One in every of Las Vegas’ longest-running reveals is about to go darkish eternally.
Cirque du Soleil introduced Tuesday that The Beatles Love run on the former Mirage lodge will come to an finish on July 7 of this 12 months. The wildly fashionable present has been a fixture on the Strip for 18 years and was the one dwell present that was licensed to make use of the Beatles’ music catalog.
The Mirage is within the midst of a renovation following its buy by Exhausting Rock Las Vegas. Whereas the present was anticipated to run via at the least the top of the 12 months, officers say the choice to finish it was out of their fingers they usually solely discovered of the choice late final week. Some 230 solid and crew members will lose their jobs with the closure.
“This wasn’t our resolution,” Cirque du Soleil CEO Stéphane Lefebvre advised the Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal. “As you you understand, Exhausting Rock must take management of your entire venue and do some main renovations. So they should get the present closed by July 7.”
There are not any present plans to create a touring model of the present.
Love featured remixes of most of the Beatles most well-known songs together with the acrobatics Cirque is thought for. It explores a lot of themes, from the cultural shifts of the 60s to the band’s many personas.
It tells tales of loss, similar to “A Day within the Life,” when a younger boy, representing John Lennon, desires of his mom and witnesses her demise. (That tune ends with a clock onstage winding backwards and stopping at precisely 10 minutes earlier than 10, which is the time Lennon handed away after being shot in New York.) It additionally tells tales of hope, just like the everlasting optimism of the Nowhere Man as he appears for somebody who will settle for the straightforward present of a flower.
Driving all through the present, although, is an awesome sense of optimism, pleasure and … nicely, love. Followers would return to see the present time and again, some doing so 15 instances or extra.
