A feel good magic story made the rounds from ABC this weekend. Ethan Christianson was at a summer camp magic show when he was selected to assist on stage and the real trick was the appearance of his soldier father, back from a year overseas.
A new magic related musical, As We Lie Still, opens off Broadway this evening. It tells the story of a vaudeville magician past his prime; read The New York Times description here.
This week’s Free Summer Reading Club offering from Conjuring Arts Research is Gems of Mental Magic from John Brown Cook and Arthur Buckley. You can get a free, high quality PDF of this 1947 classic by visiting Conjuring Arts. Remember, it is only available for free until Sunday!
AsiaOne.com is reporting that David Blaine will be appearing in Singapore at the Resort Worlds Sentosa on September 8.
Have we mentioned that Woody Allen’s new film, Magic in the Moonlight, is the story of a 1920s era Chinese magician — who is really an Englishman (played by Colin Firth)– who finds himself falling for a charming psychic (Emma Stone), despite his crusade to expose fake spiritualists? So basically it is a Glorious Deception meets Houdini rom-com… it opens in limited release (that means check your local art house) Friday, July 25.
Finally, BleacherReport.com just ran a story on the weird and unique hobbies of various international professional athletes. Turns out that Formula One driver Fernando Alonso is seriously into sleight of hand.