The illusionists plays very much to a tourist crowd in NY.
There show this year is a new show that has not yet played in the States; it's been selling out venues across Asia, Europe, and Australia. Unlike the current version, which is just each of the performers doing their magic, the new show has somewhat of a through line plot about the golden age of magic at the turn of the century, with themed sets, costumes, and illusions.
This version of the show also features Tommy Ten and Amelie, the Clairvoyants from America's Got Talent this summer; several of the their performances, costumes and all, were bits from the illusionists. They have been performing as part of the company of this show for the past few years, but have now been upgraded to star status, and are the main reason for the move to the larger theater, unless Nederlander needs the Lunt for more time to load in Willy Wonka.
For those who have seen the road show recently, the first year of the tour was playing on Broadway seasons in full week markets, hence a fuller physical production. The current tour plays mostly one and two nighters, often loading in for a 4pm twilight show, it's a smaller physical show to pull this off week in and week out.
