We had a visitor in town from London last week and so we took him to see all the touristy things in So. Cal, one being the Cirque du Soleil show Iris. It is currently at the Kodak Theater in downtown Hollywood. It was fun just to be in the Kodak Theater were the Oscars, American Idol and the Grammy's were all held. We really enjoyed the show. Iris is loosely based on the history of cinema. It cleverly interprets the stages of film history in a way that isn't pretentious.
There's plenty to enjoy in this show and there's tons of amazing acrobatics. I felt that the first half was stronger than the second. The first half focused on the evolution of film from the beginning to the 1950s. The second half of the show focused on Hollywood's shift to movie sets and large-scale film productions.
The best seats in the house are not in the orchestra section. We sat in the second row of the orchestra and everything was straight above us where we had to crane our necks in a 90 degree angle to see and we were too close to the stage. The best seats are probably in the 1st level mezzanine, first and second rows. You will have a great view of everything from there. The only fun thing about the orchestra section was that they dropped confetti on us.
The arial acrobats above were incredible! One of my favorites.
The contortionist were amazing!
We went on a week night for an 8:00pm show from Orange County and had brutal traffic. We ate dinner at Flemmings, L.A. Live which is about 8 miles from the Kodak. It took us 40 minutes to get from L.A. Live to the Kodak.
The Kodak Theater is steps away from Grauman's Chinese Theater, so we walked over after the show. It wasn't that crowded by 10:30pm so we could wonder over all the impressions and see them all.
There was a great mixture of old movie star legends and new movie stars. The earliest imprint we saw was Marion Davies: 1929. She was William Randulph Hearst's mistress and an early movie star. We saw Judy Garland, Cary Grant, Doris Day, Tom Cruise, Will Smith, the kids from Harry Potter, the cast of Star Trek and Star Wars and many, many, more. This was also the first time the Handsome Husband had been there and he enjoyed it.
In front of Grauman's Chinese is Hollywood Blvd. and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. There are so many stars, I couldn't possibly name them all. Also, at Grauman's you can get a open top bus tour that will take you through all the neighborhoods and show you current and former star homes. It sounds like fun and we think we may do it on another day.
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