The Bottom Line
Pros
- The cast includes some of the very best figure skaters in the world.
- The show is entertaining and fun.
- Although the skaters are no longer competing, they perform triple jumps in the show.
Cons
- Only a limited amount of tickets are available.
- The cost of the tickets to the show may be too high for some budgets.
- Very young children may not be able to sit through the entire show.
- Unlike Champions on Ice, current world and national competitors are not part of the show's cast.
- The skaters do not spend extra time meeting the general audience or signing autographs.
Description
- "Stars on Ice" is considered one of the most successful ice skating shows in the world.
- The skaters perform in groups and individually.
- Produced by Scott Hamilton
- Directed by Jef Billings
- Choreographed by Cindy Stuart
- Laughter and humor are part of the show.
- The show is two and a half hours long.
- The two acts of the show are separated by a twenty minute intermission.
Guide Review - Review of 2008's "Smucker's Stars on Ice: Live and in Color"
Each year, the best figure skaters in the world are selected to be part of Stars on Ice. The cast that appeared in Denver in 2008 included Olympic Silver Medalist Sasha Cohen, Olympic Champion Ilia Kulik, World Champion Todd Eldredge, World Pair Champions Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao, World Champion Yuka Sato, World Silver Dance Medalists Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon, World Bronze Medalist Michael Weiss, World Pair Bronze Medalists Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman, and five-Time Canadian Champion Jennifer Robinson.The show consisted of two acts with a twenty minute intermission. In both acts, every skater performed individually, and also performed with the group. 2008 U.S. National Pair Champions Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker, were invited to be guest stars at the 2008 Denver performance.
Sasha Cohen was headlined as the star of the show. She performed solo numbers, and also stunned the audience with a piece called "Enchantment." In that number, she wore white ballet shoes, and showed her tremendous flexibility and acrobatic ability as three of the men in the show lifted, threw, and twisted her around the rink.
In both individual and group numbers, the skaters performed triple jumps, complicated footwork, lifts, and spins. Michael Weiss did his trademark moves: a back flip and a spread eagle on the heels of his Freedom blades. Shen & Zhao and McLaughlin & Brubaker did huge throw triple loops. There was an very entertaining group number called "Hard Steele is Back" where the entire cast wore wigs. They became rock stars and did athletic feats on the ice while skating with electric guitars.
It is obvious that the figure skating stars that appear in the show love showing off their talents. Anyone who enjoys watching figure skating will enjoy the show and will not be disappointed.
