Its the sort of breathtaking, beautiful athleticism you expect from Cirque du Soleil, and its thrilling.
The audience is rapt.
At the end of their number, the Atherton twins get the evenings biggest applause.
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What you dont get, remarkably enough, are very many over-the-top displays of physical derring-do.
Paramouris a love triangle set in Hollywoods Golden Age.
(Lets be generous call this setupAll AboutEve-like.)
Hey, kids, youre in the pictures.
The acrobats are impressive; the motivation is not.
First, there was a narrative show,Banana Shpeel, which flopped at the Beacon Theater in 2010.
Now the company has aimed higher, for an original Broadway theater.
It still hasnt figured New York out.C
