Is Your Show Growing With You?
One of the challenges all performers face is the passage of time. Time continues to move forward and unlike the infomercials selling “youth in a bottle”… there is no magic elixir that will keep you young. We will all (if we are lucky) eventually see the face of our parents when we look in the…
The Most HAUNTED Location in Boston
Looking for the most HAUNTED location in Boston. JUST LOOK IN THE MIRROR! Boston has some great haunted landmarks. The King’s Chapel Burying Grounds, The Cutler Majestic Theatre, Faneuil Hall, and the Union Oyster House just to name a few. Chances are you just might see a spirit apparition at any of those locations on any given night.…
Are You Missing?
With the pandemic continuing to surge and a number of my August gigs being canceled, I find myself with some unexpected free time on my hands. And during some early morning writing sessions, I’m finding myself rewriting and fine-tuning the script to my show Miracles & Other Deceptions: The Close Up Magic of Paul Gertner, which…
“Why, where have you been these twenty long years?”
“On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes—it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze. “Surely,” thought Rip, “I have…
A Magical Community
When you are a magician you get a lot of questions. The most common one is “How did you do that?” But once the spectator realizes that you are not going to reveal the secret, they quickly begin asking other questions… such as: “Do you invent your own tricks?” “Where do magic tricks come…
“Daddy’s dead…Daddy’s dead”
Fifty years ago today I got the three AM call. I don’t remember 100% who was on the other line but it was probably my older sister Mary who was chosen to deliver the message. “You have to come home right now… Daddy’s really sick. Mom said to take a taxi. We will pay for it when you get…
A Magic Workshop… Somewhere on Boston Harbor
When I started my show Miracles & Other Deceptions: The Close Up Magic of Paul Gertner at the Omni Parker House in downtown Boston, my plan was to continuously add new magic to the show to keep it fresh and exciting for the audience, and for myself. If a magic trick fails, it’s pretty obvious… everyone…
The Magic of Connecting
In today’s world, people are connecting at a faster and faster pace. From singles websites, Instagram, Facebook Groups, and even websites designed to help you cheat on your spouse, we are awash in technological solutions to problems we did not even know existed. In days of old, connections were made in person, one on one. “Can I buy…
Metamorphosis
A few weeks ago my granddaughters saw a Monarch Butterfly land on a bush in their backyard. Their mother knew that Monarchs liked milkweed for a reason… and sure enough, upon inspection, they found that some of the leaves contained a tiny white dot on the underside of the leaf. There was only one dot per leaf,…
That Little Kid is Still Inside… Time to Come Out and Play
A number of years ago, I had a very elderly lady come up to me and explain, in detail, a memory she had of going onstage to help a magician when she was just a kid. And, as she told me her story of how she was invited on stage and how she ended up…