Blue Man Group Charles Playhouse

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Blue Man Group Charles Playhouse: 21st-Century Entertainment in a Historic Location

If you want to be amazed by the Blue Man Group’s multimedia extravaganza, there’s no better place to do this than in Boston. The Blue Man Group Charles Playhouse show is one of the group’s longest running productions, second only to the original Astor Place Theatre production in New York. It’s been running since 1995, and it’s still going strong, drawing packed houses to their shows, which run five days a week, with two or three performances per day.

Located in Boston’s theatre district near the historic Beacon Hill neighborhood, the Charles Playhouse has been a major venue in Boston’s theater scene since the mid 1900s. Before then, the theater was variously a night club, a church, and a synagogue. All of this history, going back to the theater’s original construction in 1839, helps provide a unique backdrop for the high-tech, colorful wonders of the Blue Man Group Charles Playhouse performance.

Like all Blue Man Group shows, the Charles Playhouse production has one main goal: to delight viewers. From the group’s early days in Manhattan, this philosophy has always been the same. The Blue Men stay in character at all times, and that character is weird, funny, thought-provoking, and even a little bit dark at times. This is one of the many things that sets Blue Man Group apart. Their shows contain plenty of spectacle, but they’re also complex.

But when you get right down to it, it’s simple: Who doesn’t like drums? Who doesn’t like skillfully played music? Who doesn’t like amazing and unusual spectacles, comedy, satire, weird skits, strange props, and surreal screen projections? Even if you’re a bit skeptical when reading these questions, the Blue Man Group Charles Playhouse production is perfect for skeptics.

In fact, I went to the show at the Charles Playhouse with a group of 9 other people, no less than 4 of whom were skeptical about the whole thing. And each of them came out of the show true believers. This is a common occurrence with Blue Man Group shows everywhere. There are certain types of people who assume it’s going to be just a silly dance show for kids—sort of like a hyped up clown routine—but they always come out with a new perspective on what the Blue Man Group is really all about.

And what is the Blue Man Group really all about? Well, you’ll have to go and see for yourself. I wish I could tell you the real meaning of the show, but it’s not something that can exactly be put into words. It’s about art. It’s about popular culture. It’s about rock music. The Blue Man Group Charles Playhouse show reexamines all of these things, offering new, thought-provoking perspectives on these old standbys of American culture.

But mostly, it’s about the spectacle. It’s about delighting children and adults. It’s about showing us strange and unusual sights that we’ll never forget. Even if it were nothing more than this, it would be worth the price of admission.