EL MAGO POP! Coming to the Barrymore This August

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 3/16/23 at 12:43pm

Via a Telecharge Test Event:

"Discover the Master of the impossible. This summer on Broadway, see Antonio Diaz, the number one European illusionist in the world, as El Mago Pop!

Inspired by the idea of challenging the limits of the impossible, El Mago Pop takes a journey through the extraordinary. Through a show defined by surprise, fantasy, sensibility, rhythm and emotion, patrons experience Antonio Diaz’s close-up magic and his most unusual & spectacular illusions. El Mago Pop is a tribute to life and to the hope it instills in us. At its core, El Mago Pop is an existential reminder of all those dreams and illusions that awakened our consciousness in the earliest stages of our lives, so that we never forget who we are. 

Antonio Diaz is the highest grossing European illusionist in the world! For each of the past 5 years, he has had the greatest box office success of any other artist in Spain. More than 2 million theatregoers have been astonished by the unique magic of Antonio Diaz, on stage as El Mago Pop. Antonio Diaz has also starred on the Netflix shows Magic for Humans and La Gran Ilusion, which are broadcast in nearly 200 countries."

First preview is listed as August 17.

Updated On: 3/17/23 at 12:43 PM

[quizking101]

Posted: 3/16/23 at 3:25pm

Eh. The Jones is free now and has historically hosted magic shows (Derren Brown) - plus, there’s potential for Peter Pan Goes Wrong to have some modest success like its predecessor (especially if the productions work in tandem to give each other a boost).

The Barrymore mezzanine may also not have the best vantage for “close-up” magic

[pethian]

Posted: 3/16/23 at 4:27pm

TaffyDavenport said: "Via a Telecharge Test Event:
First preview is listed as August 17."

Was there an end date? Are these telecharge test event things usually accurate? I would suspect that the Shuberts want The Barrymore available for the Fall season, no?

 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 3/16/23 at 5:04pm

Whenever a test event shows up, the information page can only be viewed on the mobile app, and it only lists the first 8 previews, so an end date is never available. Since I first posted, they've removed the specific show info, but there's no reason to believe it wasn't at least mostly accurate, because they usually are. A Man of No Importance didn't happen, but that's because the production fell through at the last minute.

I'm assuming this show would be a limited run to simply fill the space before whatever is planned can come in. Yes, the Jones is now available, but I could see something else, perhaps Purlie Victorious, taking it.

 

 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 3/17/23 at 10:46am

On sale now, and it looks like it's just a 10-day run.

[Dom P]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 9:03pm

In fact, the long running musical " The Magic Show" starring Doug Henning play a long run at the Jones, when it was known as The Cort. 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 9:07pm

Yes, 10 days only. Can't wait for this one, it's such a fun experience.

 

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 8/3/23 at 11:28pm

I can't get a clear answer but is this totally in Spanish?

[Sytwix]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 7:22am

Tickets are really expensive. Anyone have thoughts on rear mezzanine for this show?

[ACL2006]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 9:08am

Sytwix said: "Tickets are really expensive. Anyone have thoughts on rear mezzanine for this show?"

All shows are nearly sold out. This should have been a longer run.

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 11:51am

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I can't get a clear answer but is this totally in Spanish?"

No, he said he will speak in English.

 

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 12:20pm

They added another performance due to huge demand. 

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 8/10/23 at 2:54pm

Why does the first week have tons of tickets but the second week is almost entirely sold out? Are they holding a lot of tickets?