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650: Steve Cohen - Millionaires' Magician

While attending the recent Columbus MagiFest, I sat down with the Guest of Honor, Steve Cohen. As most of you know, he is the star of his one-man show at the Palace Hotel in New York City, “Chamber Magic” that has been running for about two decades. He is known as the “Millionaires’ Magician” because of the cultured, cognoscenti and distinctive New York audiences he performs for every week. We had a rather lengthy conversation that covered his Chamber Magic show and his passion for his inspiration, Max Malini. So this first part is more about Steve’s history, life and build-up to and through his career as the Millionaires’ Magician.

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In this first of our two part conversation, Steve talks about his preparation and magic training from Japan to New York leading to his residency at the Waldorf Astoria for nearly 18 years and landing him in his current location of the Palace Hotel in New York City.

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Tagged with Steve Cohen, Chamber Magic, New York City, Japan, Ben Jackson, Dennis Watkins, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York Palace Hotel, Hofzinser.

November 11, 2021 by Scott Wells.
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579: Ben Jackson - Catch Him!

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Several magicians have wanted to or tried to create their own one-man show. Few have succeeded in our community and even fewer have had “legs” that allowed them to continue their shows on an ongoing basis. Of course one of the key ingredients is to live in a metropolitan area with high traffic from local patrons as well as tourists. So, for example, it would be harder to sustain a long-running show in Wichita Falls, Texas as it would be in New York City. Next…you must have talent, patience, fortitude, and…well, you need to listen to this week’s episode to find the “secret sauce” that Ben Jackson uses to create a market for his truly unique brand of magic.

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In this episode, Ben talks about entering and winning several magic competitions (including F.I.S.M.), performing on the NBC Today Show with David Copperfield, working and consulting for television and movie projects, plus other corporate work. But Ben also shares how he has developed his successful one-man magic show that has run for over five years in Houston.

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Tagged with Ben Jackson, Four Seasons Hotel, one man show, Trigg Watson, Audio Ape, Charles Peachock, Steve Cohen, Dennis Watkins.

October 1, 2020 by Scott Wells.
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442: 2018 MAGIC Live! - Day Four Update

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Day Four Schedule - Wednesday, August 8, 2018

9:00 a.m. Registration until 5:30 p.m.

10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - General Session for WHITE Lanyards

10:00 a.m. Focus Session for BLUE lanyards until 11:00 a.m.

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Magic & Mentalism of Tim Conover

Close-Up Clinic

11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - What's New (Dealers' Faire)

11:15 a.m - 12:15 p.m. - Focus Sessions for BLUE Lanyards.

2:15 - 4:30 p.m. - General Session for BLUE Lanyards

2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE Lanyards

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.- Focus Sessions for WHITE lanyards

Live Tonight!

6:00 - 101:00 p.m. - "Who Am I?" Art Exhibit

6:30 pm. and 9:00 p.m. - Live Onstage Two! 90 minutes

10:00 p.m. Farewell Party

11:15 p.m. The Big One

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Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:14 - Charlie Randall, Richard Hatch and Alan Howard talk about their favorite moments from MAGIC Live!

00:09:42 - Scott Robinson gives us some of his impressions from MAGIC Live! plus gives us a preview of the upcoming TRICS convention.

00:18:36 - Richard Wiseman was one of the presenters again this year and talks about seances

00:26:20 - Dennis Watkins has been performing his magic show in Chicago's Palmer House for the past seven years and tells us about his one man show in the hotel

00:31:46 - Pete McCabe talks about the importance of scripting magic

00:43:47 - Noel Britten expands on his talk he gave in the General Session

00:59:56 - Sebastian Konapix talks about his unique art

01:08:52 - Morgan and West tell us about their two person Victorian act

01:19:00 - Carisa Hendrix was behind the scenes of the General Sessions and is also the co-host of her own podcast with Kaylas Drescher, Shezampod.com

01:27:19 - Hakan Berg from Sweden opened the final night gala with a very funny bird act.

01:35:20 - Stan Allen gives us a wrap of things that went well and some that didn't plus a sneak peek at next year's MAGIC Live!

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Posted in Convention Report and tagged with Richard Wiseman, Las Vegas, Dennis Watkins, Sebastian Konopix, Hakan Berg, Richard Hatch, Stan Allen, Noel Britten, Carisa Hendrix, Scott Robinson, Charlie Randall, Pete McCabe, MAGIC Live!, Morgan and West.

August 9, 2018 by Scott Wells.
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  • Sebastian Konopix
  • Hakan Berg
  • Richard Hatch
  • Stan Allen
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