Friday evening, October 2, 2020, we had dinner and a show at the Branson Central Theatre, "Escape Reality" with Garry Carson and his wife Janine. They spent 17 years in Las Vegas for a total of 8,000 shows at the MGM Grand, and wanted a 'slower place' to raise their family. They have been here for just a little over a year.
This gent's sleight of hand is on par with Lance Burton, When talking with him after the show Garry said that he did know Lance, I bet that they traded secrets. :)
The dinner was a real meal, very large portions of food which was amazingly tasty, rosed beaf, AND 1/2 baked chicken, veggies, red potatoes, salad, bread, brownie as desert. So, if you go, don't have a huge lunch. I took well over half of my meal back to the room for lunch the next day. We got there very early and was able to sit at center table in the front row. At this time of year the crowds are very light and with Covid in full swing, the crowd was even lighter, I could have shot a cannon down the strip at noon and not hit a single car. The tables were all 6 feet of better apart.
This gent and his wife put on a very polished show doing a lot of the standard illusions, he selected assistants from the audience many times, our crowd all of 12 people in the audience, pretty much got 'chosen' to participate. Which was seriously cool. To close his show he did the famous Metamorphosis illusion. My Hubs said that it was the fastest that he has ever seen that illusion done. Jaw droppingly fast. We were sitting so close, I didn't see anything of how they did it. Just so much fun was had!!! Very well worth the $55/seat, figure that you are getting a meal and a show, pretty good price for what we received. Dinner is at 5pm the show starts at 5:45pm and ran until 7:15pm.
After show they stood out in the lobby and allowed photos to be taken. This is such a wonderful couple. Welcome them to Branson by going to see the show and have a great meal.