“The Illusionists”
I was offered a ticket for a performance of the Broadway Series at the Fox Theater. The show was, “The Illusionists,” which has run on Broadway for several years and is now touring the country. My initial impression was that this was some kind of a magic show and I was not really very interested in attending. As you will learn from this commentary, I was wrong.
The show features seven world famous performers, some of whom could be called magicians and two who would be better described as physical performers. I will explain the differences later. First, the performers were: Dan Sperry, known as The Anti-Conjuror; Andrew Basso, known as The Escapologist; Darcy Oake, known as The Grand Illusionist; Yu Ho-Jin, known as The Manipulator; Colin Cloud, known as The Deductionist; Kevin James, known as The Inventor; Ben Blaque, known as The Weapons Master; and Jeff Hobson known as The Trickster. If you would like to read a detailed account of the performance I would refer you to the excellent review in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) of September 29, 2016.
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