SONGS AND MAGIC WORK FOR ROMEO

From InsideBayArea.com: "Romeo, who even jokes onstage and in interviews about the oddness of juxtaposing song and magic, does start out facing some audience skepticism. But after a stunt or two, he shows his magical chops, and by the time he introduces his Leading Lady (Kristy Michelsen), who has performed with him 17 years — since high school — he's pretty well convinced everyone he's not just another crooner dabbling in abracadabra. As he produces Michelsen from what was an empty, glass-sided case he covers with a silk cloth, Romeo sings Darin's "Dream Lover," and the magic/song blending begins to make some sense. What takes more getting used to is the way his tuneful presentation takes much of the standard breathless mystery shtick out of the act. You have to remind yourself that not every pop singer gets impaled on a sword or escapes from a padlocked wooden crate midtune."