Cirque Mechanics’ Boom Town will have its New York premiere at the New Victory Theater from April 8th through April 24th.
In Boom Town, acrobats climb up swaying poles, fly high and fast on revolving cranes, jump on moving ore carts and balance on towers of whiskey jugs. Inspired by Chaplin’s Gold Rush, HBO’s “Deadwood” and the characters played by Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin in Paint Your Wagon, Boom Town’s Wild West cast of competitive saloon owners, star-crossed lovers and dynamite prospectors defy gravity in this high-flying gold rush frenzy.
The creative team for Boom Town includes: director, Chris Lashua; assistant director/choreographer, Aloysia Gavre, and writer/performer, Steven Ragatz, all of whom are Cirque du Soleil veterans. The performers are plucked from Cirque du Soleil, the Pickle Family Circus and Moscow Circus.
Theater-goers who buy tickets for three or more New Vic shows qualify for free Membership benefits, including a 35-percent savings. Tickets to Boom Town cost $25 (orchestra and front mezzanine), $18 (mezzanine) and $9 (balcony) for Members, and $38 (orchestra and front mezzanine), $28 (rear mezzanine) and $14 (balcony) for Non-members.
Tickets can be bought online or in person or by phone at 646-223-3010 (Monday-Friday 12 noon-8 pm; Saturday 10 am-8 pm; Sunday 10 am-5 pm) or in person at the Box Office; Box office hours: Sunday & Monday 11 am-5 pm; Tuesday-Saturday 11 am -7 pm. The performance schedule is April 8th, 7pm; April 9th, 2 and 7pm; April 15th, 7pm, April 16th, 2 and 7pm; April 17th, 12 and 5pm; April 20th, 2pm; April 21st, 7pm; April 22nd, 7pm; April 23rd, 2 and 7pm; April 24th, 12 and 5pm.