The magical supergroup The Illusionists is coming back to Broadway for a new holiday show - this time bringing a time machine.

Eight magicians - including, for the first time, a female contingent - will be part of a show celebrating the tricks and mood of the Golden Age of Magic, from 1903 to 1927.

"Magic back then was smarter, a little darker. Magicians took their time. There was just a little bit more mystery and certain grandness to it," says Mark "The Showman" Kalin, who once made a jumbo jet disappear in Nevada.