Subject:

Magic and Illusions

  • Voice Choices

    March 28, 2012

    ABRACADABRA

    Elephant Room conjures up comedy

  • Theater

    March 7, 2012

    Tom Murrin: 1939–2012

    Erin Courtney remembers the beloved downtown performer

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Scientology and the Occult: Hugh Urban's New Exploration of L. Ron Hubbard and Aleister Crowley

    The Rosy Cross, appropriated in a similar form by Crowley and OTO​Last June, we brought you the first review of The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion by Ohio State professor Hugh Urban, and then the first interview with the good professor himself. During that interview, Urban ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 28, 2011

    FREAK OUT

    Run away with the 
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus

  • Theater

    September 14, 2011

    Bad Magic Is a Good Trick at Philly Live Arts

    Plus, the Improbable Theatre punches in

  • Theater

    June 8, 2011

    The Illusion--Pierre Corneille Gets Tony Kushner-ed

    An adaptation of the classic concludes the Signature's season

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2011

    MAN ON STAGE

    On the ground with Philippe Petit

  • Film

    May 11, 2011
  • Voice Choices

    May 11, 2011

    SPELLBOUND

    Tony Kushner's The Illusion

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Theater Bar Illusionist-Mixologist Jeff Grow Reveals the Tricks of His Trade

    Jeff Grow, mixologist-illusionist.​ Jeff Grow has a title you don't come across very often. He's a 'bar illusionist' at Albert Trummer's recently opened-to-the-public Theater Bar (114 Franklin Street) in Tribeca. He discusses just how manages to mix drinks with magic and why the two are a grea ... More >>

  • Books

    February 23, 2011

    Nnedi Okorafor and Ishmael Reed, Meet Andrea Hairston

    And her new novel, Redwood and Wildfire

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Chinese Magician in Hot Water Over Goldfish Trick

    China has come under fire again for human rights violations, despite assurances from government offi -- HOLY CRAP, ARE THOSE GOLDFISH SWIMMING IN FORMATION?

  • Voice Choices

    January 26, 2011

    LENNY BRUCE LIVES

    Steve Cuiffo takes it back to Carnegie Hall

  • Film

    December 22, 2010

    Old Souls Get a Second Life in True Grit and The Illusionist

    Steve Cuiffo takes it back to Carnegie Hall

  • Voice Choices

    December 15, 2010

    SWEETER THAN FICTION

    See, memoirs can be punk

  • Voice Choices

    October 20, 2010

    THE MAGIC MAN

    Move over, David Blaine

  • Music

    September 22, 2010

    Negative Plane Will Not 'Friend' You

    Eerie Brooklyn metalheads dig deep and listen to the bells

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Q&A: Holly Miranda on Magic, Sneaking Records, and The Need to "Come Out"

    Sebastian MylanarskiHolly Miranda Known for being the face of Brooklyn rock act the Jealous Girlfriends, Holly Miranda quietly released her debut solo album The Magician's Private Library this past February. It's a washed-out, hazy record that has Miranda's airy voice sounding something like '80s 4 ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 13, 2010

    Liars+Fol Chen

    Sebastian MylanarskiHolly Miranda Known for being the face of Brooklyn rock act the Jealous Girlfriends, Holly Miranda quietly released her debut solo album The Magician's Private Library this past February. It's a washed-out, hazy record that has Miranda's airy voice sounding something like '80s 4 ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 23, 2010

    Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

    Sebastian MylanarskiHolly Miranda Known for being the face of Brooklyn rock act the Jealous Girlfriends, Holly Miranda quietly released her debut solo album The Magician's Private Library this past February. It's a washed-out, hazy record that has Miranda's airy voice sounding something like '80s 4 ... More >>

  • Film

    February 16, 2010

    Oscar-nominated Shorts Roundup 2010

    Sebastian MylanarskiHolly Miranda Known for being the face of Brooklyn rock act the Jealous Girlfriends, Holly Miranda quietly released her debut solo album The Magician's Private Library this past February. It's a washed-out, hazy record that has Miranda's airy voice sounding something like '80s 4 ... More >>

  • Theater

    October 20, 2009

    Strange, Amusing Radnevsky's Real Magic Is Sometimes Stale

    Sebastian MylanarskiHolly Miranda Known for being the face of Brooklyn rock act the Jealous Girlfriends, Holly Miranda quietly released her debut solo album The Magician's Private Library this past February. It's a washed-out, hazy record that has Miranda's airy voice sounding something like '80s 4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    The Musicka Mystica Maxima Festival, Featuring Genesis P-Orridge, Dan Higgs, and Magick, Is Coming to Santos

