A revolutionary and innovative experience, “Blue Man Group,” taking stage at Kingsbury Hall, is an exhilarating show filled with interactive audience participation and raw absurdity.
Created in 1987, “Blue Man Group” has been thrilling audiences for decades. With ever-relevant and adrenaline-laced performances, it is an unparalleled two-hour show.
Set in the backdrop of Kingsbury Hall, three “blue men” take the spotlight. Musicians in the background accompany the trio. While musical talent provides a stimulating and fast-paced soundtrack, the real focal point is the blue men at center stage. Leading the audience through a series of paint-fueled drum repercussions and playful acts, “Blue Man Group” provides superb entertainment from beginning to end.
Unlike many artists and exhibits, this show takes initiative and recognizes the intense presence of social media and technology in society. Combining the use of larger-than-life technology and playing upon comedic social quips within social media, “Blue Man Group” creates an engaging and hilarious act.
This set lowers three eight-foot props resembling phones. This is when “Blue Man Group” demonstrates interactive apps and games. Whilst playing upon techno witticisms, the show blurs digital life and reality together. Adding to this effect are personalized audience messages on the marquee and universal texting during the show to help create a unique environment.
Without vocals of any kind, “Blue Man Group” initiates communication solely through eye contact and body language. Their honest and raw depictions of social interactions are humorous and relatable. Even pulling an unsuspecting member (or two) out of the audience goes smashingly well and invigorates the show.
In an arresting way, “Blue Man Group” implements effective audience participation while simultaneously avoiding the obligatory and awkward unison hand-clapping or collective chanting other venues attempt. Instead, “Blue Man Group’s” digital narrator leads the audience through a series of rock movements that ultimately conclude in a universal jam session in which audience members stand up and collectively dance to the live percussion.
In grand finale fashion, eight large inflatable balls are released into the crowd. While the Blue Man Group keep up fantastic percussion on stage, the real finale happens in the audience. Out of their seats and dancing to the strobe lights, people enthusiastically punched inflatable balls across the room and up into the balcony. Streamers are released, and additional percussion is added as the show finally comes to a close in what is arguably the best-crafted and most innovative show to ever grace the stage of Kingsbury Hall.
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