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Official
publicity photo of Cher for her Farewell Tour.
She dazzled the audience
at her Mohegan Sun performance.
Photo
courtesy of the Mohegan
Sun. |
She’s
58 going on 30. Looks fabulous. Energetic,
talented, entertaining and still, after doing 316
shows, presents the most fabulous show-stopping
one-and-a-half-hour revue of all her hits, movies and
TV appearances.
The
Cher show, recently presented at Mohegan Sun Arena in
Uncasville, Connecticut, began with the dynamic,
ever-popular “Village People” consisting of an
Indian Chief, Policeman, Hard Hat, Military Man,
Cowboy and Biker singing all of their still popular
songs such as :Macho Macho Macho Man, In the Navy, and
of course YMCA, for a 45-minute presentation before
the arrival of the star.
Cher
arrived on stage descending from the ceiling in a
chandelier, dressed in a Victorian costume which is
then torn away by dancers, leaving Cher in a G-String
covered with silver, shimmering icicles. Wow! What an
entrance. For the second song she even arrives
on stage atop a life-size mechanical elephant!
She
sings all of her hits (and others) such as, “I Still
Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “Bang
Bang,”
Strong
Enough,” “If I could Turn Back Time,” and ends
with her super-hit “Believe.”
And
if you can believe this, she changes costumes with
each song and you’ll see her in everything from
jeans, to harem-inspired costumes, to multi-colored
slacks. All of this on a mystical set accenting
each musical presentation, complete with aerial
acrobatic dancers, back-up singers and musicians.
A
sold-out arena of 7500 people applauded and enjoyed
the show with an audience of mainly middle-aged to
older guests all chanting Cher’s hits. In
fact, the 40ish year-old woman sitting in front of me
was mouthing all the lyrics!
Throughout
the evening there are glimpses of CHER in her many TV
appearances with David Letterman, George Burns,
Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett as well as her late
husband Sonny Bono singing “I’ve Got You Babe.”
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Also,
there are movie clips of Cher in WITCHES OF EASTWICK,
SILKWOOD, MASK, TEA WITH MUSSOLINI, SUSPECT, MERMAIDS,
STUCK ON YOU and MOONSTRUCK!
Don’t
leave this earth until you’ve Chered-It!
C.
Paul Luongo
is President of C. PAUL LUONGO COMPANY, Public
Relations and Marketing, Boston. He is also the author
of “America’s Best 100,”an opinionated guide to
America’s most charismatic goods and services,
published by Sterling Publishing, New York. In
addition, Mr. Luongo is an aesthete, critic and
columnist for various local, regional and national
news outlets
