When my boyfriend told me he'd gotten us tickets to a magic show on Friday night, I was skeptical. I imagined, among other cliches, a mustachioed man in a top hat conjuring a dove from a handkerchief. 

As I came to find out, Nothing to Hide, directed by Neil Patrick Harris and featuring up-and-coming magicians Derek DelGaudio & Helder Guimarães, blows stereotype out of the water.

The hour-long performance sparkles with well timed humor, glimmers of philosophical inquiry, plenty of heckling/audience participation, and of course, magic. As an official non-expert, I can say that the show was an exploration of sleight of hand, the focus being the almighty deck of cards, 52 possibilities to "blow your mind-hole," as they so gracefully put it.  

Afterward, my friends and I spent a dumbfounded subway ride trying to dissect just one of the show's many conundrums. But truthfully, I am happy to be ignorant of the magic behind the magic. Whether you're someone who needs to figure it out, or someone who can accept the mystery as it is (there are two types, so say the magicians), you will be entertained, and at the end of the day, that's all that counts.