Probably best known in the UK for featuring in a series of television adverts for Intel, the Blue Man Group originated as street performers in New York in the late 1980's. Their first permanent production - which is still running - opened at the off-Broadway Astor Place Theatre in New York in April 1991. In addition to this The Blue Man Group has performed in stadiums across North America as part of a tour, produced several CDs of original music, garnered a Grammy nomination,and most recently featured on the soundtrack of the animated feature film Robots.