and a classic role for women in magic — the "lovely assistant" helping men as they dazzle and enchant their audiences. But women are busting out of the boxes. On the darkened stage, a spotlight ...

The illusion created not only a sensation but the enduring presence of the magician’s lovely assistant – someone who smiled serenely, no matter what torture she was subjected to. A review in ...

When the Great Tomsoni introduces his lovely assistant, for instance, he ensures that all eyes are on her. “Covert” misdirection, in contrast, is a subtler technique; there, too, the magician ...

All afternoon, she has been struggling to sell tickets to “Force Majeure,” the monthly variety show she produces, hosts and stars in as a magician at the Cobra Club. Her choppy black bangs ...

My magic is a metaphor ... He then invited his lovely assistant, Adelaide — named after the famous early-20th-century illusionist, Adelaide Herrmann — to help him pull off his magical feat.

Share your email for news, gossip and more We have more newsletters The lovely Debbie McGee has long been known as one of the most glamorous magician's assistants of all time. Now the graceful ...