Copperfield Will Fill Opera House With His Magic

Magician David Copperfield performs his smash hit Broadway show twice at the Spokane Opera House tonight, at 5 and 8.

His “Dreams and Nightmares” show outgrossed even the biggest Broadway musicals (thanks to a grueling schedule of 16 performances a week) and got rave reviews from New York’s tough theater critics. Clive Barnes of the New York Post called it “the most classy and sophisticated magic seen in years and years and years.”

Copperfield’s a showman as well as magician, and he has always used music and choreography to create a mood. His show’s theme is “a journey through the history and wonder of the art of magic.”

The show will include some of the big, showy illusions he has become famous for. He will be cut in half by a laser, foodprocessed by a giant industrial fan, and threatened in unspeakable ways by the “Death Saw.” But he will also do what is billed as “intimate, close-up magic” and sleight-of-hand tricks. Those in the back of the house can see them on the big screen.

Reserved seats are $34.50 and $39.50, available at G&B Select-a-Seat outlets or call (800) 325-SEAT.

, DataTimes