A VERY MERRY MAGIC MANIA Adds Magic To The Holiday Season
By: A.A. Cristi
A Very Merry MagicMania - Add a little magic to your holidays! Celebrate the season with a festival of 30 different magic and variety acts over the course of nine shows and two weekends. Every show is different! Featuring the world's greatest award-winning magicians and variety acts from The Magic Castle, America's Got Talent and Penn and Teller's Fool Us. Brought to you by the producers of Smoke and Mirrors, Magic Monday and MagicMania. Recommended for ages 8 and up.
Hosted by Albie Selznick (Smoke and Mirrors, Magic Monday)Featuring performances by:
• Simon Coronel (2-time award winner at the World Championship of Magic)
• Andrew Goldenhersh (2-time Magic Castle "Parlour Magician of the Year")
• Hillel "Mr. Balloon Man" (Argentinean master magic clown)
• Bruce Gold: (as seen on Penn and Teller's Fool Us)
• Christopher Hart (award-winning magician who played The Thing in The Addams Family films)
• Pop Haydn (7-time Magic Castle "Magician of the Year")
• Steve Owens (14-time Magic Award winner )
• Ivan Pecel (9-time world champion juggler),
• Naathan Phan (Masters of Illusion, Wizard Wars, America's Got Talent)
• The Bornsteins (Hollywood's favorite mentalists)
• Jeki Yoo (close-up winner, Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques (FISM); first place winner, Swiss Magic Competition)
• Also: The Bistrevsky Brothers, Eric Buss, Lauro Castillo, Dave Cox, Kayla Drescher, Nick Paul, The LA Jugglers, Steve Owens, Shawn McMaster, Richard and Migz, Dale Salwack, William Schwartzman, Scotto Smith, George Tovar, Michael Rayner, Michael Vile and more - over 30 performers in total.
Dec. 14 - Dec. 23:
• Thursdays at 8 p.m.: Dec. 14 and Dec. 21
• Fridays at 8 p.m.: Dec. 15 and Dec. 22
• Saturdays at 5 p.m.: Dec. 16 and Dec. 23
• Saturdays at 8 p.m. Dec. 16 and Dec. 23
• Sundays at 3 p.m.: Dec. 17 ONLY
**Arrive early - pre-show entertainment begins ½ hour before each performance!WHERE:
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th St,
Santa Monica, CA 90405.HOW:
818-558-7000 or www.MagicManiaLA.comTICKET PRICES:
$40
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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E=MC² Einstein The Musical Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center (7/03-7/26) |
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Fool for Love Santa Monica Playhouse (7/23-7/26) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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OTR: Provenance Chance Theater (7/29-7/29) |
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Kinky Boots - The Musical (FILM) The Plaza Theatre (8/30-8/30) |
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Malcolm Todd Greek Theatre (10/30-10/30) |
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Mamma Mia! Ahmanson Theatre (6/23-7/19) |
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Fiddler on the Roof Ahmanson Theatre (2/13-3/14) |
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North by Northwest The Old Globe (7/03-8/02) |