There They Are, the Blue Men

Blue Man Group

           There are musicals that are amazing, like The Addams Family or Billy Elliot.  There are shows that are amazing, like The Importance of Being Earnest.  And then, well… There is Blue Man Group.

           This masterpiece of modern expression and performance art is silly, exhilarating, invigorating, and simply the best thing you could do in coming to New York.  There is nothing that will leave you happier, more awake, and more revitalized than this show.  There is no speaking by the actual characters, only music and nonsensical activity, but the voices that blare in the background and words that scroll by or appear on posters are a statement about the world today and an extremely effective way of getting a laugh.

           There is no plot, but then why should there be? The audience is already involved with the show, sometimes literally as women are brought up to feast on Twinkies in replicas of Italian restaurants, men are brought backstage to be painted blue and smashed against canvases, and masses of toilet paper are thrown through the back of the mezzanine and into the orchestra by way of the stairs.  The greatest thing about this show, though, is that everything is real.  Nothing is lip-synched or backtracked.  All the music played on plumbing is real.  All the moves are real.  All the escapades are real.  And there is nothing better than an unedited, true, amazing show with literally no flaws and enough power and audience-rousing effect to bring the entire population of Las Vegas to their feet.

           There is no show like Blue Man Group anywhere near Broadway, or for that matter the east coast.  There are no jokes like the jokes in Blue Man Group.  It is an exemplary show in every way imaginable.  Missing it would be the real joke.