Pater: The Resurrection of the Ice Capades
Posted by Pater , Tuesday, February 23, 2021 8:01 AM
In 1936, John H Harris, a Pittsburgh rink owner, hired the legendary skater Sonja Henie to perform between periods of ice hockey games. When he and other rink owners noticed the swelling crowds, they created an ice carnival that would entertain crowds in rinks across America. The Ice Capades were born.
The competing pulls of professional figure skating on the one hand and the emergence of Disney on Ice on the other hand, led to the Ice Capades ending their run in 1995. A couple revival attempts in 2000 and 2008 failed. And so all was done...until 2021.
The Hass Avocado Jnrs realised that while audiences were done with vaudevillian skating routines, they weren't done with fun and japes in the cold. So introducing the thoroughly modern Ice Capades for the 21st century!!!
Act I: There's snow place like home
The crowd are on their feet, the applause is deafening. Can this show get any better?