A collaboration between the Beatles (by way of Sir George Martin's son, who remixed and reconfigured the music with a free hand that may distress purists) and Cirque du Soleil, this is the usual Cirque triumph of imaginative design, but it also feels surprisingly hollow. In one sense, it's an inspired pairing, in that the Beatles' music provides an apt vehicle for Cirque's trademark exuberant, joyous spectacle. But while Cirque shows have never been big on plot, the particular aimlessness of this production means that the show too quickly dissolves into simply the introduction of one creative, novel staging element after another. In other words, its visual fabulousness ends up repetitious rather than thrilling. There is a missed opportunity here for a fractured retelling of the Beatles' personal history, a saga that contains much the same myth, wonder, and melancholy as expressed in other Cirque shows. Beatles fans -- though who, at this stage in the game, is not, really? -- will still have a good time, but others may wish to spend their Cirque money on one of the other options. Daily 7:30 and 10:30pm.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Las Vegas 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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