In a recession it is easier to hire people who will pretend to be tricked than to come up with good magic tricks. That is my theory. Criss Angel is releasing a magic kit. Maybe it will be so good that people will be impressed by the tricks?
Well, hint, it does not seem like Criss [...]
I know I have had issues with Steve Wyrick in the past. Last time I spoke to the former magician he promised me a better explanation than the one he was then peddling for one of his tricks that messed up. That explanation never arrived. Then, when his nightclub/vanity-performance-space/and-killer-of- many-shows/ showroom at [...]
Criss Angel is not a rip off Houdini but a tribute artist. Or, something like that. Despite lending “Believe” its name, I doubt Houdini could have mustered the concentration to sit through the show at Luxor.
There is a funny blog item from Phoenix New Times about Criss Angel’s escape a few days ago from a [...]
Congratulation to local Criss Angel star of “Believe” at Luxor. He was awarded Magician of the Century by some magic group. Robin Leach was there and has a back stage interview and a photo of Angel, trophy aloft, on his blog. According to Leach, “Believe” is now claiming to be the best selling magic show [...]
I don’t want to ramble on about how bad Believe is again. I figure at this point everyone knows they are paying for the most embarrassing big ticket show since Storm at Mandalay Bay.
But unlike Storm, which swiftly closed, Believe lingers at Luxor with the never quite here date where Cirque will fulfill a promise [...]
Siegfried & Roy were honored yesterday at the closing ceremony of the World Magic Seminar. Penn’s Tweet about the occasion: “Honoring Siegfried & Roy. Criss Angel, Lance Burton, P&T all speechified. S&R invented an art form. Wow. Roy is so wonderfully bugnutty.” Actually, Penn kind of looks like he is keeping a [...]
On the red carpet for “Viva Elvis,” Perez Hilton told me he had heard Criss Angel can not be fired by contract. I have heard similar things. But any contract can be bought out. And, anyone who runs afoul of casino regulators is going to be out of a resort showroom. And, a show that [...]
Criss Angel arrived early and did not linger on the red carpet for “Viva Elvis” last night. But Perez Hilton did. Angel was nowhere to be seen when Hilton walked the carpet engaging in a slightly obscene relationship with his “Criss Angel” t-shirt. Honestly, Angel should be grateful that Hilton is kind enough to promote “Believe.” [...]
There is no one better at getting media attention than Jeff Beacher. The shameless showman has performed outrageous stunts, used a troupe of midget impersonators to get headlines, and has kept a few media feuds going with a range of people and groups like PETA and Donald Trump. Then, when all else [...]
At the end of last year, on KNPR, I listened as three Vegas commentators picked Holly Madison and CityCenter as the two biggest positives in Vegas to emerge in 2009. An over 8 billion dollar resort on the one hand and a young woman on the other. And, her show, Peepshow, [...]
