Blue Man Group is best known for its award-winning theatrical productions which critics have described as "ground-breaking," "hilarious," "visually stunning" and "musically powerful." These performances feature three enigmatic bald and blue characters who take the audience through a multi-sensory experience that combines theatre, percussive music, art, science and vaudeville into a form of entertainment that is like nothing else. People from all over the world, from all walks of life and from all age groups have become fans of Blue Man Group's show in New York, Boston, Chicago and Las Vegas. Blue Man Group opened its first international production in Berlin in May, 2004 and will open a show in Toronto in June 2005.
Blue Man Group is also known for its unique style of music which is played on a variety of invented instruments. Blue Man Group's 1999 debut album, AUDIO was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category. One reviewer called it "a glorious wall of sound."
Blue Man Group released their highly anticipated second album, The Complex, which served as a bit of a departure for the enigmatic performers. Aided by some of today’s most intriguing vocalists, Blue Man Group has moved beyond the instrumental category. While writing The Complex, Blue Man Group simultaneously created a state-of-the-art rock show that captures the themes and mood of the album. The Complex Rock Tour has been hailed as “awesome musicianship enhanced by unadulterated good humor and fun” by The Chicago Sun-Times. During the summer of 2003, The Complex Rock Tour visited over 70 cities across North America and footage from two of the shows was included, along with music videos and select songs from The Complex in 5.1.Surround Sound, on Blue Man Group’s first ever rock concert DVD, The Complex Rock Tour Live. The DVD was recently certified Platinum.
In 2004, Blue Man Group won critical praise for their first television score, providing the dramatic sound for FOX’s “The Jury,” produced by Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana. Blue Man Group is currently in the studio collaborating with John Powell on music for 20th Century Fox’s animated feature Robots (in theatres March 2005), from the creators of Ice Age.
In addition to live shows and music, Blue Man Group has created installations, "happenings," "unusual ads," and a number of television-specific performances for "The Tonight Show," several of which were nominated for Emmy awards.
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