Wynn Las Vegas | Pressroom: Entertainment returns to Wynn Las Vegas with the new Lake of Dreams, the only show to debut this fall anywhere on The Strip. Staged outdoors in an environmental theater with open-air patios for viewing, Lake of Dreams is uniquely suited for a socially distanced experience while providing all the glamour, excitement, and larger-than-life spectacle visitors expect from a Las Vegas show. In development for two years, the new Lake of Dreams is an immersive theatrical journey that unfolds over 12 high-tech artistically diverse new acts that combine magic, lights, film, music, sculpture, and puppetry.
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Wynn Las Vegas is really coming back with a bang. When you think about Las Vegas,I'd bet that almost everything to think of has to do with entertainment. Whether its gambling, Cirque du Soleil, night clubs, or anything in between entertainment touches everything that happens on the strip. It is crazy to think of Las Vegas almost going stagnant for months. To not have any new show appear in months. Not only has Wynn Las Vegas broken the ice with the debut of this newly reimagined show, they are doing it in style. This isn't some small show. With millions of dollars of technology invested into the show, combined with the talent of all the designer and actors involved, this show is sure to amaze. I hope it sticks around for a while and I have the chance to check it out next time in am visiting the Las Vegas strip.
Ahh Vegas. After reading this article, I still don’t think I want to travel to see the show. Yes, people are coming to Vegas, even a pandemic can never really stop a city like it. What I find very interesting in this article is that it only mentions the technology for the show, and only a little bit. No mention of actors, or of the work of the crew that had to build and operate all of the technology, nothing. Just a bit about the design team and how they worked remote to design and stage this show. Indoor live entertainment is still shuttered and while I love to see the industry come back, this type of performance piece worries me. At what point, as these casinos realize that they can make more money with less people and more technology that can run on it’s own, are they going to decide to change? Disney figured that out long ago. In some cases, everything is automated and Disney doesn’t need as many technicians to run their theme park shows. Is Vegas starting to do the same thing? How many jobs will be lost because Wynn wants a show and decides it doesn’t need people to run it every night?
Coming off of that other article about the cure to theatre... the cure to theatre may just be evolution. It's times like these when new ideas spring up and big changes come about. Rather than sitting around and waiting for things to get back to normal, we all need to start thinking outside of the box and evolving our ideas of what theatre and entertainment needs to look like. Here, with Lake of Dreams, they put a modern, more technologically advanced twist on something that was appreciated years ago. That's smart and it sounds very appealling. Of course I cannot wait for things to be normal again, but I'm also hoping that we as an industry take this time to grow. Most of us are artist- creative beings. Those who aren't artists are problem solvers. Yes, it's hard to be forced into doing something, but this is what we do...
I personally would have liked to have read the safety precautions that Wynn took to create this space, as well as the safety precautions that they are taking in regards to their audience. Wynn was recently in articles for their rapid testing ideas and it would have been nice to know the progress of that, especially if they are going ahead with opening this show. I do think that this show sounds incredible, but I do also worry about how many people are going to want to travel to Vegas to see this. With the amount of money and time spent on this show, I do hope those in charge of this have accounted for that. Part of this seems like it's just upgrades to the Wynn's systems, but a lot of it seems like set effects. I do hope this does well, and that it will lead to a slowly and safe reopening of Vegas, as it has been hit heavily with closures as a whole.
This show definitely seems like a spectacle. I hope it has a good and safe run, but I still worry about it getting shut down. What safety precautions are they taking besides the socially distant seating? This would have been good to address for those who are thinking about seeing the show.
The production process for this show must have been difficult remotely. I imagine there could be a lot of technical issues and miscommunication if everybody is working from a different location. I do find it interesting that they were able to put together such a high budget show, and still have the confidence to open, considering the risk that it could shut down and make little profit.
Maybe this production can be a pathway for more of Vegas to safely open, and show some normalcy.
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