Full disclosure: I had never heard of illusionist Jay Owenhouse before buying the tickets for my sister-in-law, her daughter and myself. I haven't seen many magicians over the years; just Siegfried & Roy many years ago in Vegas (overproduced and overblown, in my opinion), David Copperfield twice (one very good show, one surprisingly poor), Murray Sawchuck twice (both times at all-star benefits, and I didn't like him either time), and Penn & Teller two years ago outside Minneapolis (I thought they were by far the best I'd seen). This show was in my hometown so I didn't have to travel, which is pretty much the only reason I went. I thought it was an entertaining enough show. Owenhouse has a good personality and spent much of the evening performing various tricks and illusions with people he randomly plucked out of the audience (and they were random--not plants, as proven by the method he used to recruit people, one using balloons thrown into the audience). The majority of the set pieces struck me as nothing particularly special, and there was one in particular that I felt went on much too long. But Owenhouse's enthusiasm helped make the show an entertaining, if not completely successful, one. There were a few tricks that were really impressive, and those ones (utilizing misdirection on a large scale) really impressed me a lot. I would have liked to have seen more of his twin tigers, one russet, one white, but both sisters. They appeared for one illusion each. The big cats were used in the advertising of the show so I was hoping for more of them because they're such beautiful, exotic animals, but I understand; after the incident that ended Siegfried & Roy's careers, you don't want to overwork your cats. As for my sister-in-law and niece, they both enjoyed the show a great deal, and that's what ultimately matters the most to me. After the show, Jay came out into the lobby of the venue to pose for photos and sign autographs, always a welcome and classy move.