Experience the holidays with Mickey Mouse, Disney on Ice
Disney on Ice performances of “Let’s Celebrate!” continue through Sunday at the Thomas & Mack Center at East Tropicana Avenue and Swenson Street.
Tickets are priced at $14 to $48 and are available at the Thomas & Mack Center box office, by calling (866) 388-3267 or online at UNLVtickets.com.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. today and Friday, 11:30 a.m., 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
The show brings together more than 50 Disney characters.
Audiences will join Mickey Mouse and friends on a tour of festivities packed with surprises, professional skating and colorful costumes. The production’s original storyline includes a Valentine’s Day Royal Ball with the newest Disney Princess, Tiana; a Very Merry UnBirthday Party with Alice and the Mad Hatter; Jack Skellington’s frightfully festive Halloween party with the Disney villains; and a Hawaiian luau with Lilo and Stitch.
Drawing upon their own holiday experiences, the production’s creative team envisioned a show with an abundance of colors, warmth and spirit to evoke memories of the holidays.
“At the beginning of the show, we invite everyone to ‘Be Our Guest,’ and we want the audience to feel like they are participating in the show, not that they are merely watching it,” director Patty Vincent says. “The audience gets to be a part of what we experience on the ice — they’ll feel like they went trick-or-treating with Mickey and spent Valentine’s Day with the Disney Princesses.”
The show includes celebrations from around the world, Vincent notes. “With Mickey’s Digital Global Destinator, we are able to travel to far-off places like China for the Chinese New Year and to Brazil for Carnival.”
Scenic designer Robert Little sets the ice with props that embody the essence of each celebration. An illuminated tree depicts a Japanese Cherry Blossom festival; a treelike structure wrapped in white lights descends from the ceiling as snowfall blankets the scene of a Winter Wonderland; and a chiffon canopy drapes the ice for the Valentine’s Day Royal Ball.
The atmosphere of each celebration is enhanced through a large video projection screen that displays images created by video designer Ilja Nowodworski. As Mardi Gras dancers snap their fingers to the beat, the video screen travels down a confetti-lined Bourbon Street backdrop, and when Minnie finds her true love in a Valentine’s Day dream sequence, fluffy pink clouds float across the background.
Costume designer Vanessa Leuck’s costumes rely heavily on color to capture the look of each celebration, such as silky kimonos made of lavender and pink florals for Japanese Sakura and citrus-colored feather headpieces for Brazil’s Carnival.
