Sunday, February 2, 2025

Sunday's opening shot

The Blue Man Group's final NYC performances are at the Astor Place Theatre today. (Tix on StubHub were $550 each for the 2 p.m. show and $279 for the 5 p.m. set.) It will conclude a 34-year run with 17,800 shows and 82,150 gallons of paint. 


But there are still chances! Productions of Blue Man Group will continue in Berlin, Boston, Las Vegas and Orlando. 

In 1987, a trio of Lower East Side artists — Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton and Chris Wink — started what would "arguably become the most financially lucrative performance art troupe in the world." Cirque du Soleil bought the show in 2017. 

Before taking up residency on Astor Place on Nov. 17, 1991, the group played out and about at various local venues, including King Tut's Wah Wah Hut on Avenue A at Seventh Street (where Niagara is now).
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1 comment:

  1. VH McKenzieFebruary 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM

    I saw the show at some tiny venue before Astor - Dixon Place comes to mind? Some little black box in the single digit streets. But it was so long ago, such an EV haze. It was fun, it was nutty, it was a weird intimate theater experience. Good for them and their success.

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