This year is underway and is already full of wonders and excitement...
PHOENIX DATES RELEASED Great News! The Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel, will showcase the Carnival of Illusion this spring. In every show, 25% of our guests travel from the Greater Phoenix area just for a Carnival of Illusion parlour experience, WOW. Parlour seats are now available at the historic "Jewel of the Desert!" February and a few March dates have been secured and in the very near future, more evenings will be released. Check the website for future updates.
PENN & TELLER'S "WARM-UP BAND" University of Arizona's UA Presents invited us to share a pre-show performance and lecture titled "Seedy Stories of Magical History; from street, To Stage, TO STARDOM!" We've compiled tales of some of the most interesting magicians and we'll discuss how magic left the realm of street performing and moved to the high society parlours of Europe before hitting the roads in America on the Chautauqua circuit to finally arriving on the stages across America. Friday, February 24th at 7PM.
CELEBRATE WITH US IN VEGAS, BABY!!! Society of American Magicians will celebrate 110 years of magic in Las Vegas beginning July 23rd. Sarlot & Eyed will kick off the convention with a special performance. Come see us! The S.A.M. is the very same organization that Houdini reigned as president from 1917 until his death in 1926. Above is one of our favorite images of young Harry and wife Bess, seated in the front row on the right.
ADD THIS TO YOUR "THINGS TO DO" Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have… The 39 Steps, a fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily adventure. The madness begins when a gentleman starts his evening at the theatre and ends the night with a dead body in his lap. See what happens as the Arizona Theatre Company presents Broadway's Tony-winning comedy which proves that anything the movies can do, the theatre can do... more hilariously! "Absurdly enjoyable" – The New York Times. Begins January 14 in Tucson and February 9th in Phoenix.
HARRIETTE HOMEMAKER Ms Houdini rang in the New Year in a very sweet way. Here she proudly shows off her first pie of 2012, an apple-blueberry delight, YUM! When you "LIKE" us on Facebook, drop her a note and she will send you her famously easy recipe...
Here's to 2012. Sending you a year filled with sweet and happy magical delights,
-Susan, Roland, Alisha and Ms Harriette Houdini