{"id":74557,"date":"2017-03-23T07:35:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T12:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=74557"},"modified":"2017-03-23T07:35:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T12:35:49","slug":"illusionists-live-broadway-coming-bpac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2017\/03\/illusionists-live-broadway-coming-bpac\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ILLUSIONISTS \u2013 LIVE FROM BROADWAY coming to BPAC"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the heels of a highly successful multi-city tour and run on Broadway, the world\u2019s best-selling touring magic show, THE ILLUSIONISTS \u2013 LIVE FROM BROADWAY\u2122 (www.theillusionistslive.com<\/a>), will play at the Bologna Performing Arts Center\u00a0on March 30 as part of its North American tour to more than 50 cities in 2017. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tickets for THE ILLUSIONISTS are on sale now at the BPAC\u00a0Ticket Office, by phone at 662-846-4626, or online at www.bolognapac.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show is produced by Simon Painter, Tim Lawson and MagicSpace Entertainment. Conceived by Painter, the show\u2019s creative team also includes executive producer Tim Lawson, director Neil Dorward and creative director Jim Millan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Full of hilarious magic tricks, death-defying stunts and acts of breathtaking wonder, THE ILLUSIONISTS has shattered box office records worldwide and thrilled audiences of all ages with a mind-blowing spectacular showcasing the jaw-dropping talents of seven of the most incredible illusionists on earth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Painter said, \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to bring this electrifying show to Delta State for a truly entertaining experience for the whole family. THE ILLUSIONISTS is the most non-stop and powerful mix of outrageous and astonishing acts ever to be seen on the live stage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The seven stars, each a master in their own field, are:<\/span><\/p>\n

-The Anti-Conjuror, Dan Sperry: Described as Marilyn Manson meets David Copperfield, Dan combines the art of magic with the macabre and is one of the top-10 most Googled people, thanks to a legendary \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d appearance.
\n<\/span>-The Trickster, Jeff Hobson is the epitome of glamour and showmanship. Don\u2019t be fooled by his innocent appearance; Jeff has audiences laughing long after the curtain goes down.
\n<\/span>-The Inventor, Kevin James is known for innovative illusions, is an inventor, comedian and collector of the strange and unusual. Kevin is one of the most prolific inventors of magic in the world and has created some of the most celebrated illusions of the last century.
\n<\/span>-The Escapologist, Andrew Basso: Italy\u2019s star escape artist, Andrew considers Houdini his hero and is fast becoming one of the world\u2019s most popular illusionists. He is the only person in the world to perform Houdini\u2019s famous Water Torture Cell with absolutely no covers.
\n<\/span>-The Deductionist, Colin Cloud, one of the greatest thought readers of all time is a psychic savant known as a real-life Sherlock Holmes. Don\u2019t play against him in a game of poker \u2013 he\u2019s never lost.
\n<\/span>-The Daredevil, Jonathan Goodwin, is widely considered one of the most creative, skilled, and frankly crazy stunt performers in the world. He is an accomplished knife thrower, archer, escape artist, fakir, martial artist, free diver, and free climber. Unlike the other performers in the show, Jonathan is not a magician or illusionist but he will leave the audience breathless with his death-defying stunts.
\n<\/span>-The Manipulator, An Ha Lim: The first place winner at Korea\u2019s Busan International Magic Competition (2006), Italy Club Convention Manipulation (2006) and World Magic Seminar in Asia (2007), An Ha Lim was also a Golden Lion Award winner at the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas (2008).<\/span><\/p>\n

Tickets start at $35.\u00a0Children must be at least four years old to attend the performance, and every person must have their own ticket.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the heels of a highly successful multi-city tour and run on Broadway, the world\u2019s best-selling touring magic show, THE ILLUSIONISTS \u2013 LIVE FROM BROADWAY\u2122 (www.theillusionistslive.com), will play at the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":74559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,418],"tags":[853,33,1725],"class_list":["post-74557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bologna-performing-arts-center","category-community-3","tag-bologna-center","tag-bpac","tag-illusionists"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74557"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74569,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74557\/revisions\/74569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}