What does that mean?

Hell if I know.

But I went to see this show the other night at the Sahara, and since it was an all-ages show, I took my kid with me.

I wasn’t expecting much, but I was really pleasantly surprised. The energy that the performers had, made me feel that a massive heart attack was imminent by one of the performers. I got winded just watching them.

And if you have an Asian-fetish, then my friend, this is the show for you. Lots of hot Asian chicks. Former gymnasts, dancers, even some models from Japan. Unfortunately they didn’t show much skin, but many of the outfits were tight enough to make VIP section tickets worthwhile.

This was kind of, sort of like a “Cirque” meets “Stomp” show. But it was much more acrobatic than Stomp, and much less serious and artsy-fartsy than Cirque. They call themselves a “Musical with Muscles”. Not sure what that means, but the category is irrelevant. It’s just a good show.

There was no dialog, but there were sketches. A big crowd pleaser was the “Piano Key” sketch. Basically all of the performers dressed like piano keys, and had to do a push-up every time “their key” was pressed. The pianist kept hammering one key until the guy got exhausted, so he paid another dancer to switch places with him. You can kind of guess the rest … once the guy relocated … the pianist started banging his “new” key until he was exhausted again.

I liked the way they added humor with the stunts and dancing.

I also really liked this show because the performers were very personable. They were always smiling, they were very light-hearted, and seemed very genuine. Three times dancers came offstage into the audience, and they always stopped by to interact with my kid … teaching her a dance, and just paying attention to her. This was really cool.

There are many dance routines, many stunts, and non-stop action for about 75 minutes. The dancers were all very talented, and have obviously worked months perfecting this show … as the error for margin during the routines is pretty thin.

And this show featured one of the coolest stunt performers I have seen anywhere, in any show.

The mountain bike guy.

Holy shit, if you see this show for no other reason … see it for the mountain bike guy.

He came out about 3 times, and he did things that I still think are impossible. He would ride along the audience handrails, he would hop up and down the steps through the audience while shaking hands, he climbed huge obstacles … with his feet never once touching the ground. Seriously, this dude was awe-inspiring. You simply have to see it to believe it. I’ve seen many a stunt show, but this is far an away the one that left me the most incredulous.

The performers got a well-deserved standing ovation at the end of the performance. It really was a complete blast. Just a full on, family friendly, high energy show.

If I could convince them to put the (overwhelmingly hot) chicks in thongs, then this would be the best show in Las Vegas. Hands down.

The Sahara has two very underrated shows in Matsuri and Trent Carlini.

They are a quick monorail ride away, and really do deserve to be higher profile, IMHO.

P.S. The show does have it’s own website: http://matsuri.musclemusical.com/

Here are a couple of photos I took in the Sahara while there: