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I’ve got some public shows coming up soon that I’m really excited about.

This Friday, I’ll return to at the for an evening of close-up wonder-working.

Next Thursday, the 5th, I’ll be headlining two shows at at The Russian Samovar in Midtown.

Then on Thursday, the 12th, I’ll be joining the cast of for an evening of magic and hi-jinks at .

I hope to see some or all of you at some or all of these shows! 🍸

to yours truly at Public Arts in downtown Manhattan in 2018

I’m extremely excited to be hosting this year’s fundraiser for The Muse on Sunday, July 18th. It’s going to be a great show with a stellar line-up of New York City’s finest circus and variety artistes, all in support of an excellent cause. Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/abcirque-circus-cabaret-fundraiser-tickets-156578024085

I hope to see you there! 🥂

With in-person shows having returned, I haven't been doing as many virtual performances lately, but was delighted to present Virtual Impossibilities for a very fun corporate audience yesterday. 🤓🥂

to an early, mid-pandemic workshop production of Virtual Impossibilities

I'm so glad to see this place getting the revival it deserves. Kudos to Lin-Manuel Miranda for keeping this institution alive. 🥂

How Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Made an Old Bookstore New The century-old Drama Book Shop in Manhattan struggled for years. Then “Hamilton” happened.

I cannot tell you how happy I am to be performing at live, in-person events again. Virtual shows have their merits, but nothing will ever replace the joy and exhilaration of performing in-person for flesh-and-blood human beings. 🤓🥂

photo: Allison the Photographer

"Theater is a dialogue between artists and audience that’s also a ritual for the senses — which, after such a surfeit of digital drama, are primed to tingle."

Digital Be Damned! Welcome to Shows You Can Touch and Feel. Fuzzy puppet sheep. A light cutting through the haze. Hand-designed dreamscapes. There’s plenty to savor in the slow return of pixel-free theater.

You can fool some of the all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but good luck fooling these clever birds.

Magic Tricks May Fool You, but These Birds Can See Through Them A small experiment using sleights of hand and illusions offers insights into how birds and people perceive the world.

Have magic act (and vaccine), will travel. 🤓✈️

Having been often mistaken for Harry Potter's lesser known, older brother, Gerry Potter, I'm very interested in checking this place out:

Harry Potter Shop The Warner Bros Harry Potter Shop is the official online site providing a magical shopping experience, packed with exclusive designs and fan-favourites.

to a production of my mostly mentalism variety show, Completely Mental, at The Slipper Room 🥂 photo: Allison Stock

I've been an admirer of the work of David Berglas for many years. It's great to see him treated with the reverence he deserves.

The Mystery of Magic’s Greatest Card Trick At 94, the magician David Berglas says his renowned effect can’t be taught. Is he telling the truth?

It was great to perform for everyone's favorite secret society, The Society of Conjurers and Magicians, at RPM Underground on Sunday. 🤫

As scams go, this is awfully brazen:

"The police say the supplier — a business called Varsha Engineering, essentially a scrapyard — had been repainting fire extinguishers and selling them as oxygen canisters."

A Desperate India Falls Prey to Covid Scammers As the health care system fails, clandestine markets have emerged for drugs, oxygen, hospital beds and funeral services. Fake goods may be putting lives at risk.

to yours truly performing the inexplicable at the Yonkers Comedy Club in 2019 🥂

I never get tired of glowing reviews from satisfied clients! 🥂

to yours truly performing at Monday Night Magic at The Players Theatre last year

"[I]ndividually and collectively, [Broadway producers] are trying to imagine when large numbers of people are likely to feel comfortable traveling to Times Square, funneling through cramped lobbies and walking down narrow aisles to sit shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers."

Broadway Is Reopening. But Not Until September. Even as New York City begins to reopen this summer, Broadway will not resume performances until Sept. 14. Here’s why.

It was great performing walk-around magic and mentalism at a private roof-top event in Manhattan on Saturday. Doing magic al fresco is one of my personal favorites. 🥂

to Times Square just over one year ago

That's a wrap for this production of Virtual Impossibilities at Mile Square Theatre! Thanks to everyone who came to the show. I really appreciate your support and I hope you enjoyed seeing the show as much I enjoyed performing it!

I look forward to seeing you next time! 😀

Flashback Friday to an article I wrote for AiPT comics in 2019:

Demystifying Mysterio: A mentalist looks at Spider-Man: Far From Home's magical character • AIPT Examining the psychology behind his illusions.

Before sending tens of millions of dollars to someone you've never met, always verify their identity.

How Phone Scammers Talked Her Into Handing Over $33 Million In one of the most staggering Hong Kong phone cons, a 90-year-old woman was swindled over five months.

