Magic Up Close

Mac King is a revolutionary magician who rose to fame because of a trick so difficult almost no one manages to pull it off: he is hilarious and astonishing at the same time. Mac's tricks are so good and his humor is so natural. He is wise and kind and sophisticated, even though he plays a yokel on stage.

When Mac walks out in a baggy plaid suit and the first thing he says is, "Howdy," most of the audience is rolling their eyes, thinking, "There's no way in hell this hayseed could fool me." But by...

In Spain, card magic or “cartomagia” is a kind of religion and Dani DaOrtiz is the reigning high priest. He is the kind of outrageous folk hero who inspires awe and devotion from followers around the globe and many make pilgrimage to his native Malaga just to meet him.

Dani is the winking fool, the drunken master, sloppy and chaotic with cards falling to the floor and everyone laughing until the moment they realize it’s all an illusion and by that point, it’s too late… the impossible becomes real. Over and over again until it’s so damn be...

Welcome to Magic Up Close - fascinating chats with artists from around the globe. We're thrilled to kick off this series with one of our favorite performers on the planet, Zabrecky.

To know Zabrecky is to love Zabrecky. For the uninitiated, Zabrecky is strange, spooky, funny and, let's be honest, sexy like a diamond. He doesn't do a traditional magic show, more like a surrealist celebration of storytelling, music and mind reading. You may just be inspired to embrace the strange in ways you have never attempted before.