We saw the Blue Man Group’s “How to be a Megastar Tour 2.0” last night. It was awesome. It’s the first time I’ve seen them, and it was a wonderful way to introduce my two kids to a concert instead of sending them off with lots and lots of praying.
The show was fantastic, and the first one where the audience was part of the show instead of musicians just performing for us. The parody of rock-concert tributes had my wife and I in tears, it was so funny.
I love you man!
Vlad/Igor
I saw them a year ago in Vegas, with a different show. It was great fun and quite interactive, no matter where a given audience member was sitting. They were very accommodating afterwards and posed for many, many photos with guests, including my friend and me. They stayed in quiet Blue Man mode the whole time.
I’ve never seen them live, but I have the Complex Rock Tour DVD. Those guys are awesome. My kids love them as well; they always watch that DVD. I love watching my kids trying to put their feet behind their heads. 
They were here in Columbus recently, and I would have loved to have been able to see them. The tickets were really high, however, and I was saving for a game-worn hockey jersey (which I won at auction last night!). I do hope to see them someday.
Vlad, where did you see them?
Hey, they started in Boston and I have seen them here many times! They are DA BOMB and deserve their worldwide acclaim especially for such an off-beat show. I they catch on much more because they are a unique jewel that deserve everything they get.
They were in Louisville, KY on the 17th.
These guys are definitely on my Must See list next year when we go to Vegas.
The Venetian has a great theater for them. Just a few tips, if I may:
book early, as they tend to sell out;
bring ear protection or use the free disposable ear plugs if loudness will bother you;
if you are claustrophobic, tell the usher in advance (I can expand on this if you like);
be aware that they use strobe lights, which are troubling to some folks;
if you sit in the first few row, you will be issued a poncho. Wear it!
They often change the show, and will sometimes adapt what they’re doing depending on a particular audience.
I also must mention how cool they are, businesswise: Two friends and I had bought tickets in advance. One friend ended up not being able to go to Vegas with us. I went with the other pal. We asked the folks at the counter if the ticket might be resold to someone else and if we could get the money back since our friend could not attend due to a family emergency (this was the truth).
I can’t remember all the details, as this happened a year ago, but it was rather convoluted; we went to the show thinking that we were sunk, since these were non-refundable tickets. Anyway, my pal finally tracked down an email address (no easy task, actually) for the Blue Man management (we had been told it was up to them, in the end), and would you believe…They issued a refund on this non-refundable ticket! 
Is that cool or what?
I believe this is better suited for Cafe Society. I’ll move it there for ya.
I believe they actually started in NYC, and Boston may have been their first branch office. I saw them about three weeks ago and that’s what I vaguely remember from the Playbill and I can’t find more info on their website.
My favorite part of the Boston show is when they’re following instructions on how to be rock stars. At one point they start playing old rock standards to get in the mood. Someone from the audience yells “Freebird” and the band starts playing it. Two Blue Men pull out lighters and the third hits them with a fire extinguisher. Assuming the yeller isn’t a plant it shows some great foresight and planning into the typical audience.
For your delectation, an earlier thread (my post was #20): Blue Man Group - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
Definitely a plant. I saw them in Vegas last week. They actually use a quite a few plants from what I could tell.
I wonder if audiences are so predictable that they can plan on at least one person yelling that, but I doubt it.
The late arrival is clearly a plant (I think they drag them out and tell them to go back in) but the folks they bring up on stage seem like real folks. At least I hope so.
My friend was brought up on stage when I saw them in Boston on a school band trip a few years ago.
Boo Hiss, I thought the Blue Man group was stoopid! Squishing tweenkies out of their mouths, shooting toilet paper out at the audience? Meh, not my cup of tea. Penn and Teller were way much better in my opinion. :rolleyes:
The first theatrical production was at the Astor Place Theater in New York, where it has been running continuously since 1991. (They appeared even earlier elsewhere.) I saw them there in the 1990s a couple of times. They began in Bosten at the Charles Playhouse in 1995.
Again, the “Freebird” thing was definitely a plant. The fire extinguisher becomes a running gag for the rest of the show.
We were of mixed opinions on the people dragged up on stage. If the one selected for the Twinkie gag wasn’t a plant, they got very lucky with their selection. She was perfect. It might just be an indication of how good they are as performers too.
The “late person” was either a plant or someone coached from the crowd. The gag they were doing on stage at the time had no safe resolution. It wasn’t meant to be completed (nor was it revisited). Also, one of our group came in late a few minutes prior with no fanfare.
Another gag involved them going into the crowd. One of them took a big Toblerone bar from someone in our row. I think the Blue Man partially chewed some of it and spit it into someone else’s hand. After the spotlight was elsewhere, a stagehand in plastic gloves came and recovered the partially chewed goo and the Toblerone bar, so the candy was a plant, even if the person holding it probably wasn’t. I remember noticing the big Toblerone bar when we walked in and wondering why the heck someone brought that with them to BMG. The answer was simple. They didn’t.
I saw the Megastar show a few months back, and loved it. But I think it’s the nature of the production, that I could never quite be sure that I was really watching live music, and not an elaborate mime performance. I mean, during “Baba O’Reilly”, are they really producing the right chords by hitting piano strings with a big hammer?
That’s helpful - I like big Toblerone bars, but will avoid bringing one to Blue Man Group!