Each Monday there's a totally new line up at the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New York's Greenwich Village, and the featured performers on the show were Eugene Burger, Just Alan, Jamy Ian Swiss, Chris McDaniel and, performing close-up, Simon Lovell, Keith Boudreau and Michael Chaut. Jamy Swiss acted as an ingratiating MC, and the first performer was, of all things, a master of the bullwhip. A professional singer as well as lasso and bullwhip expert, Chris displayed his talent at multiple whip cracks, marksmanship, lasso twirling and roping, sometimes while singing as well. As a concession to the magic theme of the evening, he performed the Vanishing Life Saver trick using some excellent patter.
Some folks enjoy slapstick humor with their magic, some like big illusions.
Me, I most enjoy brainy, soul-stimulating performances and the three stage acts which followed were my idea of magic heaven. Before the show, he seemed a bit trepidatious because he was debuting some new material. He needn't have worried. His performance was spectacular. He then produced any card named with the deck placed in his pocket.