History
Starting in late October 2010, Cirque du Soleil starting offering backstage tours of the O theatre. The experience allows visitors to see the backstage wings, training rooms, costume workshop, break area, underwater lighting area, and go up to a catwalk into the sound and lighting booths. Not every experience will be the same as the tour is conducted around a "regular day", so performers may or may not be training, rehearsing, or even working out.
As of early 2011, O has grossed over a billion dollars since the show opening in 1998.
O has received many awards, including those below.
- Entertainment Design Award, best production show, 1998
- Las Vegas Review-Journal, best production show, 1999-2006
- THEA, live show category, 1999
- Prix Italia, creativity in high definition, 2009, for the documentary Flow
"O" has been performed many times, and has reached major milestones in the progress.
- 6,000th performance on 22 May 2011
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