{"id":278357,"date":"2023-06-20T14:07:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T19:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=278357"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T19:29:20","slug":"wynn-las-vegas-awakening-show-awakened-from-retooling-coma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wynn-las-vegas-awakening-show-awakened-from-retooling-coma\/","title":{"rendered":"Wynn Las Vegas\u2019 ‘Awakening’ Show Awakened from Retooling Coma"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAwakening\u201d returns to Wynn Las Vegas on June 30, 2023. A press release issued by the resort on Tuesday calls the troubled show \u201crestaged and reimagined\u201d with \u201cnew acrobatics, soaring aerialists, and choreography.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Can this “Awakening” character see the show\u2019s future in her crystal ball? Is that why she\u2019s not smiling? (Image: Wynn Las Vegas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The choreography was provided by the Emmy-winning Mandy Moore — not that<\/em> Mandy Moore, but the one who choreographed \u201cLa La Land,\u201d \u201cDancing with the Stars,\u201d and Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cEras\u201d tour.<\/p>\n

According to the press release, the revamped production, which runs five minutes longer than the original\u2019s 75 minutes, features \u201cvibrant new music\u201d as well as \u201cnew couture costumes, comedic moments, stunning puppetry, and grand illusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether that\u2019s enough to reawaken audience interest remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

This was actually the second retooling for the show. Less than three months after its premiere on Nov. 7, 2022, it took a two-week hiatus for its first revamp.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAwakening\u201d never performed to more than half-full houses since replacing \u201cLe Re\u0302ve\u201d <\/em>in its Wynn Las Vegas theater. Upping the pressure, according to Casino.org<\/em>\u2019s own Vital Vegas<\/a><\/em> blogger Scott Roeben, the show \u201ccould be costing $30 million a year in addition to the up-front investment,\u201d which was $120 million.<\/p>\n

Curtains for All Production Shows?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Though entertainment spending has returned to pre-pandemic levels on the Strip, the Broadway-style productions that, along with Cirque du Soleil, defined Las Vegas entertainment from about 2006 when “Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular” opened at the Venetian, don\u2019t seem to be feeling the post-pandemic comeback.<\/p>\n

In fact, they appear to\u00a0still be struggling<\/a>\u00a0because of competition from omnipresent superstar residencies and from changing entertainment tastes and purchasing habits.<\/p>\n

Three Las Vegas Strip production shows,\u00a0<\/strong>“Bat Out of Hell \u2014 The Musical<\/strong><\/a><\/em>” at Paris Las Vegas, “Criss Angel\u2019s Amystika”<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at Planet Hollywood, and\u00a0“Extravaganza” <\/strong><\/a><\/em>at Horseshoe, all failed to cross the threshold into 2023.<\/p>\n

Even the undisputed musical genius of “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda couldn\u2019t keep “Freestyle Love Supreme” at the Venetian for longer than two months.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a question of priorities and how much money people have left over to spend now on these general-interest shows,\u201d Mike Weatherford, former theater reporter and critic for the\u00a0Las Vegas Review-Journal,\u00a0<\/em>told\u00a0Casino.org\u00a0<\/em>earlier this year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re coming to town to see basketball or NASCAR, you already paid a premium for both your tickets and your room rate,\u201d Weatherford continued. \u201cIf you have any money left over, and you can find the tickets, then Usher, Keith Urban, Katy Perry, and Adele are playing residencies, and you have two nights of Jimmy Buffett, are you really going to see ‘Awakening?’\u201d<\/p>\n

Sleepy Sales<\/b><\/h2>\n

Also not helping production shows any is the decline of the discount ticket booth. In the mid-2000s, more than a dozen crowded the Strip, selling thousands of half-price tickets for same-day shows. Today, there are only four.<\/p>\n

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Whereas thousands of tourists once flooded Las Vegas every weekend planning to use these booths to choose what shows to see at the last minute, most now come having already purchased tickets online and knowing their agendas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Performances of \u201cAwakening\u201d will be held Friday through Tuesday at 7 p.m., with additional performances on Fridays, Saturdays, and Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices range from $99 to $179, plus tax and fees, via awakening.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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