Barry Taylor Magician

Barry the Magician was the hit at our son’s 7^th birthday party yesterday! All 18 kids were completely enthralled and we were amazed at how he captured their attention (not an easy feat with our group:) From start to finish, it was a perfect experience: easy to contact him and schedule; Barry personally called me the day before to review the details and confirm; and, he arrived early to set up for the most amazing magic show I’ve ever seen– live white dove and bunny rabbit included!!! My son and all of us COULDN’T BE HAPPIER with Barry the Magician! We HIGHLY RECOMMEND him!!!

Had a birthday party for my 9 year old daughter at Barry’s Magic Shop in February 2012. Daughter and her 12 friends had a great time! Barry is funny and he had all the kids on stage participating with the tricks. The magic was very entertaining and some of the tricks even had the adults guessing how they were done. Spent a few extra $$ to have Barry levitate the birthday girl, which was well worth it. The Magic Shop is big enough to accomodate a couple tables to serve lunch and birthday cake. Barry, Susan, and Frankie the Wonder Dog put on such a great show that our friends asked us «How are you gonna top that next year?» Unfortunately, we do not know…

The best magician in dc area. Worth the price, but book him early.

We just had a fantastic b’day party today at Barry’s Magic Shop in Rockville for my 5 y.o. son and we had a blast. If you’re looking for something a little bit different, it really seemed to be a hit for kids and adults alike. Barry is really great with the kids, engages them, and even has the birthday child and a couple of other kids help with tricks. My understanding is that he’s very able to work to the crowd, no matter what the age.
They have various party packages– we got the one where all the kids get a magic wand and a magic hat for the b’day child– and Barry and Susie (husband and wife team who own the place) really help out with setting up the tables, chairs and keeping everything on schedule. The show is 50 min. and you have 40 min. for food and cake. All in all, it was right on the mark. See
Hope this helps someone in need of that ever-​elusive party idea:-)

This might not be Vegas and he might not have a huge show like Lance Burton. But for what’s it’s worth you can do no better for a local personal magic act then Barry Taylor of Barry’s Magic Shop. This review is for Barry the Magician’s performance for private parties, I will give a separate review for his actual magic shop at some other time. So fiancé and I were at a very good friends party for our friends son who just turned 18. Yeah, you’re a man now Chris happy B-​day. My friend, she always have some sort of entertainment for her great party’s one time it was a belly dancer!
What to do? They are older adults there, young twenty somethings, teenagers and little kiddies, so why not something that everybody can get into… magic. Get the right person and they will become the life of the party. Enter Barry Taylor he is the owner/​operator of Barry’s Magic shop in Rockville and he does parties. Corporate, B-​days whatever for up to about a hundred people. As soon as he arrived he stood out wearing a bright lemon coloured sport coat and a very colourful shirt so you knew something was going to be different cause not only his clothes really stood out but also his personality stood out just as brightly. At parties people always separate themselves into small groups huddling, standing or seated talking amongst themselves. Barry was able to glide from group to group without skipping a beat between all groups. The little kiddies first, doing tricks that amazed them such as the vanishing handkerchief’s and foam ball tricks. He then gravitated over to me and fiancé with coins and cards. Making the coins jump from his hands to her and left her tying to figure out how he did his hands is trickier than the eye tricks. Very personable on a one to one level making everybody feel at ease.
Later on into the party Barry had setup a little staging area inside and performed a fast pace and extremely entertaining magic show that involved everybody and made things appear like doves and disappear like cards, canes and all sorts of small objects. All the time while zipping out one liners and even singing to Huey Lewis type songs. Magic and jokes for small group is what he does best so if you have a private party or corporate function and looking for something that’s entertaining and safe fun, (as opposed to naughty fun, like some comedians that i know would tell nothing but dirty jokes) so he is good for all ages I give him high recommendations and let him entertain, you will have a blast. He had us rolling with laughter. I been to Vegas I seen shows there and for your own private Vegas little show, this is as good as it gets.