>> BACK TO YOU.

>> BY DAY , SHE CARES FOR PREMATURE INFANTS AND TEACHES MEDICINE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

BY NIGHT, THE GOOD DR. TRANSITIONS INTO PHYSICIAN POSITION IN HIS NEW SHOW AT THE RHAPSODY THEATER.

STORIES OF HIS CAREER AND -- PRODUCER CONCERNS OF THE STORY.

>> MAGICIANS HEAR THE WORD IMPOSSIBLE.

EVERY ILLNESS, BIG OR SMALL , CARRIES A RISK THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT.

SOMETIMES, IMPOSSIBLE TO HE'LL MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT EITHER YOU HEAR OR -- THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IS ABOUT THAT POSSIBILITY.

>> YOU ARE TELLING US THAT YOU WANT TO GO TO ITALY?

>> TO THE PHYSICIAN AND MAGICIAN, HE BELIEVES IT CREATE -- CONNECTS TWO OF HIS LIFE'S GREATEST PURSUITS.

>> I THINK THE MOST MAGICAL THING ABOUT BELIEF IN MEDICINE IS THE BELIEF THAT THE PERSON THAT IS THERE'S GOING TO TAKE THE SCIENCE AND APPLY THE BEST THEY CAN TO YOU.

>> HOW TO SOLVE THE ONE PAGE PAMPHLET COPYRIGHTED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

>> IN HOPES OF THE EMPOWERMENT OF -- >> THE MEDICINE CAME BEFORE THE MAGIC IT WASN'T UNTIL HE WAS IN HIS 30s THAT HE BEGAN HIS PURSUIT IN MEXICO.

>> GRABBED THE DECK, OPEN IT.

>> IT DEEPENED WHEN HE MOVED TO CHICAGO.

THAT LEGENDARY MAGICIAN, HISTORIAN AND PHILOSOPHER.

>> IT WAS LEANING, IT IS HELPFUL, SOME PEOPLE IN THEIR 30s, 40s, I SAW EUGENE.

>> HE INCORPORATED MAGIC INTO HIS CLASSES AS A PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY IN LIGHT OF PERFORMING HIS MAGIC SHOWS.

IN 2022, WHEN THE HISTORIC THEATER WAS PUT UP FOR SALE, HE SEIZED THE CHANCE TO TRANSFORM IT INTO A SHOWCASING FOR MAGIC AND CATTERY PERFORMANCES.

>> I'M A BELIEVER THAT IT HAD TO COME TO -- WE SHOULD ALL HAD TO LOOK TO IT CULTURE.

>> IN HIS SHOW AT THE RHAPSODY THEATER, PEOPLE WITH INSPIRATION FROM HIS OWN LIFE TO CREATE AN ENCHANTING SPECTACLE.

>> WITH COVID BEING THE KIND OF DIFFICULT TIME FOR EVERYBODY THAT IT WAS, I FEEL THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME TO THEATER TO FORGET.

SOMETIMES, PEOPLE COME TO REMEMBER AND PROCESS.

THE THEME FOR THIS SHOW IS LOSS.

MAGIC IS ABOUT TRANSFORMATION.

LIFE IS ABOUT TRANSFORMATION.

THAT IS WHAT I HAVE PUT IN THE SHOW.

>> IT ALSO GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER ANOTHER NOT TO HIS MEXICAN UPBRINGING, SUNDAY PERFORMANCES OFFICIAL IN SPANISH.

IT WILL BE CALLED -- I AM MEXICO, MEXICAN, I GREW UP IN MEXICO.

I NEED TO DO A SHOW IN SPANISH THAT GIVES PEOPLE AUTHENTIC PERFORMANCE IN THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE, MY FIRST EYELIDS.

IN WATCHING ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HAPPENED, HEARING STORIES ABOUT LIFE , THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE, NOT NECESSARILY PERSPECTIVE, THOUGH I AM A DOCTOR.

I MUSED TO WRITING A PRESCRIPTION AT THE END.

WHEN THEY WALK OUT, THEY ARE ENERGIZED AND EMPOWERED FOR THEIR OWN LIFE.

THAT FOR ME IS REALLY WHAT I WANT.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, LATINO