Blue Man Group Sharp Aquos Theatre, Entertainment venue in Universal CityWalk Orlando, United States.
The Blue Man Group Sharp Aquos Theatre is a performance space at Universal CityWalk Orlando with 1,000 seats divided into five sections. The first four rows form a special zone where visitors receive rain ponchos.
Universal Orlando announced the Blue Man Group residency on November 9, 2006, and the 1,000-seat theatre opened on June 6, 2007, inside Soundstage 18, which had housed Nickelodeon Studios from 1990 to 2005. It was sponsored as the Sharp Aquos Theatre until 2012, when the facade was repainted and the awning signage removed. The residency closed on February 1, 2021, and Soundstage 18 has since hosted the seasonal Grinchmas Who-liday Spectacular.
Three performers with blue-painted faces present numbers that combine drumming, digital projections, and lighting effects without ever speaking a single word. The show moves between music, comedy, and experimental effects that often involve the audience directly.
The venue sits behind the Hard Rock Cafe at CityWalk, reached by a walkway built from the Universal Studios Florida side so guests enter without a theme park ticket. Seating is split into five zones; the first four rows form the Poncho Zone, where splashes are likely and a poncho comes with admission.
The performances use approximately 18,000 buckets of paint each year, which is thrown onto canvases, drums, and sometimes into the air during the show. In the poncho zone, special clothing protects spectators from paint splashes and other wet effects.
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