Criss Angel Believe Show

Creativity is a term that can surely be associated with the American magician and performer, Criss Angel. It is also very much a proper term to apply to the Canadian performing group, Cirque Du Soleil. Put the creativity of Criss Angel and Cirque Du Soleil together, and a whole new level of creative imagination is born. This is the aim of the Criss Angel Believe show, which will open at the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas come summer 2008. "The Entertainment Capital of the World", Vegas is a land where you will find some of the planet's top all around performers, and so it makes perfect sense that Criss Angel would have his own long-running, live show here. While he has already been filming his television show, "Criss Angel Mindfreak", in Vegas, Angel has yet to debut his own big-ticket spot among the long-list of top notch Vegas entertainers. Alas, it was all really just a matter of time, however. As the saying goes, "Good things come to those who wait".

Pairing Criss Angel with Cirque Du Soleil is almost too much of a good thing when you think about it, but that's what makes it so delectable. Oh yes, the Criss Angel Cirque Du Soleil show is sure to be sensual, dramatic, dark, yet enlightening. It will be a feast for the senses, a fantasy for the mind to embrace. Criss, who is largely responsible for bringing magic back into the realm of popular culture, will no doubt relish the opportunity that this new Luxor Hotel Cirque Du Soleil show affords him to establish that intimate bond with the audience. It was the kind of drive that sustained the career of his biggest hero, the famed Harry Houdini. Unlike traditional magic shows, which the Criss Angel Cirque Du Soleil show creators find wholly unemotional and wayward, the Criss Angel Believe show will mix magic into the fabric of a greater story. The idea is to move magic in a new direction; to attach a definite sense of nobility to it. The concept is really quite enticing, displaying Criss's dedication to presenting, "magic outside the box". The name of the Criss Angel Believe show is inspired by, and pays homage to Houdini, who spent much of his life exposing charlatan magicians who capitalized financially off of the weak or needy. He forewarned on his deathbed that such charlatans would claim to be able to channel him in the afterlife. As such, he entrusted his wife with the code word "Believe". If anyone was truly able to connect with Houdini in the afterlife, they would thus discern the code word with their powers. As it stood, none of the charlatan magicians who made the attempt would be able to come up with the code word.

What the Criss Angel Believe show achieves is a surreal and haunting look into the mind of the show's main star. Highly theatrical in nature, the show is as much a story that is enhanced by magic, as it is magic enhanced by a story. Criss Angel's mind-blowing ability to dazzle and confound will be perfectly intertwined with the grace and perplexity of an array of Cirque Du Soleil dancers and lively characters. Criss plays a Victorian Noble in the highly-anticipated Luxor Hotel Cirque Du Soleil show, who is lost deep within his own imaginative mind. His quest to dive into further exploration of the mind results in his chance encounter with two women and four strangely curious ushers. The ushers serve to "guide" the audience members through the baroque-laden halls of Angel's mind. The sensual female characters of Crimson and Kayala serve as representatives of all things feminine, which adds an element of sexuality to the whole affair. Throughout the Criss Angel Cirque Du Soleil show, the main aim is to cause audience members to reflect, not only on the show at hand, but also on their own lives. It's this ability to cause audience members to reflect that Criss Angel believes is, "the truest form of magic".

Those looking to grab tickets to the Criss Angel Luxor Hotel Cirque Du Soleil show can do so up to four months in advance, and it's surely a good idea to get them as early as you can. It is very likely that many a Criss Angel Believe show will be sold out if you wait until the last minute to get your tickets. Plus, should you get your tickets early, you'll enjoy a greater selection of available seats at the Luxor Theatre. Tickets to the mystifying, daring, and jaw-dropping Criss Angel Believe show will generally run over $100, and due to the dramatics of the production, children ages 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. As is the case with youths, the faint of heart are not exactly encouraged to attend the Criss Angel Cirque Du Soleil Believe show. Or, at least it is recommended that they at least think twice about it. Criss Angel show times for the Believe show are 7 p.m. and 10 p.m, Friday-Tuesday. The show will make an initial run between September 1- September 11, 2008, and this first series of shows will be a preview in which the creative team can make last-minute adjustments as they see fit. After that, the plan is to have the show run for at least 10 years!