SMOKE AND MIRRORS

Smoke & Mirrors was the perfect combination of magic, laughter and tears. Albie is an outstanding performer who left me wanting more at the end of the show!... full review

Inventive, fun, inspiring and unique. This show is definitely a snow unlike any other and enjoyable beginning to end. Go see it!... full review

Tony Frankel, theatre critic for Stage and Cinema here. To compensate for his boyhood loneliness and fears, Albie Selznick would hole himself up and diligently practice the art of prestidigitation. In the opening scene of his highly uneven autobiographical solo illusionist show, SMOKE AND MIRRORS, Mr. Selznick effectively conveys the pathos of a sad, young man who is desperately trying to become something special so as to fill the void of a fatherless existence. He deftly intermingles past and present by showing off his extraordinary sleight-of-hand skills while recreating the bedroom of his youth, screaming down to his nagging mother that he is going to bed. Aided by eerie original music by Johnnie Gee Griffing and focused direction by B... full review

I have seen this show about ten times (including before it was up at Fringe) and it keeps getting better and better. It's funny and sad and interesting, and Albie's acting and spacework are wonderful and so specific. You will probably leave the theatre wondering, "How did he DO that?" about the finale. GO SEE IT!!!!... full review