The cast and crew of Blue Man Group invited me and other journalists and photographers to this event to delve deep into who these figures are and learn how everything is assembled and how Blue Man Group puts on performances.
We were greeted by John Vitti, who invited Crimson Times to this event. Vitti, who managed this whole event, was thrilled to have brilliant minds from all over Massachusetts at 74 Warrenton St. to be able to experience meeting Blue Man Group.
The auditorium was covered in black paint with two parts of the stage. The stage had an upper part with huge drums, and lights underneath the upper stage were different types of colorful pipes/drums. The lower stage had a large circle screen and different types of pipes with light surrounding the area.
Around the walls of the seating areas, there are TVs with different types of equipment for sound and lights. I noticed a large amount of different types of paper banisters on the ceiling.
The atmosphere of eagerness to meet the cast and crew was vivid. We met the crew, and got introduced to Paul Marr, who is the electric supervisor.
“I have been working with the company for 24 years now, starting in 2000 as a light board operator, and I have worked my way through the electric department, and I am now a supervisor for the department,” Marr said.
During the interview, we also met string player Darren Ray, who has been working for 17 years for Blue Man Group.
”I’m a string player in the band,” Ray said. “Been with Blue Man for 17 years in this production, International Twang Productions, and Happy Beer.”
Randy Wooten, who is the president of music, is the director and the full-time drummer in the band. “I’ve been with Blue Band since 2010, and in Boston, but I have done the world tour and the national tour,” Wooten said.
We met Elliot Mohrman, who has been the makeup and wardrobe supervisor for the Boston Blue Man group for over two years.
Crimson Times also met with Blue Man Group performers Adam Erdossy and Jason McLin. “I’ve been with the company since 2006,” Erdossy said. “I’m a Blue Man, and I’ve also traveled around corporate. Been in Japan.”
During the performance, the Blue Man Group was mysterious. Everyone was asking questions about who they were as beings, which was the main purpose of the theme of this performance.
The lights were beaming, and the music was stimulating. Everything had a purpose with the different types of colors of paint, the instruments, and the visuals.
Audience members have to wrestle with the feeling of not knowing who these characters are. It’s uncomfortable, it’s unsettling, and it’s inhuman the way the Blue Man Group portrays these characters. The makeup, nonverbal communication, and clothing give more to these feelings. It was fascinating to watch this performance unfold.
It had art, comedy, and passion. The dark, foggy lighting made the colors of the primary color paints used by the Blue Men stand out more. While this type of colorful, paint-splattering art can be messy and fun, it also has meaning to it.
The comedy aspects of the show including bringing people on stage. Marshmallows were thrown in their mouths. The audience participated in having paint thrown onto them.
My favorite moment was a timeline of the two women dating the Blue Man Group and then getting married, seeing how adults even had fun. There were tons of fun comedic moments from this performance.
The passion with the Blue Man Group is very obvious. It brings theatrical elements into these performances and makes people forget about the stresses and challenges of life.
It brought me into this world of color and humor that amazed me. If you ever want to experience something so beautiful and so special, you should see Blue Man Group.
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