Theatrical production company Blue Man Group will present new performance elements in its first tour of Asia, some of which will be introduced in Macau.
During Tuesday’s exclusive backstage media tour, the group’s musical director Tony Aguirre told the press that the current world tour is the newest version of the show.
“There’s a lot of new content [in] this world tour. [It’s] the most updated, most recent, most awesome version of the show, so I would say there’s at least 30-40 percent new content that you won’t find in any other of the shows; not Berlin, not even New York,” revealed Aguirre.
“You’d be the first audience [to see] the [new] content,” he affirmed.
The latest iteration of the show uses 50 gallons of paint for splashing, as well as 32 pounds of Jell-O and several boxes of Cap’n Crunch cereal. The group will fire 240 marshmallows across the stage and consume 40 boxes of Twinkies.
The group even has its own proprietary makeup color, “Blue Man Blue”, and finishes nine large containers of it every week.
The show is staffed by some 12 crew members across the wardrobe, props, video, sound, electrics, deck and stage management departments.
During the tour, Blue Man and Blue Man captain Meridian explained how some of the props and equipment are used.
“All the stuff, the unique instruments that we have, the unique way we play the instruments, it all just comes out of a desire to connect and to take people on a journey they’ve never been on before,” he said.
When asked why the show was named after the color blue, Meridian explained that it was because the founders of the company had a creative impulse that resonated with the group and was developed from there.
Since launching in 2010, the Blue Man Group has logged 150,000 miles on tour, the equivalent of circling the globe six times.
The group will perform in the region until Sunday.
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