Backstage at Blue Man Group

First off let me mention that I'm a huge fan of Blue Man Group. I've seen the show 9 times, in different cities across the country, and I still look forward to the next show. What happened last week was a dream come true. Imagine being able to meet members from your favorite band, and getting a back stage tour. That's what happened to me with Blue Man Group. 6 semi trucks and 2 tour busses later the Blue Man Group had their show set up and ready in Minneapolis, Minnesota. One of my friends, who is a Blue Man in the Chicago show, had contacted the touring company to set up a private meet and greet for me. Beyond amazing!

Before the performance the whole company gathers for a meeting. I was invited to be apart of the meeting, and to perform a couple magic tricks.

Then after the meeting finished up it was time for the show! It was awesome as always. The last time I had seen the touring show was in 2013, and this time around there were a couple different elements to the performance. That was cool! But not quite as cool as the back stage tour. :)

We meet in the theater and got a couple more pictures afterwards.

The Blue Man left to get out of costume and the touring manager, who is also a magician, gave the tour.

We saw the human gipads and the inner workings, along with some of the video magic effects that are used. No spoilers here!

Then I had a chance to actually play on the tubes that are used in the show! As a major BMG fan, I was like a kid at Christmas!

Also fun fact... there happens to be a Chewbacca that is following around the Blue Man Group tour. That's right, no one knows where it comes from, but it magically shows up at each city they play at.