Nobody would have been surprised if “O” would have evaporated by now.
“We didn’t think it would last this long,” Cirque du Soleil co-creator Gilles St-Croix said Sunday during a chat at Bellagio, where the water spectacular celebrated its 25th anniversary. “I say that, although we also say ‘O’ is forever. There have been other shows with water, all around the world, but we were the first.”
“O” opened along with the hotel as its dedicated, resident production show in October 1998. St-Croix created the show in partnership with the late live-entertainment visionary Franco Dragone.
“We had lots of experiments, and they came out with great success,” said St-Croix, who has now retired his role as an active Cirque official. He said the show’s universal appeal and architecture continues to make it a box-office and critical hit.
