Shin Lim Tickets

I will start by saying that Shin Lim is AMAZING. He does tricks that I literally cannot figure out how someone could even possibly do. The audience kept gasping with each new card trick, and my girls were going nuts. We also really enjoyed the magician who was with him as sort of an MC... he was both very funny, and also did extremely good magic tricks. However, the Chevalier Theatre in Medford was not the right venue for this sort of show. The theater felt like a high school auditorium; the view from the balcony seats was horrible, because the pitch wasn't very steep; and the video screens showing what was actually happening on stage were small, not very clear, and weren't pointing directly at the audience, making it even harder to see what was happening. I can imagine that at a good theater with good sight lines and good video screens (and a nice ambience) this show would have been excellent, but in this location, we'd probably have had a better time staying home and watching it on TV.

Quality of acts were amazing. Disappointed that Shim didn't perform more. The alternate act was amazing and engaging. His humor was great. I would pay to see him perform.

Shin Lim did nothing new. Lighting was off and casted shadows on his hands. The screen was not clear enough to truly appreciate the slight of hand. Too much wasted filler time with the sidekick.

Shin is a great magician - no question. But the billing did not say that he only does half (maybe less than half) of the show. Another magician/comedian does the other half. The other guy was really great, way more fun and energetic (Shin is very serious) and also a great magician. So all is good but when we bought the tickets, they should have been more transparent that this is not a Shim Lim show. Its this other guy with Shin sprinkled in between the other guy's act.

I bought these tickets to see Shin Lim after seeing him on America’s got Talent and Fool penn and teller. Before we get to how little we actually got to see of Shin there were multiple other issues. Magic is tough to watch live unless you have first row or get picked to be on stage. So you have to rely a lot on the video setup and the camera man. The large projector on the stage was blown out and dark. You could BARELY make out an image on it. The RGB led screens upstairs (the kind you’d see at TD garden to show advertising)are not meant to show magic so the little deatails get lost. You can’t even make out what number or suit the cards were. Out of the whole two hour show we got about a total of 30mins of Shin doing all the same tricks he’s done on AGT already. Which was a little disappointing considering 99% of the people there watched him on AGT (which is why they bought tickets and even know his name) so we’ve ALL seen those tricks before. His partner/Hype-man made up the other hour and a half of the show. He was actually pretty funny and a decent magician himself. But we came to see Shin Lim and not Sideshow bob. I’ll never waste my money again to see Shin Lim and I would suggest you don’t either.

The opening act was great as well. The only thing is the AV at the Chevalier was not on point. We had seating up close, but for anyone in the mid or back, it would be hard to see. The graphics on the TV brought in were not good on the main stage screen.

The show was great the venue not so much. Wish it was somewhere larger so people in the balcony could see.

Great show highly entertaining - such talent mesmerizing!

Shin Lim was amazing...although I wish he had had more magical tricks throughout the show. We also thought that the opening act, Ben, who also did comedy as well as different magic acts intermittently in the show, was terrific. I would go see them both again, and highly recommend Shin Lim.

The show was outstanding. The seats not so much. The price of drinks was outrageous! Robbery.

Shin Lim, the amazingly talented magician known for his winning performances on "America's Got Talent" presented a wonderful night's entertainment. Although many of the 'tricks' had previously been seen by audience members on television, the mastery of his craft was truly awe-inspiring when seen in person. Ben Seidman, himself a talented magician, pickpocket and comedian, was the perfect accompaniment to Lim's performance. Where Lim seemed a bit ill at east when speaking with the audience about his background, Seidman was relaxed and engaging. The evening would only have been improved by being held in a better venue. The Chevalier is a no-frills theater with limited parking (unless you're willing to pay surly attendants $30!) and poor handicap access.

Thought the other man he had good but on Much longer than Shin Lim.

Sitting in the balcony and mostly watching the camera projecting onto the screen I would have enjoyed it almost as much staying home and watching it on tv.

Shin Lim was incredible. We were disappointed that it seemed that his MC, Ben Seidman, got more stage time than Shin Lim did. Ben was incredibly funny and entertaining and I would buy tickets to see Ben Seidman alone, but it seemed misleading when the show was advertised as Shin Lim’s show not as a “Night of Magic” duo act as the show turned out to be. The venue, the Chevalier theater in Medford, definitely cheapened the experience and left us feeling even more disappointed. The theater was essentially an old high school auditorium. We paid for orchestra seats but were just a few rows from the rear of the theater. The quality of the video screen that they had onstage to show close ups was 1990s quality at best and a lot of the magic of Shin Lim’s close up slight of hand magic was lost. If I had known all of this I would have saved my money and watched videos of Shin Lim on You Tube.

He was amazing, I wish that they involved different parts of the crowd more instead of just the first few front rows. Also a meet and greet would have been a nice addition to the show.

Amazing acts and better than he was on tv. Second magician also was very good