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David Copperfield

Hollywood Theatre
MGM Grand
3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Price: $79.90, $97.50
Price Note: May not include all taxes and fees. For New Year's Eve show info.
Payment Options: AMEX, VISA, MASTERCARD, CASH
Show Times: 7:30 & 10 p.m. Dec. 23 4:30, 7:30 & 10 p.m. Dec. 24, 29 & 30 2, 4:30, 7:30 & 10 p.m. Dec. 25-28, Jan. 1 For New Year's Eve show info.
Show Dates: Dec. 23, 2003 - Jan. 1, 2004; Jan. 22 - 28, 2004; April 1 - 14, 2004; June 3 - 16, 2004; July 8 - 21, 2004; Aug. 26 - Sept. 8, 2004; Sept. 16 - 29, 2004; Dec. 24 - 31, 2004
Reservations: Reservations Suggested
Age Restrictions: Must be 5 years of age or older

Review:
A grand evening of emotion, illusion

As the world's foremost magician, you'd think David Copperfield's illusions would be too large for a Vegas stage. After all, this man has traveled through the Great Wall of China and made the Statue of Liberty vanish.

Presented in the same over-the-top grandeur he is famous for, Copperfield visits exotic locales and makes audience members disappear in a show heavy on audience participation and fun at MGM Grand's Hollywood Theatre.

Copperfield's dramatics are a perfect fit for the 750-seat room; patrons are afforded a close-up view of the magician's larger-than-life tricks (and persona), which are a feast for the mind as well as the eyes.

After he appears atop a motorcycle, Copperfield is quick to dispense the illusions. First up, levitating through a large slab of reinforced steel.

Audience members are called forth to examine the steel slab, which Copperfield positions himself beneath, and moments later, Copperfield is pushing his hands through the slab, and when the curtain is lifted, voila, he's on top.

With many magicians, the steel illusion would be quite mundane, but Copperfield is so charming and clever that crowds are in awe of whatever illusions he chooses to perform. A born magician, his unconventional approach has served him well - who else would use a deadly scorpion to draw an assistant's card from the deck"

Copperfield is at the top of his game with "The Lottery," an homage to his grandfather, in which he predicts the numbers random spectators guess, and unlocks them from a box suspended from the ceiling at the beginning of the show.

Copperfield's grandfather had made a habit of playing the lottery so he could afford to purchase his dream car. After taking down numbers, and a bit of personal information from the audience, Copperfield revealed the numbers he predicted, the personal information he collected, an audio tape of him reciting it all and two license plates with the predicted numbers, all of which were contained in the locked container.

The illusion was a grand one because it tugs at your heartstrings. With Copperfield, magic is more than smoke and mirrors (although they are fabulous), it is a real way to connect with audiences.

The premier magician of his time, David Copperfield defines the art of illusion.

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