DC Metro Theater Arts: This month marks two major milestones in one of Off-Broadway’s longest running and most successful productions since its debut at Astor Place Theatre in 1991. On Sunday, November 7, at 2 pm. the theatrical phenomenon Blue Man Group, owned and operated by Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, presented its 16,000th performance, and on Wednesday, November 17, it will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a week (November 15-20) of special birthday content.
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Thursday, November 11, 2021
Marking the 30th anniversary and 16,000th show of ‘Blue Man Group’ at Off-Broadway’s Astor Place Theatre
DC Metro Theater Arts
DC Metro Theater Arts: This month marks two major milestones in one of Off-Broadway’s longest running and most successful productions since its debut at Astor Place Theatre in 1991. On Sunday, November 7, at 2 pm. the theatrical phenomenon Blue Man Group, owned and operated by Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, presented its 16,000th performance, and on Wednesday, November 17, it will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a week (November 15-20) of special birthday content.
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DC Metro Theater Arts: This month marks two major milestones in one of Off-Broadway’s longest running and most successful productions since its debut at Astor Place Theatre in 1991. On Sunday, November 7, at 2 pm. the theatrical phenomenon Blue Man Group, owned and operated by Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, presented its 16,000th performance, and on Wednesday, November 17, it will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a week (November 15-20) of special birthday content.
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As a big fan of Cirque du Soleil, I’ve actually seen the Blue Man Group show quite a few times myself. It is a really impressive production, utilizing comedy and music in funky and unique fashions. And as someone primarily interested in sound design, a lot of the unique ways the Blue Man Group plays with sound in the show is particularly fascinating. One of my favorite acts they do is the “drumbone”, where several sliding, giant PVC pipes are connected and moved while hit with drumsticks to create a beat. The iconic silence and stoicness of the blue men themselves is also an extremely interesting concept to consider. The connection between the three of them and the audience is actually really clear and organic, despite there being no verbal communication; I personally think this is due to the expressiveness of their motions and the usage of humor that is universally found to be funny.
I share a birthday with Blue Man Group (kinda). I’ve always wanted to see a blue man show. I would love to work on a Blue Man show one day. It is a collective of all the things that I love. I’ve been a percussionist since middle school, I love lighting, and the ability of this show to bring together storytelling through technology, art, and rhythmic music just sounds like a great time to me. I think that the Blue Man Group’s ideas with non-verbal communication is a really cool concept. Being someone that has trouble vocalizing my thoughts I find that I communicate my emotions and feeling much more with body language, facial expressions, a nonverbal cues. You can tell a lot about someone by the way they stand or the way they move and interact with the world. I would love to see this show or get to meet the actors of this show. I would love to know how they get into character and connect with the storytelling.
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