Make it a point to be on time for "Blue Man Group." If you're late, an eardrum-shattering alarm sounds and the Blue Men stop the show to shine a bright light on the late arrivals and plaster their embarrassed faces on the big screen.
Other than that, "Blue Man Group" is your typical stage show with pipe drums, scrolling electronic message boards and men with glistening bald blue heads climbing through the audience.
It's hard to pinpoint what genre the show falls in. It is part vaudeville, part rock concert, part dance and part comedy - all with no words. The Blue Men communicate through their eyes and subtle physicality, with makes the audence laugh out loud. The lack of words is appropriate, since words can't really describe this show.
"Blue Man Group" began in New York in 1987 and now has four productions running concurrently in Boston, New York, Chicago and Las Vegas.
There are Cap'n Crunch-munching contests, a Twinkie picnic with one lucky theatergoer, and new to this ever-evolving show is the "state of the rock world" segment, where Boy Bands and Britney Spears have edged out more authentic forms of music.
The Blue Men hilariously demonstrate the hip swivel with their stuck-in-the-mud feet and the signature of the pumping fist typical of so many performers.
Also new is a scene in an Internet coffee shop where people can sit silently, surrounded by others to whom they will not talk while communicating via computer to people who aren't there. It leaves you wondering how far technology really has taken us.
A new segment about the history of animation - with shaving cream and a huge picture frame as props - and man's attempts since the Stone Age to bring art to life was too long and not as interactive and funny as the other segments.
Some things never change, though. A handful of audience members still have to wear protective plastic gear and the rest tie crepe paper around their heads.
Some things in life you just can't question.
'Blue Man Group' makes changes but continues to charm
