Review of Le Reve @ The Wynn, Las Vegas
Posted: 19 Aug 2005, 02:43(I wasn't exactly sure which area this topic would fit into, was down to the Hotel forum or this one, but thought it's not really a Hotel topic. Mods please move if you feel it's necessary 
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Just got back from Vegas, and went to the new Wynn hotel. There's already a thread discussing that elsewhere, but i'll quickly say I was also surprised that it wasn't more astounding, given the hype. Certainly, when playing blackjack, i could have been sitting in any one of a number of casinos, and actually preferred playing at Mandalay Bay because the tables are not so crowded in.
Anyway, Le Reve is a show by Franco Dragone of Cirque De Soleil fame, and also he is the man behind Celine Dion's show, A New Day. We won't hold that against him.
I haven't seen 'O' yet at the Bellagio, which is a shame since many highly rate it. However, from descriptions I have read of that show, this one sounds very similar. The theatre is circular and quite steeply raked around a circular stage which does some interesting things. The biggest surprise is that it's solid one moment, and what must be a very deep pool the next. You know it must be deep when you see the terrific height of some dives into it!
It seemed to me that this show has that classic Vegas feel of not being about very much, but being very nice to look at. It's subtitled "a small collection of imperfect dreams", and you can imagine the wide subject material that might flow from that - essentially nothing is out of bounds. It's certainly visually stunning to watch, and the music and sequences flow well, with interludes from a band of four men who become more central as the show progresses. The diving will have you raising questions in places, like "how can they be under for so long?", and the acrobatics, while mildly less impressive, are worthy enough to merit their inclusion.
There's comedy in there too, mainly from those four I mentioned, and it's not too stupid or silly either. It's actually what I might call "sad comedy" in places, which I think is good to see.
You might want to keep away from the very front seats - they come with towels! And you'll be craning your neck up a lot. We were seated nearly right at the top, and the design of the theatre means nothing is that far away still, and you can enjoy some of the higher-up action more easily.
Keep a close eye on the sides of the stage and the three paths leading away from it because there are often things going on there, and watch out for those four men in the pre-show sequence if you have a bald head! That's all i'm saying!
)Just got back from Vegas, and went to the new Wynn hotel. There's already a thread discussing that elsewhere, but i'll quickly say I was also surprised that it wasn't more astounding, given the hype. Certainly, when playing blackjack, i could have been sitting in any one of a number of casinos, and actually preferred playing at Mandalay Bay because the tables are not so crowded in.
Anyway, Le Reve is a show by Franco Dragone of Cirque De Soleil fame, and also he is the man behind Celine Dion's show, A New Day. We won't hold that against him.
I haven't seen 'O' yet at the Bellagio, which is a shame since many highly rate it. However, from descriptions I have read of that show, this one sounds very similar. The theatre is circular and quite steeply raked around a circular stage which does some interesting things. The biggest surprise is that it's solid one moment, and what must be a very deep pool the next. You know it must be deep when you see the terrific height of some dives into it!
It seemed to me that this show has that classic Vegas feel of not being about very much, but being very nice to look at. It's subtitled "a small collection of imperfect dreams", and you can imagine the wide subject material that might flow from that - essentially nothing is out of bounds. It's certainly visually stunning to watch, and the music and sequences flow well, with interludes from a band of four men who become more central as the show progresses. The diving will have you raising questions in places, like "how can they be under for so long?", and the acrobatics, while mildly less impressive, are worthy enough to merit their inclusion.
There's comedy in there too, mainly from those four I mentioned, and it's not too stupid or silly either. It's actually what I might call "sad comedy" in places, which I think is good to see.
You might want to keep away from the very front seats - they come with towels! And you'll be craning your neck up a lot. We were seated nearly right at the top, and the design of the theatre means nothing is that far away still, and you can enjoy some of the higher-up action more easily.
Keep a close eye on the sides of the stage and the three paths leading away from it because there are often things going on there, and watch out for those four men in the pre-show sequence if you have a bald head! That's all i'm saying!