With things slowly but steadily returning to some semblance of normal in the entertainment world, my calendar is, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, beginning to be filled with in-person performances.

As such, the theatrical run of Virtual Impossibilities at the Mile Square Theatre is coming to an end ahead of schedule.

You have just one more chance to see this show. This Friday night, the 23rd, will be the last time that I present Virtual Impossibilities as a public, ticketed event, at least for the foreseeable future.

So, if you want to experience this show for yourself, now's the time!

https://www.virtualimpossibilities.com/tickets

to yours truly in a fancy tuxedo at Public Arts a few years ago 🥂

After the success of the March production, my interactive mentalism show, Virtual Impossibilities, returns to the Mile Square Theatre for another run!

We've partnered with three other theatre companies, Arthouse Productions, Hudson Theatre Works, and Luna Stage, to bring the show to the widest possible audience.

I'm so excited about the changes I've made to the show and can't wait to share them with you!

Performances will be Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 Eastern.

For tickets, please visit: https://milesquaretheatre.secure.force.com/ticket/?orderSource=ArtHouse #/events/a0S0W00000q6rQtUAI

Happy National Pets Day, everyone! I hope you’re giving your animal companions a bit of extra love and attention today. They totally deserve it. 🥰

Yeah, those last four are particularly tough, am I right? 😒

The run of Virtual Impossibilities at Mile Square Theatre was a blast! Thanks to everyone who came to the show. I had a great time and I hope you did, too! I'll be making another announcement about the show very soon. 🙂

"Burlesque often thrives on the fringes of society, cropping up with a vengeance during times of prohibition and oppression, but during the pandemic, even underground art forms have been at a loss. Many performers say they have no idea what burlesque will look like on the other side."

What Is Life Without Burlesque? Their venues are closed and their stages are dark, but New York City’s burlesque performers are itching for the return of feathers, tassels and harnesses.

to Eric Walton: Mentalist at Theatre Royal Stratford East in London in 2019

Thanks to everyone who came to see Virtual Impossibilities at Mile Square Theatre this weekend! We had great shows on Friday and Saturday, and I really appreciate everyone who logged in and participated in the performances.

We have just two more shows in this run, Friday, the 26th and Saturday, the 27th. After that, if you want to see the show, you'll have to hire me. 😃

https://www.virtualimpossibilities.com/tickets

As a mentalist and professional purveyor of mystery, I'm in the business of manipulating people's perceptions in order to create the subjective experience of the impossible. This process often involves the exploitation of cognitive biases, which, as this excellent article details, are abundant in the human mind.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/science/thylacines-tasmanian-tigers-sightings.html?campaign_id=34&emc=edit_sc_20210316&instance_id=28103&nl=science-times®i_id=72371946&segment_id=53500&te=1&user_id=ac44b9f7107871951a23ac8848a936d1

Tasmanian Tigers Are Extinct. Why Do People Keep Seeing Them? Quirks of the human mind and how we process information might explain the uncanny appearances of thylacines.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone! What could be more Irish than experiencing a virtual mentalism show this weekend? Lots of things, probably. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do it! And who knows? In addition to near-miraculous feats of mind-reading, there might be references to leprechauns and shamrocks! ☘️ 😗

https://www.virtualimpossibilities.com/tickets

Thanks to everyone who attended Virtual Impossibilities at Mile Square Theatre last weekend! We have just four more shows left in this run, and I hope to see you at one of them.

https://www.virtualimpossibilities.com/tickets

"[A] year of live online entertainment has never really captured one key element: Focus. There is an intensity of attention in a crowd, fully engaged and sharing a space, that is absent in looking at your screen. Internet shows do provide community, but it’s harder to lose yourself in the show when there are other tabs open — or to suspend disbelief sitting on your bed."

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/arts/television/live-audience-pandemic.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

I Miss Being Part of an Audience Crowds can be mindless, even dangerous. But that feeling of losing yourself as you experience art together hasn’t been replicated since live entertainment went online.

Yours truly during last night's performance of Virtual Impossibilities at Mile Square Theatre. Thanks to everyone who came to the show and made the opening weekend such a huge success! 🥂

We have six more performances and I hope to see you there.
https://milesquaretheatre.secure.force.com/ticket/ #/events/a0S0W00000q6rQtUAI

Last night's final (and first) dress rehearsal for the upcoming production of Virtual Impossibilities, which will stream live from the Mile Square Theatre in Hoboken, New Jersey March 5th-27th.

For tickets, please visit https://milesquaretheatre.secure.force.com/ticket/ #/events/a0S0W00000q6rQtUAI