David Blaine puts on magic show for dangerous inmates
By Jamie Schram, Frank Rosario and Danika Fears for the New York Post.
Daredevil magician David Blaine dazzled a packed house at a Manhattan show with his illusions, card tricks and the timeless yanking a rabbit out of a hat.
But the spectators were not the usual theatergoers shelling out more than $100 a pop for tickets.
The escape artist performed his Houdini-like tricks for some of the city’s most dangerous inmates, who were treated to the show by the Department of Correction, The Post has learned.
“How the hell does a killer get to watch a rabbit get pulled out of a hat?” a source asked of the hour-long show for high-security inmates on the sixth floor of the Manhattan Detention Complex, known as The Tombs.