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Blue Man Group – show sensation in Berlin
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Blue Man Group
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Blue Man Group: Berlin’s rhythmic aliens
If you have tickets to Blue Man Group, hopefully you’re ready to help make this a night to remember. Yes, Blue Man Group is one of this Shows. A show where you are included as a spectator, allowed on stage, illuminated by the spotlight. The aim of the show is to connect the audience so that they become one – with the help of music, performance and slapstick. Curious? Then read more about the blue men here.
Two drummers and a … software programmer? These three were the beginning of the Blue Man Group. Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton and Chris Wink had no other hobbies in late ’80s New York than shocking people as street performers. Painting the bald heads blue, they held, among other things, a "funeral for the 80s" – with a Rambo doll and a piece of the Berlin Wall. This off-off-Broadway performance evolved into the worldwide cultural phenomenon and show Blue Man Group. Three silent blue men who entertain the audience with their eyes, gestures and facial expressions. Sounds simple and unexciting? Oh yes, and why are there plastic ponchos in the first rows?? A Blue Man Group show is a bombastic spectacle with huge drums, lights, colors, homemade instruments, special effects, flashing lights, action painting, skits, participatory vaudeville and, above all, rhythm.
Blue Man Group – what to expect
They are always in threes, always silent, always childishly curious. Where they come from nobody knows, but they have entertainment in their luggage. And what the three artists do with simple means is amazing. There is drumming on pipes, which produce higher or lower tones by taking them off or putting them together – the drumbones. With a little color and light, simple drums are transformed into a colorful spectacle. The paint drums splash colorful colors up to the first rows of the auditorium. Paintballs become a Jason Pollock-inspired painting, marshmallows caught in the mouth become a quirky work of art. With the Blue Man even people become paintbrushes. In addition, the Blue Man (and their audience) learn the right moves for a rock concert – even the stick figures can dance there. Because that’s what it’s all about: rhythm, drums, music. The Blue Man make an instrument out of everything, whether PVC pipes or flexible rods, so-called air poles. The trio is supported by a live band. It’s a rock concert, a comedy and a party – and most of all interactive.
Five tips for visiting the Blue Man Group
- If you are lucky enough to sit in the first rows, you should put on the ready raincoats. The seating category is not called "Poncho Seats" for nothing. Here you can reach paint splashes from the stage. So protect your clothes and put the ponchos over them. If paint does end up on your good blouse: It’s water soluble.
- Don’t be late – not only because it’s rude, but because the three blue men will expose you mercilessly. An alarm goes off, a spotlight is turned on the late guests. Embarrassing, but funny. When it happens: smile, wave, sit down. And don’t ask what happens if you get up to go to the toilet during the show. There’s no intermission during the somewhat 100-minute show, so it’s a good idea to attend to such needs beforehand anyway.
- Stay a little longer after the show to take a photo with the Blue Man. With a little luck, you will get an autograph – but it will look a little different from other celebrities: a blue handprint.
- They are looking for the best tickets for the Blue Man Group? We recommend you to sit in the middle. Not only spectators at the front are allowed to participate. The Blue Man look for their assistants also from the back rows.
Backstage – these are the Blue Man
From the streets of New York to the stages of the world – the Blue Man Group is a phenomenon. Since 1991, the group has performed in New York City, Chicago, Orlando, Boston and Las Vegas, touring the world. And well, that gives it away: There aren’t just three blue men, but 70 worldwide. The three founders have not been on stage for a long time, but they still write new sketches. Because the show is always evolving even after 25 years. That the Blue Man Group came to Berlin was thanks to the founder Matt Goldmann, who is a big fan of Wim Wenders "Der Himmel uber Berlin".
