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Murray moves, Mac King extends contract for magic afternoons…

Murray moves, Mac King extends contract for magic afternoons…

By MIKE WEATHERFORD
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Fans of comedy magic won’t have to worry about either Mac King going anywhere or having an afternoon alternative in Murray SawChuck.

King has signed a four-year contract extension at Harrah’s Las Vegas that will take his long-running show to 19 years at the hotel.

Murray (who is billed by his first name) is moving into the Sin City Theatre at Planet Hollywood Resort, with afternoon shows starting Dec. 20 that will compete almost directly with King’s. Murray’s showtimes will be 2 and 4 p.m., while King’s are 1 and 3 p.m.

Both magicians will be at Caesars Entertainment properties, but the corporation has never been too assertive as a landlord when it comes to refereeing rival shows within a genre. And, much like the arrangement he had at the Tropicana’s Laugh Factory, Murray will be a step removed from Caesars. The Sin City venue is leased from Planet Hollywood and run independently by John Padon and general manager Pete Housley.

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Magician Nathan Burton tell competitor Sawchuck to buzz off..

Magician Nathan Burton tell competitor Sawchuck to buzz off..

By NORM CLARKE – LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Comedy magician Nathan Burton made one of his competitors disappear Thursday.

Minutes after Murray Sawchuck and his wife, Khloe, arrived just before Burton’s 4 p.m. show at Saxe Theater in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, they were escorted out, he said.

“I had texted Nathan when we got there to let him know I was there. I think it’s respectful to let someone know,” said Sawchuck, a headliner at the Tropicana for almost two years.

Sawchuck said he was informed by a theater manager that “Nathan personally called me to have you escorted out.”

They left without incident, he said.

“I didn’t know we had a problem,” said Sawchuck. “We do now.”

Sawchuck said he loaned Burton a prop “from one of my illusions for a couple of months.”

Both Burton and Sawchuck were participants on different seasons of “America’s Got Talent.”

“This kind of thing is a shame, a little classless, but that’s just me,” Sawchuck said.

Calls to Burton for comment were not returned by deadline.

Strip Scribbles: Magician rip-offs?

Strip Scribbles: Magician rip-offs?

Robin Leach, for the Las Vegas Sun, reports on the latest magic news on the strip.. and this little ditty see’s some of magic’s headliners accusing other headliners of dirty tricks.. Oh, tell me it isn’t so….

“  Tropicana headliner magician Murray Sawchuck lashed out today at four other Las Vegas illusionists on tour in Australia, Asia and Europe for reportedly ripping off his…”

And if my omission wasn’t bad enough.. get this..

“Murray took aim at Las Vegas magicians Dan Sperry, Kevin James, Mark Kalin and Ginger, adding….”

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