Fans give teary standing ovation during Blue Man Groups final hometown show after 34 years of NYC performances

New Yorkers are feeling blue over the end of another Big Apple institution.The Blue Man Group received a standing ovation from hundreds of teary-eyed fans during the beloved trio’s final hometown show in downtown Manhattan Sunday after more than three decades performing off-Broadway.Fans wearing blue beanies to emulate the electric-blue painted bald heads of the mute trio lined up around the block outside the Astor Place Theater where the group has performed more than 17,000 shows over the last 34 years.And while lovers of the painted drummers are disappointed their favorite crew won’t be coming back to town, they were not disappointed by the final show.“God, it was amazing.

I’ve seen Blue Man Group I don’t know how many times, but it’s in the double digits,” said 33-year-old Harlem resident Melania Duvnjac after the show let out.“This performance knocked the others out of the park because the heart of the show was always its emotional energy that played back and forth between the audience and the blue men, and tonight everyone was feeling the loss so deeply,” she told The Post.She said the audience was filled with weeping fans and the emotion of the three mime-like performers even felt enhanced with the curtain closing on the New York institution one last time.“You sensed it in the blue men, even though their faces were, as always, expressionless.But people all around me were crying and clapping.

I was definitely crying,” Duvnjac said.“It’s a New York institution, and like all New York institutions, it’s something that you take for granted until it’s gone.

I’m so glad I got to have this night.”Others said they felt they were bidding adieu to a trio of longtime friends.“I saw my first show here 20 years ago when I was single and lived within walking distance, and now I’m here again to see it off.Phenomenal last curtain.

Phenomenal.I will never forget it.

The crowd hung on to every drum beat,” said 40-year-old Sophie Koeni...