March 2015 – Page 4 – Magic Roadshow

‘Magician: The Astonishing Life & Work of Orson Welles’

March 13, 2015 Rick Carruth

The merry prankster, the profound tragedian. The professional guest, the misunderstood exile. He was pitied, parodied—"All’s well that ends Welles.“ Moonfaced and inconstant as the moon, Orson Welles directed Citizen Kane and adaptations of Shakespeare, Kafka and pulp fiction.

"Perhaps I bewilder people by being at once the esthete, the intellectual and the vulgarian” Welles said. The bewilderment over Welles’ legacy continues up to his centennial this May. Read more at:

.http://www.metroactive.com/movies/Magician-Orson-Welles.html

A New Magic Roadshow..

March 12, 2015 Rick Carruth

A new issue of the Magic Roadshow Journal of Magic has published. For those of you who don’t know, this ‘little’ newsletter is the largest free newsletter in all of magic. This issue is 28 pages and 10,000 words long. Here’s the table of content…

– FINDING EEYORE – Propless mentalism by Mick Ayres
– Flipper Revisited – An Effect of Sorts
– Nick Trost’s Eight Card Brainwave Tutorial
– Eight Card Brainwave tutorial by Juan Fernando
– The Emperor’s New Sleight – Advice from Francis Menotti
– Candle To Ball – An Effect by Jeff Hobson
– FAIR PLAY – A Card Effect by Paul Lelekis
– CHILDRENS MAGIC SHOWS – David John O Connor
– THE ENGAGING RING – David John O Connor
– Tricks Without Names – Werner Miller
– How to Learn Magic – A PDF ( Freeware For the Young Magician )
– New book by Professor Solomon: “Lives of the Conjurers, Volume Two.”
– Brian Brushwood Live Video Q&A with Full Circle Magic
– Johnny Thompson – Live Q&A with Full Circle Magic
– Banachek – Live Video Q&A with Full Circle Magic
– Harry Anderson’s “Hello, Sucker!” – Original Showtime Telecast
– Ricky Jay Plays Poker – Video
– 121 Easy To Perform Magic Tricks.. Tutorials Ideal For New Magicians
– An Idea For Jay Sankey’s 3 Free Magic Gimmicks – Gospel Magic Gaff
– Cardini Performing on the First TV Magic Show -1957
– 10 Things No One Tells You About Being A Magician – Article
– How to Book Restaurant Gigs – Audio Interview
– A Reminder – Lu Brent’s Exclusive Card Mysteries – Free PDF for Roadshow Readers
– Reminder .. A Flea Market for Magicians
– Blur – A Great Little Resource
– Free eBooks For Subscribers….

You can read it at: http://MagicRoadshow.com/164.php

March 9, 2015 Rick Carruth

Former Schaumburg resident pushes magic’s boundaries with ‘Illusionists’

March 9, 2015 Rick Carruth

By Scott C. Morgan for the Daily Herald..

llusionist Dan Sperry didn’t always look like shock rocker Marilyn Manson’s scary sibling.

Before Sperry amazed audiences with his creepy illusions like swallowing razor blades or tugging a strand of dental floss through his neck – a trick that notoriously freaked out judge Howie Mandel during Sperry’s run on the 2010 season of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” – the Minnesota native and former Schaumburg resident dressed as an old-school magician for numerous Chicago-area performances at elementary schools and kid’s birthday parties.

“When I was younger, I kind of went with the classic magician look with tails and playing cards, but offstage I’d be into punk music, Alfred Hitchcock and horror films like the old-school Universal Studios monster movies or those by director John Carpenter,” Sperry said. “Mid-to-late teens, I let some more of who I was offstage in real life trickle into my onstage performances.” Read more.. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150308/entlife/150309342/