Wynn Las Vegas' 'Awakening' show emerges from restructuring coma
Awakening returns to Wynn Las Vegas on June 30, 2023. A news release from the resort on Tuesday said the troubled show has been "reimagined and reimagined" with "new acrobatics, aerials and choreography."
The choreographer is Emmy-winner Mandy Moore—not that Mandy Moore, but the one from La La Land, Dancing with the Stars, and Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour choreographer.
The revised production is five minutes longer than the original's 75 minutes and features "vibrant new music" as well as "new elevated costumes, comedic moments, stunning puppets and grandiose illusions," according to a press release.
Whether this will be enough to reignite audience interest remains to be seen.
This is actually the show's second switch. Less than three months before it premieres on November 7, 2022, the first revision took a two-week break.
Since replacing "The Dream" at the Wynn Theater in Las Vegas, "The Awakening" has never been more than half-full. Adding to the pressure is the fact that the show will likely cost "$30 million per year, plus $120 million in upfront investment," according to Vital Vegas blogger Scott Roeben.
Curtain for all shows?
While entertainment spending on the Las Vegas Strip has returned to pre-pandemic levels, Broadway-style productions, along with Cirque du Soleil, have been entertainment staples since around 2006, when "Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular ” was unable to premiere at the Venetian in Las Vegas. ignored. We don’t seem to be feeling the post-pandemic recovery.
In fact, they appear to still be struggling due to competition from ubiquitous superstar homes and changing entertainment preferences and buying habits.
Three production shows on the Las Vegas Strip, "Bat Out of Hell – The Musical" at Paris Las Vegas," Criss Angel's Amystika" Planet Hollywood and Horseshoe's "Feast", neither of them managed to cross the 2023 threshold.
Not even the undisputed musical genius Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of "Hamilton," could keep "Freestyle Love Supreme" at the Venetian for more than two months.
"It's a question of priorities and how much money people have left now to spend on these general interest shows," former theater reporter and Las Vegas Review-Journal critic Mike Weatherford said earlier this year time expressed.
“If you come into town for a basketball game or NASCAR, you’re already paying extra for tickets and room,” Weatherford continued. “If you still have money and can buy tickets, Usher, Keith Urban, Katy Perry and Adele will all be doing residencies, and you can spend time with Jimmy Buffett Two nights, are you really going to watch "Awakening"?
Sleepy Sales
The decline of discount ticket outlets also doesn't help the show's production. By the mid-2000s, a dozen people packed the Las Vegas Strip and sold thousands of half-price tickets to that day's show. Today there are only four.
While thousands of tourists used to flock to Las Vegas every weekend planning to use the booths to pick out last-minute shows they wanted to see, today most people already buy their tickets and learn about them online plan of.
Performances of "Awakening" are Friday through Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., with additional performances Friday, Saturday and Tuesday at 9:30 p.m.
Tickets range from $99 to $179, plus tax, and are available through Waking.com.
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