Jim Steinmeyer play: The Card Trick

[JohnCox]

I'm excited to see this:

http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/05 ... magic.html

[Richard Kaufman]

Wish I could be there. I believe this will be the first time a play written by Steinmeyer will be staged.

[Travis]

Very cool! I would love to be able to see this. I trust you'll provide us with a detailed review, John?

[Richard Kaufman]

It'll be in Genii.

[Travis]

Rad.

[Jared Liscinsky]

Genii will probably write something on it. Unfortunately I cannot go and see it.

[JohnCox]

Very cool! I would love to be able to see this. I trust you'll provide us with a detailed review, John?

You bet. :)

[Magic Newswire]

Jim has written an article about the presentation of this play for the Magic Newswire which you can read here: http://bit.ly/JSCTrick

[JohnCox]

Second show added on May 26 at 9:30.

http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/05 ... added.html

[JohnCox]

Well, I thought The Card Trick was fantastic. I'll have a little something about it up on my blog today or tomorrow (and I might try and catch it again tonight). One question for those who have seen it -- what exactly was Derek Hughes' involvement? He wasn't on stage. Did he engineer Houdini's card trick maybe? Just a little confused.

[JimW]

I saw the show last night (Friday) and Derek opened and closed with a short set of magic. Was he not part of the benefit performances? I thought it was a great show.

[JohnCox]

I saw the show last night (Friday) and Derek opened and closed with a short set of magic. Was he not part of the benefit performances? I thought it was a great show.

Not the one I saw (the 8pm show on Thursday).

[Lisa Cousins]

The Thursday shows were a fundraiser for the Vernon Fund, and we got the play with commentary and discussion by Jim Steinmeyer before and after the performance.

The Friday and Saturday shows (yes, you can catch it tonight!) are typical weekend Peller Project presentations, consisting of two "acts" - one being "The Card Trick" and the other Derek Hughes.

I caught the discussion-with-Jim-Steinmeyer version, but Derek certainly seemed to be wowing the audiences last night!

[JohnCox]

Lisa, do you know what time(s) the show is tonight? I want to try and catch it again, but I want to get there nice and early so I can get a front row seat.

[Lisa Cousins]

Yes - the play will go at the usual Peller times: 8:30, 10:00 and 11:15.

People who have dined will have a ticket (which they can use for either the Peller or the Palace), and then the host will seat from the stand-by line.

[JohnCox]

Yes - the play will go at the usual Peller times: 8:30, 10:00 and 11:15.

People who have dined will have a ticket (which they can use for either the Peller or the Palace), and then the host will seat from the stand-by line.

Cool. Thanks, Lisa. I'll shoot for that 8:30 show. Maybe I'll see you up there. :)

[Alan Bursky]

I saw the play last performance, last night. It was wonderful. The cast was terrific, the play was terrific. The card trick that Houdini performs in it is GREAT! Jim Steinmeyer really is a genius.

[JohnCox]

Happy to have caught the show a second time last night. My report:

http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/05 ... trick.html

[houdini's ghost]

The Friday and Saturday audiences were entirely the wrong audiences for this charming and beautifully performed play.
The drunks loved it in spite of themselves.
BURSKY saw a PLAY?

[Richard Kaufman]

I can imagine Bursky sitting in the audience for a play, but I can't imagine him sitting quietly for more than 30 seconds.

[Pete McCabe]

I was in the show that Bursky saw and I can report that he was a complete gentlemen throughout. It may have helped that it was only a one-act.