This month the entire column is devoted to the teaching of Asi Wind's
terrific bill transposition, "Time is Money."
Library shows are popular among family-show entertainers, and Tommy
Johns shares his reading-show routine based on the popular children's
book, If Your Give a Mouse a Cookie.
When choosing a restaurant, it's important to pick a place that attracts
the kind of people you want to work for. Paul Green's Let's Get Together
is a trick that leaves patrons with a meaningful souvenir.
Thomas Fraps' essay "On Movies and Magic" addresses the parallels of
shooting a movie and constructing your act, and he offers his Blinded
Triumph routine as an example; plus Stephen Kirschbaum has a bonus tip
for owners of Dean's Box.
When negotiating for higher fees, you must realize that your perceived
value is the manner in which you can justify charging larger fees for
your show.
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It's a trippy, visual, whacked-out production combining comedy, dance,
rock-'n'-roll, and illusion, and Larry Wilson is not only the show's
producer, writer, and director, he also the audience's guide for a
magical journey to a familiar place you've never been before.
It wasn't the sort of birthday gift Le Grand David was expecting, when
Cesareo Pelaez casually suggested, "Perhaps you can work something up
from Robert Harbin's plans..." Little did he suspect it would start him
on an illusion-building odyssey.
Max and Salli have enjoyed a remarkable career, one that has actually
been three careers in one: school shows and assemblies, theme park
productions, and a touring full-evening show.
Tricks is a lively theatrical outing composed of material that has stood
the test of time, and if there's anyone suited to breathing life into
the standards, it's David Ben.
