Shin Lim continues to entertain Las Vegas visitors, but inside a new showroom

America’s Got Talent hasn’t just presented Las Vegas with some of the world’s best entertainers over the decades; it has also provided the world with some truly unforgettable television moments. By far, one of the show’s best was the unveiling of Shin Lim, whose story of choosing between two different worlds of entertainment (he could have been a world-class pianist instead of a magician) was as captivating as his act itself. And from the moment he took a signed queen of spades from Tyra Banks and made it vanish and reappear during his audition, he was a superstar, one who would go on to fill rooms nightly at The Mirage.

With the recent closing of The Mirage to make way for the Hard Rock Hotel, Lim had to find a new home to work his magic, and he has found it at The Palazzo Theatre at The Venetian. Fans who remember his Mirage shows will notice one significant difference: He won’t have his usual co-star, mentalist (and fellow AGT alumnus) Colin Cloud, who provided a bit of comedic relief amid Lim’s mind-blowing set pieces. (Cloud is now performing in his own one-man show at Harrah’s Las Vegas!) But rest assured: Lim is more than capable of sustaining a show on his own. After all, the man has won AGT not once but twice (the regular season and the Champions edition).

If you’ve never seen Lim’s show before, you are in for some of the most elegant and jaw-dropping illusions even seen on a Vegas stage. For instance, you might see the illusion that won him the 2015 championship of the Federation Internationale des Societes Magiques in close-up card magic, which Lim is very proud of, as this competition is notoriously hard to win. You might also see the illusion that fooled both Penn and Teller on their reality competition, Penn & Teller: Fool Us. (An important note: They’re not often fooled.) And you might see the act that won his respective AGT seasons. (Trust us: As cool as it was on TV, it’s far more impressive live.)

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