Review of Equinox Entertainment

[MIRsMOM]

We are doing our first Celebrity cruise in October on the Equinox.  I would appreciate reviews of the nightly entertainment in the Equinox Theatre.  Any can't miss shows?  Any that are worth skipping?  Our itinerary includes:  

Night 1 - Intimate Broadway Cabaret

Night 2 - Celebrity Showtime:  Anne Steele

Night 3 - Celebrity Showtime:  Topper

Night 4 - Celebrity Showtime:  John Accardo

Night 5 - Celebrity Showtime:  Jeff Shaw

Night 6 - Life

Thanks so much!

[CaroleSS]

I'll be honest....we have been on the Equinox 4 times in 5 years and Topper was on every sailing. Enough with Topper, was ok the first 2 times, but I can't imagine why it has remained on the ship for 5 years! Get a new show!

[wrk2cruise]

There's no way the entertainment slate in the theater is set this far in advance.  The guest entertainers are rarely known very far in advance.

 

The 2 production shows Topper and Life stay on the ship for at least 5 years.  Intimate Broadway Cabaret is the production singers just singing Broadway tunes.  They started this after the restart as I'm sure it's cheaper than bringing on another act.

 

[CaroleSS]

5 years is a loooong time - it steers us away from the ship so we can see other shows. Just another cost cutting measure from X. <heavy sigh>

[wrk2cruise]

I've been sailing Celebrity for 20 years, the longevity of production shows has consistently been around 5 years.

 

The real cost cutting I've seen lately is having guest performers perform shows on multiple nights.  Sometimes their second show seems to be less "polished".

[MrBill923]

Topper was confusing. Time to move on from that show.  

[markeb]

52 minutes ago, wrk2cruise said:

I've been sailing Celebrity for 20 years, the longevity of production shows has consistently been around 5 years.

 

The real cost cutting I've seen lately is having guest performers perform shows on multiple nights.  Sometimes their second show seems to be less "polished".

We've done a couple of behind the scenes tours on both Royal and Celebrity and I remember the discussion of production shows. They install new shows during major renovations/dry docks apparently. So about 5 years is the norm. Probably all cruise lines. 
 

Others like it, but we’ve never successfully made it through Topper…

[CruiseCrew123]

Topper is just weird and a bit unsettling!

[NutsAboutGolf]

Go to every show, try and stay for at least 10mins and if you don't like it, leave

[NutsAboutGolf]

6 hours ago, wrk2cruise said:

I've been sailing Celebrity for 20 years, the longevity of production shows has consistently been around 5 years.

 

The real cost cutting I've seen lately is having guest performers perform shows on multiple nights.  Sometimes their second show seems to be less "polished".

 

Their latest strategy is replacing live acts with DJs play top 40 music in the past decade

[hcat]

shows on E class ships are excellent..wonder why  there's such a big diff with the other ships. ? 

 

Good solo/ group  acts are  very hit or miss..

 

 

[deliver42]

We loved both probuction shows on the Equinox. Topper and Life.