NEW YORK—One thing that’s usually part and parcel of any magic show is an air of quiet mystery that envelopes the magician. It’s as if they alone are privy to certain mystical secrets—secrets they will use to confound, mystify, and ultimately delight their audiences. This is definitely not the case with “Mind Mangler: A Night of Tragic Illusion.”
“Tragic,” we are told, is actually a typo. (It’s supposed to say “Magic.”) The work, which can best be described as “catastrophically entertaining,” and written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields, can now be seen at New World Stages.