    ​Nice. First comes news of the sublimely art-damaged WFMU Fest, and now another weirdo fest is coming to NYC--The Musicka Mystica Maxima Festival, "Two nights of Musick made by practicing magicians or practicing musicians who's work celebrates the Magical lifestyle, as well as public performan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    D.A. Candidates Keeping Busy, Here and at Martha's Vineyard

    ​After we noted yesterday some gay-friendly endorsements in the Manhattan D.A.'s race, the office of candidate Leslie Crocker-Snyderr (pictured) notified us that she'd just received the backing of bigtime gay activist and writer David Mixner, who says she "has by far the longest and best recor ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 11, 2009

    Free Will Astrology: August 11 through 17

    ​After we noted yesterday some gay-friendly endorsements in the Manhattan D.A.'s race, the office of candidate Leslie Crocker-Snyderr (pictured) notified us that she'd just received the backing of bigtime gay activist and writer David Mixner, who says she "has by far the longest and best recor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    New Inaugural Balls Added to Tonight's Program

    I-minus zero! Today, in addition to the swearing-in and speechifying, it is announced Obama will attend 10 inaugural balls: five for regions of the country, one apiece for the Obama and Biden home states, a Youth Ball, and the Commander-in-Chief's Ball with the military. But we are told there has ... More >>

  • Books

    April 15, 2008

    Etgar Keret's Short-Story Overload

    46 new stories! Really!

  • Art

    September 18, 2007

    Model Photographer

    Recommendations by R.C. Baker

  • Film

    April 24, 2007

    'Next'

    Recommendations by R.C. Baker

  • Theater

    April 10, 2007

    For Those About to Mock-Rock...

    Don't Call Them Spinal Tap! The Theatre Collective Banana Bag & Bodice Love Myths and Beer.

  • Dance

    March 13, 2007

    Me, Myself, and I

    Technology creates multiple dance partners

  • Film

    October 10, 2006

    That Old Black Magic

    Memento director takes his bag of tricks to the Victorian era

  • Film

    August 8, 2006

    Practical Magic

    Eerie melodrama explores the dark arts in turn-of-the-century Vienna

  • Theater

    July 11, 2006

    Love, the Magician

    Rinne Groff's conjuring act pulls off a hell of a trick

  • Theater

    January 17, 2006

    Theater

    Rinne Groff's conjuring act pulls off a hell of a trick

  • Theater

    August 9, 2005

    Teacher Torture

    Teens with guns and Faulknerian syntax: 'The Dear Boy' tries to give an old form a new spin.

  • Books

    August 24, 2004

    Do You Believe in Magic?

    Clarke's debut is a magnum opus full of faeries, phantom fleets, footnotes, and friendship

  • NYC Life

    December 31, 2002

    Listings

    Clarke's debut is a magnum opus full of faeries, phantom fleets, footnotes, and friendship

  • Film

    July 23, 2002

    Diamond Dogs

    Scratch That Pitch

  • Theater

    May 7, 2002

    Theater

    Scratch That Pitch

  • NYC Life

    November 27, 2001

    Wizard World

    Harry Potter, The Movie, Took in $93.5 Million in Its Opening Weekend. Feeling the Magic?

  • Theater

    November 6, 2001

    The Trouble With Harry

    Harry Potter, The Movie, Took in $93.5 Million in Its Opening Weekend. Feeling the Magic?

  • News

    December 5, 2000

    Ready for Prime Time

    X-treme Performance Art Moves From the Margin to the Mainstream

  • Books

    October 31, 2000

    Bogus Magus

    X-treme Performance Art Moves From the Margin to the Mainstream

  • Music

    May 23, 2000

    Savant-Garde Garbagetronica

    Detroit and Chicago Reinvent Techno Out of Trash

  • NYC Life

    April 18, 2000

    NY Mirror

    Detroit and Chicago Reinvent Techno Out of Trash

  • Theater

    October 5, 1999

    Trick and Treats

    Detroit and Chicago Reinvent Techno Out of Trash

  • Theater

    May 25, 1999

    Techno Madness

    Detroit and Chicago Reinvent Techno Out of Trash

  • Columns

    December 15, 1998

    NY Mirror

    When I asked Jane Horrocks if she's a gay man trapped in a woman's body, she said, 'No! If so, I haven't discovered it!'

  • Music

    May 19, 1998

    If You Build It

    When I asked Jane Horrocks if she's a gay man trapped in a woman's body, she said, 'No! If so, I haven't discovered it!'

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