Blue man group, a creative establishment is primarily involved in performing concerts and theatrical shows like comedy, multimedia and music. They also produce recorded music and scores for television shows, and movies. They perform as a group of three donning bald caps, black clothes and faces greased with shiny blue paint. In their performances they combine both music and comedy. They usually communicate to the audience not through speech or gestures but through intense eye contact and simple hand gestures. Moreover, they have their own hand gesture popularly known as ‘Blue man salute’, wherein they raise theirs arms in the air. Also mild caricature movements are used to convey a humor or an ironic point. These traits or actions shown allow all audience to identify with them and think in a more positive manner. It is no wonder that Blue Man Group Tickets sell faster than hot cakes.
During the show special music is also played. For this, the most commonly available materials such as PVC pipes are used. Large PVC pipes are used to create some special sounds. Also different methods are adopted to produce these sounds. At times they slide the pieces together to create a different type of music or sound. Further 2”pipes are cut to a particular length and at the end of the tube large rubble paddles are used to bang on the pipes. These pipes are painted with fluorescent paint using special lighting they tend to change the colors of the pipe. While drumming they use paint and black canvas to make any form of art or painting. This way several other things are employed or done to entertain the audience. For their unique and novel performance and entertainment, the Blue Man Group tickets sell out almost overnight.
History
Blue Man Group was instituted by three close friends Phil Stanton, Matt Goldman and Chris Wink in New York in 1987. Initially they performed in the New York streets. Later, they began working on full length shows following Meryl Vladmier, the Artistic director of THE CLUB approval to commission their works. With the success of the show in New York, they then moved their productions to several other places such as Boston, Orlando, Chicago, Las Vegas etc. The first international production was opened in Berlin in the year 2004. Over the recent past, they have been performing in many leading cities worldwide. To their credit, the group has also earned several laurels, awards, citations etc. Tickets to the Blue Man Group shows are sold out overnight. They can be bought online as well. |
