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The producer of Cirque du Soleil and Dan Lin’s Rideback have made a deal to develop feature films based on the stories and characters from the catalog of the iconic global live entertainment franchise. The movie projects will be spearheaded by Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group president and CEO Daniel Lamarre and…

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group announced today the acquisition of The Works Entertainment, the production company behind The Illusionists stage magic franchise and other variety shows. The transaction marks the third acquisition for Cirque since the 2017 purchase of Blue Man Group and VStar Entertainment Group…

An equipment malfunction at a Cirque du Soleil performance last night in Washington state stopped the show and caused the rest of the program to be cancelled. The show in the Seattle suburb of Redmond, Washington ended when a hydraulic system hose broke. Audience members were showered with what the company claimed was…

For the first time in its 34-year history, Cirque du Soleil has made a significant investment in the family market for live entertainment, acquiring Minneapolis-based VStar Entertainment Group. Through licenses with companies including Nickelodeon and Spin Master, VStar produces shows such as a stage version of…

Cirque du Soleil returned to performances on Friday in New Jersey, offering a tribute to the aerialist who died last month on stage. It was the first show since the March 17 accident that claimed the life of Yann Arnaud. The show, titled VOLTA, began with a tribute to Arnaud, the 38-year old aerialist who perished…

UPDATED, 11:26 AM: Jennifer Lopez has postponed this week’s dates of her Las Vegas show out of respect for the victims of Sunday night’s horrific shooting on the Strip. Jennifer Lopez: All I Have was set to run Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. The venue said in a…

Cirque du Soleil and Blue Man Group – creative ensembles that grew from local fame as offbeat entertainment alternatives into multicultural franchises – announced a merger today. Montreal native Cirque acquired New-York-based Blue Man Productions, a global live entertainment company best known for the award-winning…

EXCLUSIVE: Guy Laliberté and Alexandre Amancio have launched Reflector Entertainment, a Lune Rouge company. Cirque du Soleil creator Laliberté and video game developer, producer, writer and director Amancio, are co-founders for Reflector, a multiplatform business that will develop intellectual property with a view to…

IATSE has canceled today’s planned protest against the non-union performance of Cirque du Soleil's OVO show in Montreal, following Tuesday’s freak accident that took the life of Olivier Rochette, the son of Cirque founder Gilles Ste-Croix. Rochette, a 42-year-old technician with the acrobat troupe's Luzia show in San…

UPDATE, 1:30 PM with more information throughout: Paramour, the first show developed by the Montreal-based behemoth Cirque du Soleil specifically for Broadway, will shutter April 16 at the Lyric Theatre, exactly a year after it began previews. The theater then will undergo renovations, according to the announcement…

It’s been seven years since 2009’s Avatar took the industry by storm, becoming the most successful movie of all time. It scored nine Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Director for James Cameron, and went on to win three. Now, as Cameron announced at CinemaCon in April, there are four sequels in the pipeline…

The lovestruck heart doesn’t merely leap in Paramour. It flips, flies, frolics, flits, flounces, trips to the moon on gossamer wings, beats like a boogie and jumps like a bean — everything exactly as one should expect from romance as filtered through the prism of Cirque du Soleil. Officially starting the 2016-2017…