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October 8: Errol Morris and Ricky Jay speak about Can anyone truly tell reality from illusion? When we pride ourselves on our ability to distinguish real from fake, forgery from masterpiece, are we only engaging in self-deception? Filmmaker Errol Morris and sleight-of-hand artist Ricky Jay, who have recently collaborated on
Ricky Jay will be performing @ the City Winery October 17
Now Available on DVD
Ricky Jay in a conversation with |
Hokum That Stands the
Test of Time By Michael Kimmelman |
The New Yorker says “Coincident with the Met's ‘Perfect Medium’ show, the scholar and magician Ricky Jay presents a selection of related items from his vast collection of broadsides, posters, books, photographs, and ephemera pertaining to spiritualist amusements and deceptions. Slides from a presentation that Harry Houdini made in 1924 (though he desperately wanted to believe in mediums, he always figured out their tricks) demonstrate a few methods for spirit writing, materializations, and the like; this is accompanied by a recording of Houdini himself and a reading of his debunking lecture and commentary by the silver-tongued Jay.” |
“For the first time in more than a decade,
legendary magician Ricky Jay — considered by many the
best sleight-of-hand artist on Earth — brings his Obie-winning
show, directed by his longtime associate David Mamet, back to
the Southland. The ‘52 assistants’ of the title
are a deck of cards — items that Jay manipulates to stunning
effect in this must-see entertainment.” |
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Read the article from The Washington Examiner
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Read the review by Peter Marks from The Washington Post
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At the Theater With John Heilpern |
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