As Britney Spears gears up to kick off her Circus tour March 3 in New Orleans, PEOPLE enlisted the tour’s resident illusionist, Ed Alonzo, for a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the tricks – musical and otherwise – the star, 27, has in store for fans.

So is this comeback for the serially-troubled Spears? “I don’t know if I would call it a comeback,” says Alonzo, a lead illusionist on MyNetworkTV’s Masters of Illusion. “It’s more of a continuation of the greatness she always had.”

Britney Plays a Magician’s Assistant
During one song (Alonzo won’t say which one), Britney becomes part of his magic act. “She’s incorporated into major illusions. She’ll do dissection, where she’s sawed in half, and transposition, where she’s in one place and ends up in another place. She’s doing all the classic elements of magic.”

Yep, It’ll be a Spectacle
“There are three giant [circus] rings with unbelievable things hanging in the air and flying around,” says Alonzo.

Expect Outrageous Dancing
“She’s dancing so hard in the show,” Alonzo says. “It’s elements of hip-hop, tumbling, it’s really outrageous. The kind of choreography in the show is similar to the kind of stuff you see in America’s Best Dance Crew.”

Brit’s Back in Shape
“She looks really incredible,” says Alonzo, who played Max, the owner of the diner hangout, in the ’90s TV hit Saved By The Bell. “She’s really toned. Her stomach looks fantastic. This is the Britney Spears people remember from the past. Even stronger and better.”

This Time, Britney’s on Point
Forget her bungled performance at the 2007 MTV’s VMAs. “She’s really got it together,” says Alonzo. “She’s totally focused. And she’s working her butt off.”

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Nadya Suleman told TV host “Dr. Phil” McGraw on Tuesday that she fears the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in California won’t release her eight newborn babies.

“What she is telling me is that unless and until she has a better living arrangement, that they are not likely to release the children to her,” McGraw tells The Los Angeles Times.

See the first photos of the octuplets!

Suleman, 33, has taped two episodes of McGraw’s syndicated show, the first of which airs today. Part two airs Thursday (check your local listings).

Suleman, a single mother who already had six children before giving birth to octuplets Jan. 26, lives in southern California, with her mother in a three-bedroom house that is set to be auctioned off on March 5. She owes more than $23,000 in back payments, a source tells Usmagazine.com.

She has no job and is on food stamps and disability income for three of her six older children.

“If you don’t have plans in place you need to say so, so we can help….People need to know you get it,” Dr. Phil tells her at one point during their interview.

She replies, “I think I’ll fully get it when they are ready to come home.”

McGraw — who has interviewed Suleman and her mother Angela at length — said in a statement to Us that he believes Suleman “is very loving.”

But he added, “I see somebody that has such a Pollyanna disconnect with real-world realities, and what she’s getting ready to face, it’s like she’s on a Disney ride.”

Still, he urged, “We can’t turn our back on this woman without turning our back on these children.”

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New Kids On The Block have just premiered the video for their song “2 in the Morning.” Shot at a mansion in Pacific Palisades, CA, the video follows a feuding couple throughout the house. Donnie describes the concept of the piece as “somewhat based on a very literal translation of the song with a twist.”

NKOTB’s album, The Block, is available now. The Block on iTunes

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I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen her in baggy jeans!  Usually she’s wearing those tight jeans!  Maybe they’re John Mayers?

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