Wonder KABUKI Spectacle at MGM Grand: KABUKI LION SHI-SHI-O: The Adventures of the Mythical Lion

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 - Saturday, May 7, 2016
Tuesday - Friday, 8:00pm
Saturday, 7:00pm and 10:00pm

David Copperfield Theater in MGM Grand
Las Vegas, NV

In August 2015, Kabuki actor, Ichikawa Somegoro starred in an original fountain show that integrated Kabuki, the waterworks of the choreographed fountains, and video projection created by Japan’s leading digital artists - the event was an enormous success.

For May 2016, an original new Kabuki play will be created specially for the David Copperfield Theater in MGM Grand, featuring Ichikawa Somegoro and in collaboration with technological artwork. Also at the Fountains of Bellagio, in succession to last year’s critically acclaimed performance, a new version incorporating the fountain choreography with video projection, thematized on the aesthetics of the four seasons in Japan will take place.

Highlights

The story is based on the legend of the father lion who throws his child into a ravine to test his strength through hardship. The show incorporates several typically kabuki elements that will astonish the audience: elegant dances, the unique onnagata female role portrayed by a male actor, acrobatic fight scenes and the lion’s vigorous movements, lavish costumes and makeup and many other treasures of this traditional Japanese theatrical artistry. Integrated into this is the video projection created by leading Japanese creative media artists.

Story

The story takes place at Mount Seiryo - a Buddhist ethereal location where the gods live. Shi-Shi-O serves Monju, the Buddhist deity of spiritual wisdom. Shi-Shi-O’s children will be celebrating their coming of age but before this rite of passage, he sends them on a mission. They are to defeat a mythical creature who is said to be the dark-side of the human heart, to return the treasured sword Shi-Shi-Maru that was stolen from Monju. The brave brothers descend from the stone bridge to the netherworld.

They disguise themselves as humans and courageously fight the creature, and upon their victory, return to Mount Seiryo. Monju validates the brothers’ coming of age and the shishi-lions celebrate gloriously.

VIP                 $190.05
Premium         $140.05
Standard        $80.05
Rear               $55.05

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For inquiries about the show: sh_kabukilion@shochiku.co.jp