Well, to start off, it can be pretty difficult to find the the Bleeker Street Theatre unless you know where you’re going!  It took me and my mom a while and a few helpful locals to find our way.  When you finally walk in, you see a deli/café.  Wait, what?!  Yes, café/deli by day and theater by showtime.  At the ‘bar’ (it’s all VERY kid-friendly) you can purchase merchandise from the show, candy, sandwiches and t-shirts from the deli.  There is a seating area and a computer.  When I picked up my tickets for The Quantum Eye, I realized it was an assigned seat theater.  As I entered, I saw a relatively small stage, tons of seats and more rows hidden behind curtains!

Sitting down and looking around me, I notice many groups of just adults.  This shows that this is a show for everyone.  It seemed quite full as the sole performer and mentalist, Sam Eaton, strolled out from backstage with his cane.  He walked around and asking as many people as he could to think of a time of day and to picture the hands on the clock for that time.

In this way, he gets a feel of how open-minded the audience is as a whole.  And for the duration of the performance Sam NEVER does anything alone.  There are multiple times where Sam is incorrect and says that he is a mentalist not a psychic because if he was, he would have gotten that right.  Sam does explain why he gets things right though. For example that specific number might be a commonly thought-of number.  Or it’s just common sense.  Various people are chosen for tons of activities and everyone (minus the adults) are allowed to decline.

After the show, looking through all my goodies, I played with the free Fortune Telling Miracle Fish, flipped through the playbill and was fascinated with all of the little tidbits of facts from people’s minds.  It was surprisingly interesting!  I especially got a laugh at reading the back of my ticket!  It is amazing when you really look at everything and notice all of the minor details that make life interesting.  Sam tells us that we will always understand if we “Just Ask Questions.”

That comment made me think of kids and how all they do is ask questions.  Maybe this is why kids are so in-tune with everything and everyone and why 90% of the time when you don’t think they know what’s going on they knew more than you thought.  Sam is right, “Just Ask Questions” is key to life in general.

This show is really good but my suggestion would be not to have anyone under the age of eight.  There were a few younger kids there and they didn’t get it maybe the parents thought it would be a magic show but it’s far from that;  the kids ended up falling asleep – it wasn’t a total loss the parents seemed to have a great time and were all very impressed.  So if you can’t get a sitter then it’s okay to bring them in, but expect them not to be as wowed as the rest of the group.