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The speed of the change is what enraptures. Magician Doug Henning and his wife Debby observed Houdini's birthday by paying Appleton a visit last spring. Performing Metamorphosis right in front of the sculpture, they made the switch in a dazzling third of a second. Sculptor Richard Wolter, who lives...
During weeks of sold-out preview performances, Henning bolstered the show with with more effects than he could shake a wand at. Many of them had never been seen since the days of Houdini and Blackstone; none has ever been performed so adroitly. Even fellow magicians gaped at Merlin's...
Henning flew through the air, turned up side down and sideways and floated under an arch, dispelling any suspicions of guy wires. Women were levitated, dismembered and recombined. As the audience watched, Merlin disappeared, leaving only his costume behind. In a narrow cage, a panther turned into a chorine. A...
A budget of more than $4 million brought some rewards: audiences began giving the star standing ovations. Still, there were prestidigitations beyond even Henning's capacity: he could not hold back the press. Last week the New York Times and Daily News, weary of the chronic postponements of a formal...
It would be pure illusion to suppose that Merlin is just a genial magic show that can get by on the razzle of its star and the dazzle of its effects. The musical is said to require a weekly gross of $275,000 merely to break even, a statistic that...