nicki battist takes us behind the scenes. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: this is not your average musical. you get when cirque du soleil brings their high-flying stunts to broadway. para mor somersaults its way through a tale of love, fame and jealousy set in hollywood's golden age. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: at the center of it all is indigo, a struggling nightclub singer who finally gets her big break. in real life, ruby lewis is making her broadway debut in a story line that mirrors her own. >> it was weird, because cirque du soleil discovered me singing in a nightclub in los angeles. and i'm from kentucky. she's a girl from a small town, moves to los angeles to pursue stardom and she sings in a nightclub to make ends meet. big time director happens to be there one night. >> that's me. >> reporter: jeremy kushner plays a.j. golden to discovers indigo. >> he sees her and thinks she's meant for the screen and becomes smitten. >> reporter: the central plot leads its leading lady entwined in a love triangle, torn between the big-time film director, and her composer. ♪ ♪ at the end of all of this ♪ th