BTW: If you are interested in seeing the show. go to Craig's List and search Criss Angel. Seems everyone is jumping ship and selling their tickets before the show closes.
How does Cirque and the Luxor, who invested $85 million in the show get out of this mess? Do they cut their loss early on, and scrap the entire project or do they stick it out and run up the bill for their loss.
They should cut Criss's pay until he starts to turn a profit, and start to charge him rent for the room at the Luxor.
I wouldn't be surprised if A & E finally realizes Angel is nothing more then a "camera edit" magician who is hated by many, and cancel his TV show as well.
on Disaster!
at 16:52 10/01/2008
as a reply on the comment by alana86
Up until the Luxor show, Criss has NEVER sold one ticket in Las Vegas before. ANd looking at the ticket sales numbers after this show opened, it does not look as if he is sell very many any more. His boasting he sold $5 million in pre-show was a flat out lie. I work for the MGM/Mirage have have access to the numbers. The only LIVE show Criss ever had was in New York City, in the basement of the World Wrestling Federation gift shop on Broadway. That is how Criss can boast he had a successful Broadway show. He took a second mortgage on his mothers house and rented the space from the WWF. Great way to take advantage of his mothers frail state of mind immediately after his father passed away, mortgage her house!
Of course 700 out of 1,500 people stayed around to meet Criss. They were all his loyal fans who traveled across the country to see his show, so meeting him face to face was a bonus. I have seen the show two times already, and have spoke to many outside the showroom after the show. EVERYONE (including loyals) agree the show is bad and needs a lot of work. Criss is flat, tripping over his props, and lacks personality. It becomes clear he is a TV star and not a live performing star. The main point of the Review Journal article is not only were the non-Angel fans walking out of the show, so were the loyal fans. Criss is a TV magician who capitalizes on camera tricks, editing and planned camera angles to accomplish his tricks. Now that he has to perform live, you can see right through his tricks, and realize how boring his personality really is. Bottom line: I have heard that management would love to walk away from the project, but Cirque and the Luxor have too much money tied up in the production to scrap it this early on. Unless it takes a major turn for the better, I give it a year. The contract Criss has outlines how the deal is structured "IF" it lasts the entire 10 year run. But all Vegas contract have an "OUT: clause allowing cancellation before expiration. I am sure Criss has a clause keeping him there working for at least one year before they can cancel.
They should cut Criss's pay until he starts to turn a profit, and start to charge him rent for the room at the Luxor.
I wouldn't be surprised if A & E finally realizes Angel is nothing more then a "camera edit" magician who is hated by many, and cancel his TV show as well.