Zabrecky returns to Chicago for one week only! The Zabrecky Hour is magic like you have never seen before!

In his one-person comedy magic and variety show, The Zabrecky Hour, multi-skilled artist Rob Zabrecky sets the stage for everyday life, then sets it on fire. There’s probably more “theatre” in The Zabrecky Hour than in most Broadway shows — more surprises, engagement, and character.

The wonderfully strange show features highlights from Zabrecky’s six-time award-winning Magic Castle act; a montage of magic, comedy, reverie, song & dance, audience interaction, and much more.

Lauded by critics and audiences alike, in 2022 The Chicago Tribune raved, “Zabrecky is very funny, assuming you like your humor cynical and caustic, akin to a horror show of a bygone age. Zabrecky’s notable distinctive brand of comedy and magic is one thing, but his improvisational skills and his evident love of pushing things right to the edge and then maybe a little further, are another.”

“A unique persona, highly reminiscent of Norman Bates, with a bit of Rod Serling in the mix — a psycho from the Twilight Zone, doing magic.” – Magic Magazine

“Zabrecky: one highly entertaining bundle of distinct point of view.” – LA Times

His unique brand of dry and austere comedy, delivered with a black cat like energy, is the key to the show’s success. At times there’s a sense that you’re watching an sleek alien from a lost 1950s sci-fi/horror B-movie who can barely function in today’s society, and he’s trying to put on a grand show for you —but it’s really starting to get on his nerves. After his appearance on Penn & Teller’s Fool Us, Penn Jillette remarked, “We were trying to think if there’s ever been a mentalist doing a mentalist act that was sincerely funny and sincerely good. You may be the first ever.” With flashes of Steven Wright, Robert Bloch, Emo Phillips, and even Alfred Hitchcock, critics and audiences have concluded Zabrecky has created a wonderfully weird world of his own.

The Zabrecky Hour — a spellbinding evening of magical reverie that puts audience members in an altered state of mind. It’s strange, definitely strange. Strange in a way you’ll never forget.

Zabrecky is a two-time Stage Magician of The Year award winner and, most recently, Close-Up Magician of the Year. He is an entertainer unlike any you’ve ever seen before. In live performances he invents a magical world through a series of oddly beautiful effects which he combines with remarkable timing and sensational theatrical edifice.

VIP tickets include a close-up show in the Eugene Burger Close-Up Gallery following the stage performance!

Run time is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.

Looking to experience The TOTAL Zabrecky – The Zabrecky Hour AND a séance with Zabrecky? Click here!

Returning to Rhapsody Theater after critical acclaim in 2023 and 2024, Andi Gladwin’s intimate magic show, “Shuffled”, once again graces the stage at Rhapsody Theater to once again do magic with YOUR cards.

Join Andi Gladwin for this intimate performance that unveils a mesmerizing fusion of storytelling, technology, and improvisation – all while using your very own deck of cards!

A Truly Unique Magic Show

Each guest is invited to bring their own deck of cards. A deck kept from Grandmother’s Bridge game? A souvenir deck from your last vacation? Your game night Uno deck? Whatever the deck; bring it along and it will become part of the show in the hands of a master of sleight-of-hand.

Who Is Andi Gladwin?

British magician Andi Gladwin is has dedicated his life to magic. He has performed all over the world at prestigious events such as in Washington, DC for President Obama’s Inauguration, the world’s most expensive private yacht, and more.

“The best magic creates a story,” Andi says, “My aim is for everyone to walk away with a new experience that they will talk about for the rest of their lives.” Those stories have been told by guests at thousands of events over the past decade.

Andi was a winner of Penn & Teller: Fool Us, where he managed to leave the magic duo completely dumfounded. He has also appeared on British ITV’s Next Great Magician, and is a season regular on CW Channel’s Masters of Illusion. His magic is funny, upbeat, and downright deceiving. You’ll be talking about it for years to come … and you’ll never look at that family deck of cards in the same way again.

Take part in this extremely limited run of shows, with just 40 seats per show. Prepare to be part of an experience that transcends the ordinary; a magic show where YOU bring the props.

Porchlight Sings the Season celebrates the holidays with music from Broadway and Hollywood with Porchlight luminaries performing songs from Mame, Meet Me in St. Louis, Holiday Inn, and others. This premiere offers a musical respite from the holiday stress with an unforgettable evening of festive entertainment, sing-alongs, a salute to Chicago holidays past, warm cookies, an ugly holiday sweater contest and more to warm up the season with festive and nostalgic entertainment for the whole family. 

This new holiday revue is directed by Brenda Didier and Michael Weber and music directed by David Fiorello.