Above and Beyond a Three-Ringed Affair

The “Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy” program lists the nationalities of each performer, with seven countries represented among the 28-member cast. That’s four fewer than the number of languages included (with accompanying flags) on the promotional posters outside the theater. “Jungle Fantasy,” created and directed by Neil Goldberg, is clearly designed to lure the foreign tourists who have of late been lured to wordless off-Broadway fare such as “Jump,” “Stomp,” and “Fuerzabruta.” What will they see here? A set that looks like something Stoner Smurf might have had airbrushed on his minivan, for one thing, and a truly impressive group of acrobats, gymnasts, and contortionists. These men and women all seem to have far more muscles and far fewer bones than you or I, although one’s retinas may feel like they’ve had a workout after two hours of Lenora Taylor and Santiago Rojo’s garish Day-Glo costumes. Think of “Jungle Fantasy” as an all-natural way for kids to replicate Seth Rogen’s mushroom-induced Cirque du Soleil freak-out in “Knocked Up.”