and about MJ One. Some great Questions and lots of details we haven't heard.
 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackoma...-one-the-latest-piece-of-a-postmortem-empire/

Michael Jackson One: The Latest Piece Of A Postmortem Empire

&#8220;It&#8217;s me. It&#8217;s Michael.&#8221; Those words&#8212;spoken by the King of Pop&#8217;s disembodied voice&#8212;proclaim the beginning of One, the Las Vegas spectacle that&#8217;s the latest piece of Michael Jackson&#8217;s lucrative legacy.

Indeed, there&#8217;s plenty of Michael. As One unfurls, the hard-rocking riffs of &#8220;Beat It&#8221; blare out across the show&#8217;s permanent home at the 1,804-seat theater at Mandalay Bay as ersatz paparazzi, sporting oversized cameras and red trench-coats, zip-line overhead en route to the stage (the characters return throughout the show, a reminder of Jackson&#8217;s under-the-microscope life).

What follows is a 90-minute extravaganza that pairs some of Jackson&#8217;s most popular songs with Cirque du Soleil&#8217;s signature touches&#8212;acrobats performing feats in midair that would seem impossible even on the ground while contorting their bodies like human Gumby toys.

Jackson tops FORBES&#8217; annual Halloween-spooky list of the top-earning dead celebrities with $160 million, better than any living musician. One is quickly becoming a key part of that financial picture, and not just because of its direct impact on the Jackson estate&#8217;s bottom line.

&#8220;The most important thing for the estate of a deceased performer is keeping his or her name or persona in front of the public,&#8221; says entertainment attorney Donald David, whose résumé includes representing the postmortem interests of late rapper Tupac Shakur. &#8220;They are no longer here to give performances or interviews &#8230; thus, the secret is to keep the deceased star in the public&#8217;s mind.&#8221;

With its posters plastered all over Las Vegas, One seems to be doing exactly that. The show should also play a major role in generating income for the estate in the coming years. How much, exactly, is difficult to pinpoint&#8212;data provider Pollstar doesn&#8217;t track the grosses of Vegas shows. (&#8220;Casinos frequently comp significant parts of the house to high-rollers and that distorts sales stats,&#8221; says Gary Bongiovanni, the outfit&#8217;s president and editor-in-chief.)

Even so, FORBES estimates that One is capable of grossing between $150,000 and $250,000 for a sold-out show; that figure doubles on nights with two performances. And when the show made its official Vegas debut this summer, it gave Jackson the remarkable ability to tour in two places at the same time.

The other half of Jackson&#8217;s postmortem performance empire is the Michael Jackson Immortal world tour, also a joint venture between the estate and Cirque. The show has been crisscrossing the globe since late 2011 and recently topped the $300 million mark for gross tickets sales, winning the Creative Content honor at last year&#8217;s Billboard Touring Awards as well.

One and Immortal were conceived at the same time, the product of conversations between Jackson&#8217;s estate and Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté, who pushed to launch the traveling show first and follow with the Vegas show. He and Jackson estate co-executor John Branca tapped Jamie King, who got his start as a dancer on Jackson&#8217;s Dangerous tour, to write and direct both productions.

Unlike Immortal, however, One got its own permanent home in Vegas. That meant a chance for additional overhead daredevilry&#8212;acrobats moonwalking up the walls, for example&#8212;and opened the door for audiovisual extravagances including floor-to-ceiling video screens on either side of the stage and speakers in and around every single seat.

&#8220;There&#8217;s nothing better than being handed the keys to a brand-new Bentley, right?&#8221; says King. &#8220;This was a perfect opportunity for me to work with my design team and craft a show for a theater designed for this show.&#8221;

The &#8220;Stranger in Moscow&#8221; sequence toward the beginning of the show is among the best examples of this. A single acrobat climbs a silk rope and performs a lengthy series of twists and flips, his movements so effortless it seems he&#8217;s surrounded by water rather than air. Meanwhile, snowflakes improbably descend from the ceiling, seemingly evaporating before they hit the ground.

There are plenty of other jaw droppers: a &#8220;Thriller&#8221; sequence where performers in zombie costumes bounce back and forth between a trampoline on the ground and another 20 feet above it (or up to an even higher ledge); and later, to the tune of &#8220;Dirty Diana,&#8221; a dance routine where a lady in red gyrates up and down a 30-foot pole.

Though the storyline stringing the sequences together can be tenuous at times&#8212;the show follows four youngsters as they zip from scene to disparate scene, imbued with mystical powers from Jackson&#8217;s shoes, sunglasses, fedora and trademark white glove&#8212;the plot isn&#8217;t the point.

At its core, One is a flying, twisting, twirling rock concert. Each scene brings yet another feat of eye-popping physical prowess, another classic Jackson song, another set of oohs and ahhs from the crowd. Ultimately, that means more cash for his estate&#8217;s coffers. Says David: &#8220;I can virtually guarantee you that every guest [at One] is going to buy a Michael Jackson album at the very least.&#8221;

Having a permanent theater also enables the inclusion of the show&#8217;s most crucial performer: Michael Jackson. More accurately, a hologram-like illusion that looks and moves like the King of Pop appears and performs &#8220;Man In The Mirror&#8221; right there with the rest of the show&#8217;s dancers toward the end of the show.

&#8220;The cool thing is that kids who didn&#8217;t grow up with Michael are now discovering his genius and legacy &#8230; his spirit is with us,&#8221; says King. &#8220;And his music will live forever.&#8221;

It seems his hefty earnings will, too.
 
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Me and cast of Cirque du Soleil Michael Jackson show getting it in for the soul train awards show! pic.twitter.com/WUbp9a2SF8

Are they gonna be at the Soul Train Awards ???
 
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The Soul Train Awards?
 
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It is good to see they partnered with Andy in that feat. Maybe this means that the estate will be in more interesting collaborations in the future.
 
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