Hello dear friends and welcome to the official start of our 2016 season! While it technically begins this Saturday there is nothing stopping us from celebrating the start of the next season early! The new season rolling around the corner got me to thinking about what Rick’s favorite trick in the show is. The answer is not very cut and dry due to the large amount of options that he has to pick from.
Content rules all in entertainment. The hustle and bustle of performance and art is quite simply depth. Think about an actor who has “range” and can lose themselves in the performance leading the audience to forsake Keanu in favor of Neo. Depth is considering all of the songs that Stevie Wonder “could” play in his show because there’s just so much material there. Master Illusionists Rick and Susan Wilcox fall into this exact same category.
Consider what it takes to keep a show that you perform regularly fresh for not only the audience, but for you as a performer. There is quite a lot of mixing and matching that takes place when considering what acts to perform in a show. I recently asked Rich what his favorite trick in the show is and his answer simply was whatever is new.
He couldn’t boil it down to one trick simply because he has so much to draw from. Luckily for you, we caught a couple of audience members who shared what they’re favorite tricks in the shows that they saw were. What is your favorite magic trick performed by Rick or any other magician? We’d love to hear what you enjoy!
Talk with you next week,
Chris Taylor
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