Geffen Playhouse extends hit magic show 'The Present' through Oct. 10

It’s quite a trick to stage a hit magic show during a pandemic when theaters are closed, but Geffen Playhouse has pulled it off. “The Present,” which is staged via Zoom and features the astonishing card tricks of Portuguese-born illusionist Helder Guimarães, has been extended for a third time, through Oct. 10.

The sold-out production is streamed live from Guimarães’ apartment, filmed by his fiance and directed by Academy Award-nominated producer and director Frank Marshall, whose blockbusters include films in the “Indiana Jones,” “Bourne” and “Jurassic Park” franchises. It features a compelling narrative about Guimarães’ own experience with quarantine, decades ago, while recuperating at home after being hit by a car when he was a boy. But it’s the tricks, ones that the audience ultimately perform at home using items mailed to them in a small box by the Geffen, that has jaws dropping and

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