BLUE MAN GROUP- REVIEW
April 14, 2004
BLUE MAN GROUP has been playing at the Astor Place theatre for thirteen years. That’s a lot of people who’ve gone to see a trio of blue-skinned mutants eat Cap’n Crunch onstage. What is it about these bald weirdoes and their antics that can keep this show going for over a decade?
High Tech Meets Goo With Blue Man Group
November 17, 1991
Blue Man makes an abstract painting on stage by pouring paint onto drums, drumming the hell out of it and catching the cascading spatters on canvas. Then he goes to an art show and deconstructs a fish. Blue Man is the performance group that opens i...
Brand Blue
March 1, 2003
When Chris Wink talks about the challenges facing his organization, he doesn't quote from Who Moved My Cheese? but rather from the Detroit rock duo the White Stripes. He points to the song "Little Room," whose lyrics run in full: "Well, you're in your ...
Critic’s Choice
April 2, 2004
That three guys in bright blue makeup who bang on giant PVC pipes with mallets continue to inspire such devotion is as amazing as the show itself. If you’re one of the handful of people in the Chicago metro area who hasn’t seen it yet, please ask the
Blue Man Group tweaks the light fantastic
March 29, 2004
Pity the poor concierge asked about Blue Man Group by a culture-craving tourist. Three guys with shiny heads the hue of huckleberries–that we know, from seeing pictures or the Intel commercials of the bits on Jay Leno. But what makes them worth those.
Review of ‘Blue Man Group’ at the Briar Street Thea
March 29, 2004
“Blue Man Group” has freshened up its presentation with a few bits, but the show remains 1 hour and 45 minutes of sensory overload. The Chicago production is now in its seventh year at the Brian Street theatre. It typically offers 10 performances
What’s new, Blue? The group shows some fresh addition
April 1, 2004
Blue has emerged as a theatrical phenomenon. Not red. Not yellow, violet or green. Just three mute mimes with blue heads, blue hands, brown overalls and mind-boggling talents. Launched in 1987 in New York by three theater buddies–Matt Goldman,.
For a stage stalwart, 'Blue Man' still in the pink
August 20, 2004
Sometimes you don't realize how much you miss people. For example, let's take blue people. I hadn't seen "Blue Man Group" since the Las Vegas edition opened four years ago at the Luxor. Doubts? I had a few. How would this deadpan triumph, this improbab...