Darren's show has toured all over the United States and Internationally.
In September 2004 he returned to his
hometown for the first time in almost 10 years. The show played at Darren’s
alma matre – Hofstra University. While family and friends were naturally
present, there were VIP celebrity guests including Broadway legends Tommy
Tune and Stephen Schwartz.
The Show then had a five
week run at the beautiful Beau Rivage in Biloxi Mississippi. This hotel and
casino, originally built by Steve Wynn, is now part of the MGM Mirage
family. It was Romeo’s first engagement with the corporation since the
Mirage in 2002. The theater, originally designed for Cirque du Soleil, was
a perfect atmosphere for the show.
Immediately, following the
Beau Rivage, the show once again moved, this time to Reno, Nevada. Here a
more intimate theater at the Eldorado Hotel & Casino housed the show which
played for 9 weeks to blockbuster reviews.
From
Reno, the show moved Branson to get ready for the March 11 2005 opening.
Darren however, traveled with crew and family to the Magic Castle Awards in
Hollywood. Darren was officially presented “The Magician of the Year” award
with much celebration on March 6, 2005
The show had a seasonal home in Branson until 2007. Even then, it didn't stop it from touring during the off season. It returned to Reno, NV. Played at Bally's Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City and the Table Mountain Casino in Fresno, CA among other sucessful engagements.
A little about the show...
While the name Siegfried & Roy conjures up images of illusions that fill the stage, a circus-like
cavalcade of dancers, and a plethora of exotic animals, Darren's show takes a different approach —
it's an intimate, one-man show that focuses on the emotion evoked by magic and music. The goal was to
transform the massive 1,504-seat theater into a more personal playhouse, facilitating the music to
pervade the soul, and the magic to persuade the mind into disbelief. While the Siegfried & Roy animals
still only take the stage at night, Darren is backed-up by an intimate team of dancers and his long-time Leading Lady Kristy Michelsen.
The show is punctuated by dramatic illusions, including an updated version of Darren's original
magic/music combination, a tribute to his namesake, Bobby Darin. Through an exclusive arrangement,
legendary magician Harry Blackstone Jr. is also paid a tribute, as Darren now performs the orginal
Floating Light Bulb illusion from the Blackstone family's legacy. Comedy interludes are sprinkled
throughout the show — including a humorous stunt involving Darren's piercing falsetto! The show also
features an elaborated version of Darren's theatrical Phantom of the Opera sequence, wherein he
sings the musical's now-classic "The Music of the Night".
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