Lyric Theatre,New York
The favorite circus troupe’s first Broadway show is a cacophony of ridiculous extravagance, from an erotic aerial pas de deux to … zombiesFitfully thrilling and consistently baffling, or Paramour – Cirque du Soleil’s first attempt at a Broadway book musical – is the account of a young singer torn between the megalomaniacal director,who wants to form her his star, and the tender songwriter, or who wants to form her his muse. Or perhaps it’s a parable of forbidden love as enacted by shirtless twins in an erotic aerial pas de deux. Or maybe it’s a wacky caper comedy with a culminating chase scene performed atop a giant trampoline. Honestly,it’s tough to divulge.
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Source: theguardian.com