Kabuki comes to Vegas

Here’s a preview of the half-hour Kabuki spectacle Fight with a Carp, which will play five performances at Bellagio over the next three nights. A special, 165-square-foot stage has been erected in the Bellagio lagoon for the show, which is synopsized as “a handsome samurai … falls in love with a beautiful maiden … only to discover she is actually a giant carp’s spirit taking the form of a woman to seek revenge against humans for killing her carp lover.” In other words, just another day at the koi pond. MGM Resorts International is to be commended for this effort to spread the appreciation of Kabuki theatre.