Friday night, for me, was actually an opportunity to mark something off my "BUCKET LIST." I went to the "O" show [CIRQUE DU SOLEIL] in Las Vegas, something that I've wanted to do since I first saw one of their shows on TV more than 20 years ago. I didn't realize they actually have a number of different shows.
That is quite a show, for those who are inclined to see over-the-top performance art: extreme acrobatics, swimming formations, trapezes, fire, flying humans catching each other, light shows, comedy, daredevil dives, etc. The stage/set is amazing...between deep water, dry stage settings, and a seemingly infinite number of combinations including both, the set is more of a shape-shifter than Mitt Romney. (oops...haha)
The name of the show is actually a French pun..."O" sounds the same as the word eau which is, of course, water. It's probably the only word in the world which has three vowels, and sounds exactly like a fourth (unrelated) vowel.
As it is NOT a traveling show, but permanently in place at the Bellagio Casino, one would need to go to Las Vegas to see this. At least, I doubt it travels at all. Replicating the stage/set elsewhere would be almost impossible.
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Speaking of wordplay, can anybody think of the 5-letter English word which, when you remove the final four letters of the word, it's still pronounced the same? (SMALL HINT, OF SORTS: I had to spend a few minutes, waiting for my turn to pick up the Cirque du Soleil ticket, at the Will Call window.)