Magnus Stjernstrom gave us a shout about the latest Cirque du Soleil entry, "Delirium":

Or, as I'd like to call it: Cirque Du Yawn.

Short version: Do not spend your hard-earned dollars watching this show.

Long version: It started out with Nitza (http://www.nitza.com/) playing a few songs, and it took me a minute or two to classify them. Imagine a New Age band with a loud female singer. Now add some Folk music. New Age Folk Music. To their credit, they made it work and the audio/video combination was great.

That was the best part of the show.

After the band, and 20 minutes or so of waiting, the real show started. I was really trying to like it, I was, but after the first "scene", I found myself trying to understand it more than like it. After the third one, I started looking around the crowd, who were all sitting there with great confusion on their faces, doing the same. Where are the acrobatics? Why did I pay $250 for two tickets, plus $20 for parking to watch a (I kid you not) an 80's rockband playing while a guy in a balloon is flying across the stage and a girl in a peacock costome that everyone on stage was hiding underneath sings?

I think most people stayed simply because they *thought* everyone else was "getting" it and thought they'd look stupid if they left.

I found myself outthinking the crowd and left before the ending. (if there was such a thing, as there really wasn't a beginning or any storyline/red line throughout the show whatsoever).

Also, I have nothing against the gay community, I really don't. But men kissing on stage? Not my thing.

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