Michael Jackson ONE receives a glowing review from the LA Times :
The notion of Jackson rendered in twinkling lights and inhabiting the Milky Way will sound cloying to the controversial late star’s detractors, but then such people are not the target audience. And to King’s credit, he doesn’t deify so much as evoke with arresting fullness that familiar Jacksonian worldview — that instantly recognizable, inherently unworkable blend of softness, horror, urbanity and escape. The Jackson of “One” captures that wildly singular fusion of childhood innocence and pulp stardom.
It is a show that makes you miss the man and his art. In its best moments, it makes you wonder what aspects of him ever really touched the Earth.
“One” is a remarkable sonic experience. There are 5,800 speakers installed in the theater, including at least three in every seat, creating an experience that certainly can’t be re-created in arenas. The mixes of the Jackson hits are based on original recordings, but they have been infused by music director Kevin Antunes with theatricality. There are unexpected pauses, mash-ups, stutters, reaches.
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