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Magician Steve Cohen Dishes On How His Show Chamber Magic Has ‘Evolved’ Over The Years: ‘I Am Having The Time Of My Life’ By Jaclyn Roth, April 13, 2023 Even if you don’t believe in magic, Steve Cohen will quickly change that when you step into his show, Chamber Magic, a riveting evening consisting of magic and mind […]

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Harry Lorayne Interviews Steve Cohen

By Harry Lorayne Original publication: Genii Magazine, October 2001 My dear friend Harry Lorayne passed away on April 7, 2023, at the age of 96. Over two decades ago, Harry interviewed me for a feature story in Genii Magazine. I am posting the full article here as a way to memorialize his unique writing style. […]

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Steve Cohen’s “Full Deck” Birthday

by Paul Ginsberg Steve Cohen, star of the long-running show “Chamber Magic” in New York City, celebrated his “full deck” birthday, turning 52 years old. To mark the occasion on February 13, 2023 he invited magicians and notable celebrities to a once-in-a-lifetime party that dazzled people who are hard to impress. The party was at […]

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Gift to young magicians at Tannen’s Magic Camp

Since the late 1970s, my dear friend Mark Nathan Sicher (1970-1994) and I collected sizable libraries of magic books. The internet had not yet been invented, so we exchanged magic ideas with each other by sharing our books. This year, Mark Sicher’s family generously donated his entire library to Tannen’s Magic Camp. I matched each […]

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The Millionaire Millionaires’ Magician

The Magic Circular, July 2022 By Bob Gill Max Malini was fêted by kings, heads of state, VIPs, A-listers and the filthy-rich alike, but did not get a special day named after him. The keeper of his flame has been a fixture of the New York magic scene for more than 20 years. In 2017 […]

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Steve Cohen on the cover of The Magic Circular

STEVE COHEN: MALINI’S METEMPSYCHOSIS The Magic Circular, July 2022 By Bob Gill Of times of yore Steve Cohen MIMC cites his inspirations as fourfold. Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, who performed during the mid-1800s for Viennese high society in the intimate setting of his private salons; Charles Bertram, a favourite of King Edward VII for whom he […]

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Review of new Max Malini book in The Magic Circular

THE MAGIC CIRCULAR, official magazine of The Magic Circle, London July 2022 issue Book reviewed by Bob Gill ‘Chutzpah’ is from Aramaic, meaning audacity bordering on the irresponsible. In traditional cultures it was a word of rebuke, while in more modern times it has come to carry with it a tinge of admiration. It is […]

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Review of new Max Malini book in M-U-M magazine

It is a modern classic and I believe it will be classed as the magic book of the decade. Society of American Magicians M-U-M magazine June 2022Book Review by Marc DeSouza If I were looking for a sensationalist headline for this book it would be “Obsession + Pandemic = Incredible Magic Book.” And that would […]

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