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10 questions with magician Mat Franco, ‘AGT’ winner and new Linq headliner..

10 questions with magician Mat Franco, ‘AGT’ winner and new Linq headliner..

Las Vegas – Mat Franco is the first and only magician to win NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” and now he’s following in the footsteps of ventriloquist and Season 2 “AGT” winner Terry Fator with his own Las Vegas Strip residency. On Wednesday night, Mat begins previews at the Linq Hotel Showroom ahead of his grand opening set for Aug. 21. Mat takes the stage with a fresh, fun and feel-good twist on magic that defies expectations. In a full-scale production built on brand-new, never-before-seen material, Mat promises to deliver his most spectacular performances yet — but will still keep his love of getting up close with the crowd, which is the heart of every show and what he demonstrated to “AGT” judges. Read more..

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MASTER MAGICIAN JAN ROUVEN PLANS TO BE ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP FOR YEARS TO COME..

MASTER MAGICIAN JAN ROUVEN PLANS TO BE ON THE LAS VEGAS STRIP FOR YEARS TO COME..

Jan Rouven has performed an inestimable number of tricks on the path to Strip-headliner status, but it looks like a majority of his future escapes and sleight-of-hand demonstrations will be in Las Vegas. The German magician first arrived in Vegas in October 2009, performing some of the escapes from his current Tropicana show The New Illusions before awestruck crowds on Fremont Street. His star rose quickly, and by November of last year he was not only a headliner on the south end of the Strip but one of fewer than a handful of marquee magicians branded on billboards and playing the biggest casino-resort rooms. With no plans to leave Las Vegas, Rouven’s ascent can only continue.

“I love it here,” says Rouven. “I’m happy.” And it shows in his performances. Rouven’s effervescence is contagious, and his sly sense of humor—often self-deprecating, playing up his Teutonic-accented pronunciations—contributes to the charm offensive that wins over audiences.  Read more..

http://lasvegasmagazine.com/entertainment/2015/aug/07/jan-rouven-tropicana/#/0

Magician Performs the Most Amazing “Trick” For a Young Girl With Deployed Parents..

Magician Performs the Most Amazing “Trick” For a Young Girl With Deployed Parents..


On what seemed like an already special morning due to a magic show at school, Addison Woodburn couldn’t have known that her day was going to get even more special when the magician chose her to help with a big trick.

Addison — whose mother and father are both in the military and were both deployed at the time — was carrying around a red, white, and blue “mommy doll,” which the magician asked to borrow for his trick. The little girl stood by wearing a mini army jacket in complete awe as the magician made her doll disappear — little did she know that he was about to turn it into something even better.
http://www.popsugar.com/moms/Military-Mom-Dad-Surprise-Daughter-School-Magic-Show-38021949

THE KATS REPORT: THE LINQ PREPARES TO ROLL OUT THE STRIP’S NEWEST MAGIC ACT..

THE KATS REPORT: THE LINQ PREPARES TO ROLL OUT THE STRIP’S NEWEST MAGIC ACT..

Mat Franco is seated at a card table, aptly enough, set up in front of the stage inside Crown Theater at the Rio. The young magician casually shuffles a freshly opened deck of playing cards while meeting with members of his production team. The group is prepping for a magic show on the Strip starring Franco, the reigning champion ofAmerica’s Got Talent.

Littering the floor are hundreds of cards—seven hundred, about—that have been fired from three cannons at the center of the stage. It’s all part of a show-stopping trick that does not actually stop the show, which is set to open for previews soon at the newly renovated Linq Theater.

The Rio’s Crown Theater, where not long ago guns of a different variety were used as props in a show starring a family of duck hunters, is today but a rehearsal space. It is also, at this moment, a giant conference room.

Franco shuffles his cards, over and over, then slaps the deck on the table. He scrawls a note onto a pad, then turns to one of his confidants, Johnny Thompson, the revered magician known as The Great Tomsoni and a consultant on the show.

“What do you think, some sleight-of-hand here?” Franco asks Thompson. The Great One thinks for a moment and offers: “I think some sleight-of-hand would work, just a little something to add to what you’re talking about.”  Read more..

http://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/2015/jul/29/kats-report-linq-strip-new-magic-show-mat-franco/

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