They blue off their hometown.
The Blue Man Group, the long-standing and beloved off-Broadway present, will finish its 34-year run in New York Metropolis within the new yr.
The present, which includes mime-like unvoiced bald males painted head to toe in a vibrant shade of electrical blue and plenty of drums, will ship its final hometown efficiency on Feb. 2, managing director Jack Kenn introduced.
“Blue Man Group is in contrast to the rest on the planet and is undeniably some of the acknowledged and profitable leisure productions due to the hardworking forged, crew and inventive crew,” Kenn mentioned in an announcement.
“It was due to them that these reveals captured thousands and thousands of hearts evening after evening, and we give our utmost thanks.”
The theatrical percussion-heavy present that blends bodily comedy with paint splattering was created within the Huge Apple in 1991 and has had 17,000 performances at Astor Place Theater in decrease Manhattan since then.
After its success in New York, it expanded to different cities together with Las Vegas, Orlando, Boston, Chicago, and Berlin in addition to a touring present and a Norwegian Cruise Line present.
Blue Man Group was acquired by the worldwide circus firm Cirque du Soleil in 2017 which helped with its enlargement into new markets.
Blue Man Group may even finish performances in Chicago on Jan. 5, whereas it can proceed within the different cities. The corporate didn’t give a purpose for the New York and Chicago closures.
It’s additionally doable that each the New York present and the Chicago present’s last efficiency may very well be prolonged as typically occurs with such endings.
The tip of Blue Man Group reveals within the metropolis comes about two years after one other New York off-Broadway establishment closed its curtains for a last time.
“Stomp,” a wordless, percussive present utilizing discovered objects, ended its 29-year run after 11,475 performances on Jan. 8, 2023.
The present’s administrators cited declining ticket gross sales for its determination.
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