Now, I don’t agree with the advertising to get people to visit Vegas, but I do make the occasional trip for work. I just got back last Friday after a very informative PubCon 2007. As part of the trip, Joe Morin, a Pubcon evangelist and president of Boost Search Marketing, put together a “Bloggers’ night out” - tempting us with some tickets to great shows in reply for an honest review of the night. What a great idea!

The Show
Some friends and I who were attending the show were able to get in to see Blue Man Group, a quirky hard-rock meets silent film era entertainment show (you can’t well call it a play). I had a great evening - it was really something of a sensory overload at times, but was just a great show. Blue Man Group, if you’re not familiar with them, is a hybrid percussion-comedy troupe. The three men with silicone wraps on their heads don’t say a single word during the performance (or when you meet them afterwards, for that matter). But even without words, you’ll laugh and smile until your jaw just hurts.

Worth Seeing
With the flood of advertising for myriad shows in Vegas (and there are PLENTY of shows in Vegas), I probably never would have picked Blue Man out of the deluge of other options. I’m glad I got the tickets though, because it’s taken its place as a show that I will now recommend to friends and family who might be looking for something to do in Sin City.

Family Friendly?
Speaking of Sin City, there are plenty of shows I would never feel comfortable taking my family to. Blue Man Group doesn’t fall in that category. The noise from the band (it does get pretty loud) might bother smaller children at times, but that’s about the only offense of the show. The comedy is slapstick and very three stooges (sans the ‘yuk yuk yuk’) in nature, just as innocent and possibly more funny.

Thanks
A special thanks goes out to Joe Morin for hooking us up with the evening (just being a nice guy - the world needs more of that). Also, as a note, I did get the tickets for free by writing the review so if Matty Cutts is out there keeping note, it’s been officially disclaimed.