Let 'Love' rule

Sunday the soundtrack to "Love" won two Grammy awards. During the telecast, some of the cast of the Cirque show at the Mirage performed a modified version of their routine to the Beatles' "A Day in the Life."

In the context of the spectacular sound and setting of the theater of "Love," that routine is one of the most emotionally moving in the entire show. It features one of the best aerialists I have ever seen. The television Grammy experience, though perfectly adequate television, was not a good substitute for seeing "Love" at the Mirage.

The breaking of the car behind the aerialists into acrobats with the automobile's component parts has surprising visual impact at the center of a stage but was caught mostly in the background by Grammy cameras. And the "Love" cast looked cramped on the Grammy stage. Still, the value of a Grammy appearance (not to mention winning the awards) was worth lots of attention and publicity for the show. But not so much press that "Love" wanted to miss any performances of their usually sold-out show. The amazing thing is that "Love" is so hot a ticket right now that they were able to structure things so that not a single performance was lost in order for some cast members to be at the Grammy awards for the act last night.

"Love's" publicist informed me: "Zero shows canceled. We just moved dark nights around." That is what things are like when you are the hottest ticket in Vegas.

(Photo by Sarah Gerke)