Wow! I just got back from the Cirque du Soleil Show, Love, based on the Beatles songs. My husband and I sat in the 3rd row, and the way the theater is set up, think 4 quadrant wedges, we felt like we were in the show. Check out the seating chart to see what I mean. It was awesome.

This show seems to follow a timeline of sorts through history. It begins with World War II and progresses through what seems to be about 1970, which is actually when the band broke up. My husband didn’t really notice the timeline, but a few themes made it seem chronological to me.

I really don’t want to give too many details away, since I liked going into it not knowing what to expect, but I’ll tell a few things. First, get a seat in the first 4 or 5 rows in sections 103, 104, 105, or 106. You will feel like you are on part of the stage. You also get to see the faces, and details of the sets much better. The way it is set up is quite clever and makes the whole theater feel intimate. Imagine a circular theater (Love is in the round), then cut a huge plus sign through all of the seats to cut it into quadrants. The first row of each quadrant has 2 seats, the second row has 3 seats, the third row has 4 seats… you get the point. The stage also comes right up next to seat #1, at least in our section, 103. My husband was in this seat and actually got grazed on his melon by a prop ribbon thing. No harm done.

Second, prepare to be overwhelmed. During many scenes, especially at the beginning, there were so many things going on, it was hard to know what to focus on. Do I look at the people on the ropes, the weirdo with the flowers, the acrobats on the floor, the weird priest guy…? You’ll see when you see the show.

Last, be prepared to be overwhelmed by the price. The seats my husband & I had sell for $181.50 each. Yes, each. We actually used the Tickets2nite discount seller in the Coke Bottle that I wrote about before. We stopped by at 2:00pm today, a Saturday, and he picked up the tickets, in the 3rd row no less, for $168 each. So it still cost us $336, but it was worth every penny. Every penny.

To summarize, I was very pleasantly surprised. I think, dare I say, that I liked this show better than “O” at the Bellagio. Love, by the way is the only show in Vegas that employs child performers. From the speakers in each seat, to the way the songs fit the mood of each Beatles song, to the amazing set design, this is a show that absolutely should not be missed.