“ ‘El Mago Pop’ alternates between large-scale illusions and smaller ones, performed in the aisles of the orchestra and shot by roaming cameramen...Levitation is one of Díaz’s specialties. Teleportation is another. The teleportation tricks are probably his best.”
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“If you can catch ’El Mago Pop’ during its too-brief run, you will be well entertained...Broadway hasn’t hosted a magic show since before the pandemic shutdown, and it’s good to have some illusions again. For 75 delightful minutes, you may feel a little transported yourself.”
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“The number of aides on hand is nowhere disclosed about an extravagant entertainment that’s anything but a money-gobbling illusion. It’s all right out there...This goes toward further cementing Díaz’s name as the actual sought-after pay-off.”
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“Lacking the sort of self-conscious irony endemic to so many contemporary magic shows, ‘El Mago Pop’ provides a reasonably entertaining magical diversion, especially for younger audiences who will best respond to Diaz’s boundless enthusiasm.”
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“ ‘El Mago Pop’ is an effort at magic very loosely intertwined with autobiographical storytelling and overly laden with PR...a fast-paced 65-minute show — a very welcome summer respite. Visual fantasy par excellence.”
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“When the show is not being poignant or thrilling, it is being self-promotional...And though his Broadway run is brief, he’ll have plenty of time – and space – to figure out just who he is...This master of disappearance has no plans to vanish.”
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Hype of course is a standard tool in the magician’s trade, but it’s a tad out of whack in “El Mago Pop.” Before we even get to Diaz’s entertaining mix of sleight-of-hand, disappearing acts, and dizzying illusions of flying, levitating or going backwards in time, we get ten minutes or so of self-promotional video – this, in a show that ran only about seventy minutes at the performance I attended.
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“In life, many things need to be seen to be believed. ‘El Mago Pop’ firmly fits into this category!”
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