If you get a chance to see the Blue Man Group's 2008 "Megastar Wold Tour"-go. Don't worry about the prices-here in Seoul tickets cost quite a bit-but they were worth every penny. I lucked out and attended the concert as a birthday gift with a small group of friends.
The Megastar tour pairs the curious,surrealistic Blue Men (and their multi-media explorations) with a high energy rock band. It will make you want to play Babba O'Riley on the PVC right along with them... One standout at the recent Seoul shows was the fantastic, female vocalist Andrian Hartley. She could really belt out a tune and stay in character!
The show has come a long was since Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, and Chris Wink developed it at the Astor Place Theater. (Sorry, Angie, Blue Man Group has performed in Berlin-but the originators of the show are American-not German.)
The full band, rocking guitarists, and humorous mocking of the trappings of modern rock bands contrasted to the stark, original show I saw in Boston years ago. But that's why they are worth a second look-and listen. They also customized the show well to the local audience-offering a full audio-visual program in Korean, and inviting audience members (some of whom, for example, one young Korean woman, were mortified)up on stage to introduce cast members. And bonus-every single audience member in Seoul was given the CD and the DVD of the show. (Or at least, I think everyone got them. The front section did.)
Blue Man Group has expanded into lots of little projects-scoring a TV show for cable, performing in commercials-but their re-invigorated live show still energizes an audience, no matter what language they speak.
The Megastar tour pairs the curious,surrealistic Blue Men (and their multi-media explorations) with a high energy rock band. It will make you want to play Babba O'Riley on the PVC right along with them... One standout at the recent Seoul shows was the fantastic, female vocalist Andrian Hartley. She could really belt out a tune and stay in character!
The show has come a long was since Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, and Chris Wink developed it at the Astor Place Theater. (Sorry, Angie, Blue Man Group has performed in Berlin-but the originators of the show are American-not German.)
The full band, rocking guitarists, and humorous mocking of the trappings of modern rock bands contrasted to the stark, original show I saw in Boston years ago. But that's why they are worth a second look-and listen. They also customized the show well to the local audience-offering a full audio-visual program in Korean, and inviting audience members (some of whom, for example, one young Korean woman, were mortified)up on stage to introduce cast members. And bonus-every single audience member in Seoul was given the CD and the DVD of the show. (Or at least, I think everyone got them. The front section did.)
Blue Man Group has expanded into lots of little projects-scoring a TV show for cable, performing in commercials-but their re-invigorated live show still energizes an audience, no matter what language they speak.
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Smarmy comments:
Only the people in the good seats got the DVD/CD/program for free with the tickets. All you had to do was show your VIP ticket and they gave them to you. They didn't stamp your ticket or tear it, they just gave you the package. Where else in the world could they do that and not have people abuse the system and get half a dozen packages?
Also, the singer's name was Adrian Hartley...
Andrian=Adrian...just a typo, dear readers...but see if that Adrian Hartley has any albums. She was damn good!
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