Every year imagine 1.000 actors, musicians and artists who also want to become a Blue Man. Women are also cast, but rarely prevail. The demands are high, because Blue Man are multi-talented performers. 5’8" to 5’8" performers are expected to be about the same height as the men on stage. In addition, the performers must have comedic talent and a sense of rhythm. The Blue Man are not as easy to portray as they look on stage. You have to be intensely present but not tense, always in character and improvise spontaneously. A performer might be annoyed when someone in the second row is talking on the phone, a Blue Man is surprised that a person holds a small box to his ear. A future Blue Man does not have to be able to drum perfectly, the performers are taught that, especially since the Blue Man style is somewhat different than normal drumming, faster, more aggressive, rougher. It takes eight to nine weeks for the applicants to develop their own version of a Blue Man. Those who have become Blue Man usually stay for a very long time – in New York, some performers have been there for 16 years already. What is the reason? Every show is a little different, because although much has been carefully worked out and rehearsed, there is always a little room for improvisation. So a lot of fun and a challenge for the performers.
Applying the Blue Man’s makeup takes about an hour. First the hair and ears are covered with a latex hood. The blue color is "International Klein Blue", a deep blue invented by the artist Yves Klein. Incidentally, it was Klein who used the human body as a paintbrush, which the Blue Man Group interpret in their own way in the show. The blue was chosen by the three founders because this color is not negatively associated like red (aggression) or green (envy). The makeup is very oily, so it never dries during the show. So for the performers this means: Don’t scratch your head.
Blue Man Group Berlin – the perfect travel offer for you
The show has already been seen internationally by over 35 million people. The Blue Man Group has been at home in Berlin since 2004, at the Bluemax Theater directly on Potsdamer Platz. Secure one of our offers for the Blue Man Group in Berlin and experience a creative, innovative and rousing show like no other. 100 minutes of comedy, music, drama, vaudeville, art and social criticism – guaranteed without boredom.
Content of the show- Blue Man Group
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The Blue Man Group is unique and not comparable with any other show in Germany. A great and often surprising mix of music, drama, comedy, art, and science. It is also the only live show in which even viewers who do not understand German can have a good time. Because here is not spoken, but communicated through gestures, looks and music. Making the show a multicultural and intense experience that can’t be forced into any category either. It is a new dimension of entertainment .
The Blue Man Group takes the audience on a spectacular journey that is funny, comical, intelligent and acoustically and visually overwhelming. The three blue men are supported by rousing, rhythmic music from a live band. Musical instruments are also used on stage, which were specially developed for the show and sometimes resemble sanitary pipe systems, such as the PVC instrument, the Tubulum or the Air Poles. This creates an unmistakable sound.
The show is primarily about sounds, colors (not just blue!) and food. So it’s no surprise that the audience in the front rows has to put on a plastic cape to protect themselves from paint splashes. But before the actual performance begins, the audience is asked via ticker tape on light strips to applaud for named attendees who have a birthday or have rendered outstanding services to genetic research, or to have them especially dear today because they suffer from headache.
When the blue men then enter the stage, the sonic and optical frenzy begins. Alternately they tip red and yellow paint on their drums and start drumming loudly. The grandiose sound and the color plays inspire at once. Liters of paint are drummed up impressively. Multimedia effects complement the show, the spectator automatically slides into a completely new world. And some spectators are guaranteed not to forget the spectacle, namely those who come too late: The program is then abruptly interrupted, a spotlight is shone on the newcomers, a camera crew latches onto their heels to broadcast the latecomers’ entry on the big video screen.
But also other visitors are in the truest sense "very closely there". The audience becomes part of the show and involved in the action. Because the bluesmen skillfully climb over the audience benches right into the middle of the audience. Even the back rows are visited by the blue trio. And so it is not at all surprising when one or the other volunteer is allowed to join the humorous gentlemen in blue on stage. But all visitors are rewarded with almost two hours of first-class entertainment, terrific drum sound and permanent aha-experiences .
The Blue Man Group is rightly regarded as a "show of superlatives" (Berliner Kurier) and "Cult show perennial" (Die Zeit) and gets under your skin. You can’t describe it, you have to experience it live – this unique show sensation!
Photo: Morris Mac Matzen