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technic finish that is just ridiculous! He celebrates the lightning fast transposition by rapidly gesturing to different areas of the floor that create huge fire bursts before he is surrounded by a curtain of real fire that fills the whole stage. At this point I’ve had my money’s worth! We are all just blown away! In a change of pace, now you are allowed to settle and take breath as Criss invites members of the audience, chosen at random, to make some decisions that end up predicted on a piece of paper which is inside a glass jar, inside a case that has been suspended in a chest above the stage since the start of the show. If you think you may have seen this before, I gotta tell you, this is another one of those moments that really has you fooled. I don’t want to say too much about why right here, but if you are familiar with existing methods for this style of routine you are thrown a serious curve ball. Master Magician Lance Burton then makes an appearance on the video screens before the first of two key moments in the show that pay homage to this legendary Vegas performer. Criss recreates Lance’s sword fighting sequence(6 minutes in on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOyS42lYN0o). However, this has been brought right up to date. Because of video graphics projected onto gauze right in front of the live action, the performers are not just sword fighting. VANISH MAGIC MAGAZINE 15