BWW Preview: 50 Shades of Blue

For 25 years, Blue Man Group has been entertaining audiences, young and old, with their electrifying multi-media stage performance of music, lights and euphoria. More than 35 million people around the world have experienced the thrill of the blue men. Although the high-tech show features state-of-the-art technology, Blue Man Group delivers their message of the need for human contact and collaboration. The trio is making one last round across the country before heading out on a world tour.

Take a look behind their proprietary blue color makeup for a few pretty impressive facts:

• 60 tons is the weight of the physical equipment used in the show
• 150,000 miles has been traveled by the tour since 2010 - (that's six times around the globe)
• 800 mashed up bananas are in the show each week
• 550 feet of piping is needed to make the PVC tubed instruments
• 75 loads of laundry is created every week
• 8 boxes of Cap'n Crunch cereal are used each week on stage
• 6 tractor trailers move the show from city to city

Audiences can catch the wildy popular and award-winning spectacular show when it returns to Minneapolis at the historic Oprheum Theatre presented by Hennepin Theatre Trust as part of the Bank of America Broadway on Hennepin Season.

Blue Man Group coming to the Orpheum Theatre Dec. 18-20, 2015 from Hennepin Theatre Trust on Vimeo.