<P> In May 2013 The Light Group opened the Light nightclub in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, costing $25 million . Light was the first time Cirque du Soleil worked as part of a nightclub . Among other features the club has a large wall of LED screens, and the room is illuminated with fog, lasers and strobes . DJs at the events include charting artists such as Kaskade and Tiesto, with prices ranging from $30 to $10,000 for certain table placements . </P> <P> It was announced on 11 October 2014 that in partnership with Saban Brands, Cirque du Soleil Media would produce an animated children's (pre-school aged) series called Luna Petunia and the showrunner was announced as children's TV writer Bradley Zweig . The plot revolves around a little girl who plays in a dreamland where she learns how to make the impossible possible . It began airing on Netflix in September 2016 . </P> <P> In a collaboration with Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television, Cirque du Soleil co-produced the television broadcast of The Wiz Live! (based on the musical of the same name) which aired in December 2015 on NBC . Tony Award - winning director Kenny Leon directed the show along with Broadway writer / actor Harvey Fierstein, who contributed new material to the original Broadway script . Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Stephanie Mills, Ne - Yo, David Alan Grier, Common, Elijah Kelley, Amber Riley, and Uzo Aduba and newcomer Shanice Williams are set to star . It was speculated that a live version of the show would play on Broadway during the 2016 - 2017 season, however this plan fell through . </P> <P> Cirque du Soleil shows normally tour under a grand chapiteau (i.e. big top) for an extended period of time until they are modified, if necessary, for touring in arenas and other venues . The infrastructure that tours with each show could easily be called a mobile village; it includes the Grand Chapiteau, a large entrance tent, artistic tent, kitchen, school, and other items necessary to support the cast and crew . </P>

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