'The end of a dream': Beatles' music master faces close of 'Love'

“For me, personally, I got to work with my dad, but ‘Love’ also paid for my kids’ education,” Martin says with a laugh. “It’s, it’s the truth. It is a big part of our family, and a part of our lives for so many years. It’s not just to a show to us.”

Asking for a favorite scene might be like asking a parent for their favorite kid. But Martin says he is particularly fond of the “Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds” / “Within You Without You” segment, as the white sheet covers the entire audience, then is drawn through the opening in the stage.

“I remember spending so long doing the transition in that section, on that moment, which is really a moment of intimacy,” Martin says. “Dominic and I really worked hard on it, because we’re both very passionate people. We’re achieving intimacy with 2,000 people in a room.”

That is one scene that has not been touched since opening night.

Martin was struck by the show’s impact as he left the theater with a friend after seeing the show last year, who said to Martin, “You’ve got to stop being so humble. You’ve got to realize what you’ve made, how many lives have been affected.”

Martin’s characteristic response was, “You just get lucky. That’s how I think about things.”

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After that chat, Martin was heading to his room when he was stopped by a couple of artists at Parlour bar at the Mirage.

“They said, ‘Come for a beer! Come for a beer!’” Martin says. “So I went for a beer with them, and one of them said to me, ‘Thank you for the show. It changed my life. I was in Brazil and moved to Vegas, and now I have a life here, and without the show it would have been very different.’”

“That is the human element of what we are talking about now, rather than trying to sell the show to people, because it will be no more.”

Martin will continue to work on new Beatles projects, as he is today the entrusted individual to re-conceive this peerless music catalog. The studio wizard is working with Sam Mendes on the director’s four separate movies told from the point of view of the individual Beatles.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has announced it will distribute all four films theatrically in 2027.

But there will not be another partnership with Cirque. There is no touring version of “Love” in development, or any ground-up production to take its place.

“There’s nothing to replace ‘Love,’ because nothing can replace ‘Love,’” Martin says. “It was totally unique.”

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