Having your senses fooled for fun is not new, yet with the increasing popularity on stage and television of extravagant spectaculars featuring eye-popping tricks, it might be safe to say we may be living in the era of “peak magic.” For those who can’t get enough of daring escapes, sleights-of-hand and disappearing acts, the travelling show The Illusionists: Live from Broadway is the granddaddy of them all, having packed venues across the globe, including those on the Great White Way, since 2014. Witness a cadre of the best magicians in the world—including such performers as Sabine van Diemen (pictured)—dazzle audiences at the Emerson Colonial Theatre March 5–10.