'BELIEVE'

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahnoo.com


'BELIEVE' ACTUALLY NOT BY ED BRUCE BUT THIS STORY IS....'BELIEVE' IS BY CHRIS ANGEL....MASTER ILLUSIONIST.


'BELIEVE' GOES 8 TIMES A WEEK AT THE LUXOR....LAS VEGAS STRIP....HAVE NOT SEEN IT IN YEARS...WISH I HAD GONE BACK SOONER....RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD....702 262 4400.


I WAS ACTUALLY WON OVER ON THIS REPLAY TRIP FOR ME BY THE MUSEUM LIKE LOBBY ENTRANCE AND EXHIBITS OF ANGEL'S HISTORY...CELEBRITY AND APPARTUS PLUS.  I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED I DID NOT GO 30 MINUTES EARLY AND SEE AND READ EACH EXHIBIT PLACARD....I PERSONALLY LOVE THIS AND SORT OF RACED THROUGH....A MISTAKE I WILL NOT MAKE ON MY NEXT VISIT.


I HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT MY PREVIOUS VISIT TO ANEL'S ARTISTY HERE AND MAYBE THATS GOOD BECAUSE MOST OF IT CAME TO ME FRESH AND FAST AND TOO LOUD......FABULOUS TIMING AND PRODUCTION IN BIG ILLUSIONS .....AND FAST..... AND IMPRESSIVE...... AND BEST OF ALL LEAVING YOU WITH THAT "HOW DID HE DO THAT"....REACTION !


IT WENT 89 MINUTES AND I WAS THINKING WHAT A WORK LOAD TO DO THIS TWICE A NIGHT, WHICH THEY DO ON SATURDAYS...TUESDAYS...AND THURSDAYS....IMPRESSIVE THAT EVERYTHING CAME OFF PERFECTLY.....I STILL NEVER LIKE THE EXTRACTION OF AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO PLAY ALONG ON STATE AND ON THIS NIGHT HE GOT A COUPLE OF STONE FACES...ITS NEVER CONTROLABLE.
EVERYTHING THE LUCK OF THE DRAW AND....... ON ONE OF THE "ESCAPE FROM THE TRAUMA ON STAGE AND REAPPEAR IN THE AUDIENCE" SPOTS...ANGLE APPEARED ONE SEAT DOWN FROM US !


IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE EXPENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE BIG ILLUSIONS AND DESPITE EVERYTHING BEING WAY TOO LOUD...THEY ALL PLAYED WELL TO A SELLOUT CROWD.....ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE ANYBODY SELLING OUT AND THERE IS AN OBVIOUS HIGH DEMAND FOR THIS TICKET.


SOMEHOW, IN SOME WAY ANGEL IS HOOKED UP TO CRIQUE FOR SOME OF THE STHICK AND COMEDY AND MAGIC....15 MINUTES OF THIS COME AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW WITH A REAL CLEVER MEXICANISH SMART ASS ASSISTANT....I LOVE SMART ASSES AND THIS ONE WAS SWEET......I LOOKED ON THEIR WEB SITE BUT WAS UNAVAILABE TO RETRIEVE HIS INFORMATION...PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF MY SENILITY AND THEIR INABILITY FOR ME TO MAKE IT EASY TO FIND !
SOME NEGATIVE HISTORY WITH ANGELS ORIGINAL "CLUTTERED OPENING" HERE...NONE OF THAT IN 2014....SUPER TIGHT PRODUCTION WITH OOHS AND AHHHS !
ANGELS HISTORY HAS PRODUCED ELABORATE OUTDOOR EXRAVAGANZANT ILLUSIONS AND IT IS A CREDIT TO HIM AND HIS PRODUCTION TO BE THIS ACTIVE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME......HE IS ALSO DOING GOOD THINGS FOR THE WORLD IN HIS COMMUNITY ACTION EFFORTS....THANKS FROM ALL OF US !
    THEY HAVE SOME PYROTECHNICS HERE...ALWAYS MAKES ME LOOK FOR THE EXIT SIGNS SHOULD ONE OF THOSE 500 FOOT CURTAINS EVER CATCH ON FIRE.....OK ON THIS NIGHT.


ANGEL WITH A MARLVOLOUS HISTORY..... ENTERTAINING MOVE TV VIEWERS THAN ANYONE IN HISTORY AND AT 47 IN DECEMBER HIS HEALTH NOW A CHALLENGE TO SOME OF THE GREAT PHYSICAL WORK HE HAS DONE.


SENSATIONAL TIGHT PRODUCTION AND IT STARTED ON TIME...THE SHOW LIKE THE MUSEUM LOBBY...TO BE SEEN ....NOT WRITTEN ABOUT BUT I DO THE BEST I CAN.


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