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| - I saw this show in early Nov. 2017 after hearing about how great it is via a Vegas podcast.
Good show, but not great. I like it, don't get me wrong. There are some fun tricks. Some of the tricks are variations of classic tricks, so there's nothing new about them, but they're entertaining and fun to see.
My girlfriend said she could see a few things that more or less tipped her off about the trick. I didn't notice any of his secrets, but I could guess how they were done. That didn't matter, it was the showmanship that mattered, and it was very good.
The interactive elements of the show were fun, and since I had "VIP" seats, I wound up being part of one of his tricks. That was a nice bonus. But it's a modest theater, you aren't being cheated if you don't pay extra to sit up front.
A few of the segments weren't so much magical as they were theatrical, and that didn't impress me so much. I didn't come to watch great choreography, I wanted great magic. Xavier has a great trick at the end, but it lacks the jaw dropping element that you want from the finale.
Overall it's a good show, but it wasn't spectacular. As he tweaks the show, perhaps it has become more to my liking, but without a big finish and dumping the cute choreography that's not really magical, I can't give it more than 3 stars.
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