““Actor and 3rd generation, award-winning magician Dennis Watkins is remarkable.””
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"The Magic Parlour" is a simple entertainment in the Ricky Jay Mold: old-fashioned trickery performed very well in an ideal setting by a man with a heart and a story who craves being close to his audience."
-The Chicago Tribune
Dennis Watkins is featured in American Theatre Magazine. Click the here to read the article.
"The Players 2014: the fifty artists who are making the greatest impact on Chicago stages right now"
Dennis Watkins--This topnotch Chicago magician may be good at disappearing acts, but he’s even better at the inverse, appearing across Chicago and the country to perform his well-honed (and surprisingly funny) magic and mind-reading shows…
-New City News
“But what comes through clearly is Watkins’s gift for channeling both the acerbic and the transcendent as he walks the tightrope between showman and shaman.”
-The Chicago Reader
"Dennis Watkins dazzles in an enchanted evening of close-up magic."
-LA Splash Magazine
"Watkins' theatrical, mind-jazzing magical hybrid show, The Magic Parlour, is now in the beginning of its open run at the Palmer House Hotel in downtown Chicago."
-Broadway World
"Forget the over-the-top spectacles of David Blaine and Criss Angel. The most effective illusions are the simplest: an ordinary subject, a distraction or two, and an incredibly skilled performer."
-Miami New Times
“The show soars on Dennis Watkins’ brilliance as a genuine magician!”