VIVA ELVIS

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

FIRST IMPRESSION

PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF VIVA ELVIS AT THE ARIA IN LAS VEGAS WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE OF CIRQUE TO MEET, ASSIST, AIDE AND ADMINISTER TO ANY NEEDS THIS REPORTER MAY HAVE HAD IN REVIEWING THE SHOW !

THIS HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE BUT NOT OFTEN...HOWEVER FOR THE SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER IN LAS VEGAS THIS WAS OVERWHELMINGLY IMPRESSIVE !   WHAT'S THE INTENT ?  IT IS TO ELEVATE, PROMOTE, EDUCATE AND TO TELL ME BEFORE THE SHOW...."WE CARE....WE ARE GLAD TO SEE YOU...WE ARE PREPARED...WE ARE THE BEST...WE AS A TEAM ARE READY TO GIVE YOU THE BEST DAMN SHOW IN THE WORLD...TONIGHT WE ARE READY".

THEY SURE AS HELL WERE !

VIVA ELVIS AT THE ARIA ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP UNFORTUNATELY CLOSING IN ONE MONTH....IT HAS BEEN REDONE TO A BIG DEGREE AND FOR THE BETTER...NOT THAT THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTION WAS BAD....IT TOO WAS VERY GOOD...THIS WAS A CASE OF MAKING A GREAT SHOW EVEN BETTER.

SIMPLE BRILLIANT PREMISE....ELVIS....CIRQUE.

LOVELY MARRIAGE....SOME OF THE ORIGINAL PIECES REMAINED....THE BALLET IN THE SKY ON A GUITAR....JAIL HOUSE ROCK...AND THE COWBOY ROPERS.

IN THE MAKE IT BETTER CATEGORY THE FINALE INCLUDED 13 ACROBATS THAT DANCED, THREW, CAUGHT AND PUT A MIRACULOUS STAMP ON THE FINALE.

THIS WENT 90 MINUTES...JUST RIGHT...STARTED ON TIME...JUST RIGHT...EVERYONE HIT EVERY MARK ON THIS SHOW WITH FLAWLESS PRODUCTION, TIMING AND CONTINUITY. THE SOUND WAS SPECTACULAR.

I ALWAYS HAVE ISSUES WITH SINGERS IMPRESONATING SOMEONES ELSES SONGS...HERE WE GOT SOME REAL ELVIS AND SOMETHAT WERE DOING ELVIS....I WOULD PREFER ELVIS AUDIO HERE AND NOT FEMALES SINGING BUT THIS IS A CHOICE FROM THE PRODUCTION TEAM.

I ENJOYED THE ELVIS IN THE ARMY VIDEO ...ALTHO HE DID JUMP AROUND IN RANK A BIT FROM E 1 TO PFC TO STAFF SERGEANT AND BACK....QUICK PROMOTION IN REAL TIME AND THEN BACK....IN REALITY ELVIS WAS NEVER DEMOTED...IT WAS JUST THE WAY THEY ARRANGED VIDEO WITH THE STRIPES ON HIS SLEEVES....I WILL BET I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAUGHT THIS ALTHO THIS REPORTER IS PAYING ATTENTION.

MY WIFE LOVED THE COSTUMING...DANCING AND CHANGES IN THE SHOW ALTHO SHE TOO LIKED THE OLD PRODUCTION.

THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS ......ANOTHER CIRQUE MASTERPIECE...A PENULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF THE EXHIBITION OF THE CREATIVE ARTS AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL.

THIS WAS SOME KIND OF A KICK OFF FOR MY ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE THIS WEEK...

VIVA ELVIS.........ARIA LAS VEGAS
PAGENT OF THE MASTER.....LAGUANA CALIFORNIA
JOSHUA BELL...HOLLWOOD BOWL
MEN ALIVE GAY CHORUS....IRVINE BARCLAY THEATRE

VIVA ELVIS...WORLD CLASS IN EVERY WAY...RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD

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