For some reason, I've always wondered what it would be like to push a button and have a pool lower down from the ceiling of my folks' giant living room. I picture it would be fun for all! I came one step closer to this fantasy at Broadway in Chicago's "Fuerza Bruta: Look Up" performance at the Auditorium Theatre.
In the unconventional show, translated "Brute Force," laws of gravity are defied and the imagination runs free.
The audience is treated to a club-like lobby atmosphere and then ushered on stage to get all close and personal and "look up" for the whole performance. A man walks on a treadmill while tables, chairs and humans are rolled toward him—like a ride on a giant conveyor belt. Two women dance around like banchies on hung Mylar while suspended horizontally from above. Four barely-clothed women perform a sort of fetal dance while swimming on a Lucite pool hanging straight above audiences' heads. The show is concluded with company members dancing with audience members as club music is pumped through the speakers and water is poured from the ceiling on partying guests. What a ride!
*Note: I conduct PR at a firm that represents this show.