Two magicians saunter onto the stage to saw a woman in half, a performance that never fails to have everyone in the audience holding their breath and on the edge of their seats.
From this point, everything flows smoothly as magicians Chris Zubrick and Ryan Makowski and the dancers bring the audience from one scene to another with dizzying and magical speed.
Ryan’s signature performance is his award winning dove act in which he makes eight white doves appear, disappear and be transformed in mysterious ways.
Another crowd pleaser is the “Table-Of-Death!” in which Ryan gets chained on a table as 25 steel spikes lit with fire loom overhead, giving him a few seconds to free himself before the spikes fall.
Live Bengal tigers in a cage — Tumon and Ellie — also join the magicians on stage.
The one-hour show is Las Vegas-style: spectacular, colorful, dazzling, fantastic and graceful. And then there’s the superb dinner served to the members of the audience.
Ryan is from Edwardsburg, Michigan while Chris is from Laingsburg, Michigan. Both have been performing magic for 17 years.
Ryan’s career started with a magic set he received for his 5th birthday. He was hooked. Chris was also a child when he was “enchanted” by a magic toy he found inside a cereal box.
”The Magic of Saipan” has been voted the “Best Show on Island” and has earned rave reviews from Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Russian tourists visiting the island.
Visit www.ZubrickMagic.com for more information, or join the long list of their friends on Facebook. You can follow them on Twitter or watch their videos on YouTube.
I had been planning to watch the show for the past few months but only got the chance to do so with a buddy on Tuesday evening. I loved every minute of it.
The show is one hour of must-not-miss, jaw-dropping thrill punctuated by non-stop adventure, comedy, suspense, drama and excitement.
SandCastle Saipan LLC operations manager Ravenal Jojo Valencia said they offer two packages for locals — the Deluxe Dinner Show and the Deluxe Cocktail Show.
Enjoy a sumptuous dinner prepared by the Hyatt’s chefs as you watch the magic unfold before your eyes.
Start with the lobster bisque soup, followed by salads — a delightful assortment of crispy garden greens. Move to the main entrée of grilled fillet mignon served with black pepper sauce, roasted rosemary, potatoes and seasonal vegetables or baked lobster tail with grilled mahi mahi in aromatic herbs crust with lemon dill butter sauce.
You can also go for the deluxe combination plate of fillet mignon and lobster tail or additional lobster tail for your seafood plate, and cap your dinner with tiramisu and strawberry cream profiterole with fresh tropical fruits.
The dinner show is from 6 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., while the cocktail show is from 8:45 p.m. to 10 p.m.
SandCastle Saipan is open nightly except Monday and Thursday.
For package prices and group discounts, call 233-7263, fax 233-6565 or visit www.saipan-sandcastle.com.
