‘Ka’ is back, and so is Cirque du Soleil, fully and finally, on the Las Vegas Strip

Sunday, November 28, 2021 10:45 PM
  • John Katsilometes, Las Vegas Review-Journal

The Final Battle carried new meaning, for a show that spent 19 months fighting back to the stage.

“Ka” bounced back Wednesday night at MGM Grand, Cirque du Soleil’s most lavish production, with a $165 million outlay and 300 cast members. The production checks Cirque’s final box among shows returning to the Strip from the company’s interminably long COVID-forced pause.

Importantly, some 1,250 Cirque employees are back to work in Las Vegas.

Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil Senior Vice President Eric Grilly took his position with the company about four months before the universal entertainment shutdown in March 2020. He has now seen all five Cirque shows come back.