I saw Steve Wyrick at The Sahara years ago and didn’t enjoy his show. I’m not a fan of what I call “whirling blades of death” magic, where the illusionist straps himself to something sharp and tries to make the audience believe there is some danger involved in what he’s doing. Will he be sliced to bits by the whirling blades of death?! Well, no. And so I am bored.

Wyrick has a new theater with his name on it at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood and so I went back to check out if the new environs changed my opinion of the show at all. Unfortunately it didn’t. The performance started almost 30 minutes late without explanation and just as I was getting ready to leave in frustration. I watched the first four tricks, recognized them (or versions of them) from the original show at The Sahara (including one with actual whirling blades of death – a mock jet turbine engine), and decided I had seen enough especially since staying for the entire show would’ve made me 30 minutes late for the next appointment I had to keep.

Next time start on time and maybe I’ll be in a better mood.