I miss performing in front of live audiences. I miss chatting up random strangers as I bounce around town on a Sunday morning. I miss going out for dinner and meeting up with friends for coffee. There are so may things I miss during this crisis – all trivial compared to all of the lives…
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L.A. is such a magical place. A few months ago, my husband got on the subway in Los Angeles, and got off the subway in New York. It is one of those things that would be unusual in most places, but here it is not all that uncommon. It was a movie shoot set in…
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I picked a bad time to try and go back to being a full-time professional magician. Pretty much everyone in live entertainment is out of work now. Back in January I quit my job. It was the worst place I had ever worked. It was something I needed to do, as they were extremely abusive…
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I was in Playbill for the very first time! If you have been to a large regional theater or seen a show on Broadway you would probably have been handed one as you walked in. It’s the small theatre magazine with yellow at the top, that acts as a program for the show. Playbill was…
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I am finally catching my breath. This was my busiest holiday season ever, and I recently made a decision that changed my life dramatically for the better. Between regular shows and shows as Mrs. Claus and shows with the both of us (Geoff as Santa Claus) we were just constantly on the go. On the…
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One of the more unusual things I got involved with recently is a Sideshow Museum in Uranus, Missouri. In our book, The Greatest Adventure, now available on Amazon, we talk about our time working with the Jack Waller Sideshow. The museum was putting together an exhibit and saw the photos we had of the Waller…
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The L.A. area has some amazing garage sales. I have a blog entry about the garage sale by the family of veteran character actor and magician Lee Delano titled This Actor Inspired my Kid Show. I also write there about garage sales for Ray Bradbury and Charlton Heston, and my personal interactions with Heston years…
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One of the things I love about being a magician in Los Angeles is you get to meet people from everywhere in the world. I do a lot of shows in people’s homes where I get introduced to their customs and family traditions. It is so wonderful to be a part of that. My Thanksgiving…
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It has been a busy week. Right now, I am putting together a talk on doing magic for children. It has to be ready to present next Tuesday night. On Wednesday I did my magic act about Love on stage. The next night, I did strolling magic for Mad Decent Records amidst dancing unicorns (and…
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I have visited quite a few studio lots, and even though I worked for SAG for years, I am not jaded about it. I still get excited when the guard lets me through the gate. You never know what or who you will encounter on a studio lot. I recently got to perform at Paramount…
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