RYAN NAKASHIMA
Thursday, March 22, 2007
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Criss Angel, the long-haired, punky magician whose "Mindfreak" show is shooting its third season for A&E, will team up with Cirque du Soleil to produce its sixth permanent show on the Las Vegas Strip.
The show will start in the summer of 2008 at the Luxor, the pyramid-shaped hotel-casino where Angel has been filming, officials said Thursday at news conference to announce the still-unnamed show.
Director Serge Denoncourt described the live production as "Criss in Wonderland."
"He appears in a world he doesn't control and he has problems with girls, with giants, with evil," Denoncourt said.
"It's that kind of acid trip show. It's like being in Criss's head for two hours, which is something."
On the Net:
Criss Angel,
www.crissangel.com
Cirque du Soleil,
www.cirquedusoleil.com
© The Canadian Press, 2007
