Theater Review: Totem
Cirque du Soleil brings its Big Top to the Santa Monica Pier.Cirque du Soleil has certainly come a long way since it first pitched its tent on the beach at Santa Monica in 1988 (after an initial make-or-break run in Little Tokyo the year before as part of the sorely-missed Los Angeles Festival). The circus originally distinguished by its circumspect modesty has evolved into a commercial juggernaut of gargantuan propo…