Mad Apple by Cirque du Soleil Tickets

Mad Apple is Cirque du Soleil's love letter to New York nightlife, staged at New York-New York — and it's the loosest thing in the Cirque stable: a live band, stand-up interludes, basketball freestylers and street-flavored acrobatics wrapped in a variety-show format, with a working bar on stage before curtain. Launched in 2022, it deliberately plays like a night out rather than a dreamscape.

That's also the honest dividing line: Cirque purists counting acrobatic acts per hour will find fewer here than at Mystère or “O,” and the comedy segments live or die by the rotating cast on your night. Take it as a party with circus interruptions and it lands. Arrive 30 minutes early — the on-stage bar and pre-show close-up magic are genuinely part of the evening. Shows run about 90 minutes with no intermission at 7 and 9:30 PM, currently dark Sunday–Monday (check the week's calendar). Tickets from $49 with fees; strictly 18+ for the language.