David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion

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Ford Center/Oriental Theatre

Dates: 

Mar 27

Mar 28, 2004

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About the Show

Imagine if you could win the lottery, travel to your perfect place in the blink of an eye, own your dream car, turn back the hands of time or reunite with a lost loved one. It all becomes a reality, every night in “David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion.” True to its title, “Grand Illusion” is the logical and incredible evolution of this conjurer's art. Copperfield's goal in “Grand Illusion” is to take one's dreams (and maybe a few nightmares) and make them become reality using his state of the art wizardry. “In 'Grand Illusion,' the audiences get to watch their dreams come true, live, before their very eyes and in three dimensions,” says Copperfield. It's an interactive experience of wish fulfillment. Nothing like it has been done before. 'Grand Illusion' deals with real people who dream of being reunited with a loved one they thought they'd never see again and making it happen, instantly, in front of three or four thousand people who witness the event and see that it's real.”

Show highlights include:

REUNION

Here a member of the audience takes the trip of his or her life. In “Reunion,” a person who has longed for reconciliation with a loved one realizes their dream, through one of the most startling, affecting illusions ever devised. While standing on a crane arm with Copperfield, suspended over the heads of the audience, the person vanishes impossibly, only to reappear moments later in the freely selected location of their dreams. From Hackensack to Honolulu, the person's “dream” location is where they magically arrive. “Reunion” is an illusion so challenging, that Copperfield employs proof that would make Johnny Cochran envious.

THE LOTTERY

Inspired by David's grandfather's unfilled dream, “The Lottery” is an astonishing epic of brain-busters. Copperfield involves the entire audience, and shares his secret technique for predicting the winning numbers of “The Lottery.”

MAN VERSUS STEEL

David walked through the Great Wall of China. This time, he'll do it a little slower. Instead of walking, he floats through solid steel, proving that dreams can dissolve barriers.

THIRTEEN

One of Copperfield's most heavily-requested creations, thirteen audience members chosen entirely at random vanish, leaving friends and family wondering whether to applaud or put their loved ones' faces on milk cartons. Their fears are allayed as the thirteen reappear, instantly, in the most surprising of places.

“David Copperfield: An Intimate Evening Of Grand Illusion” is an affecting, life-changing event that reaches into the audiences' minds and hearts and takes them on a feast of wish fulfillment. Displaying his off-the-cuff brand of humor, Copperfield breaks new ground in “Grand Illusion” and takes his art to a grand yet intimate, personal yet universal dimension for an evening of wonders that will never be forgotten.

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