Terry Alan in AC!

"Carnival of Wonders," the Summer show at Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, somehow defies the laws of physics: it's roughly one-third magic, one-third comedy and one-third dance, yet it adds up to more than the sum of its parts.
 
Put another way, the magic is fine, but nothing that will blow your socks off.  The dancing is skilled and nicely choreographed, especially well performed by the female star, but not really a spectacle.  The comedy, while perhaps the strongest element, is a bit too vaudevillian and dated.  The result is a well-rounded show and a good entertainment value!
 
Jinger (like Ginger) and Kalin, previous Magicians of the Year, work perfectly together and smoothly perform several illusions.  The problem is---or may be---that we are so used to seeing the huge, incredible and bizarre on TV (ala Criss Angel) that what was once a wow! illusion is now common.  The troupe's best magical efforts are a good levitation routine and a stars-pop-up-in-the audience illusion. 
 
Hobson mainly appears as the emcee who also does some magic tricks with the audience, but his forte is scripted and ad-lib banter, some of which is risque, but not too much so for pre-teens, and encrypted enough for those even younger.
 
Perhaps a quality common to all three headliners accounts for the show rising above itself.  That missing "quantum element" may very well be the likeability of Kalin, Ginger and Hobson---they strike just the right tone with an audience, and in doing so, earn extra, subliminal, points.

(The show's stars sign posters after the show while the supporting cast mingles
with the audience in the lobby.)