More magic at the Gialino
The art of magic returns to the Glass, or Gialino, Dinner Theater this month with a production featuring a group of leading professionals of illusion. Nine magicians – from the USA, China, Germany, France, Argentina and Armenia – make up a talented panel, under the artistic direction of Juliana Chen, the only woman in history to win the World Championship of Magic. At the Glass Dinner Theater, guests will enjoy tricks by Ed Alonzo, Charlie Frye and Company, Scott and Muriel, SOS and Victoria Petrosyan, Gaetan Bloom, Dan Sperry, and Inaki Zabaletta. Los-Angeles-based Ed Alonzo is often compared to Groucho Marx and Harold Lloyd in terms of his theatrics, while Charlie Fry and his wife Sherry (based in Las Vegas) carry out a perfectly synchronized routine. Comic duo Scott and Muriel (USA/Netherlands) became the first couple to win a prize for magic (FISM Grand Prix) and the first illusionists to collaborate with the Cirque du Soleil. Despite their youth, SOS and Victoria Petrosyan (Armenia/Germany) are highly established contemporary circus performers, while Frenchman Gaetan Bloom is known for his inventiveness. American Dan Sperry works his magic with birds and lastly, Argentinean Inaki Zabaletta is a master of card tricks. Glass Dinner Theater, 143 Syngrou, tel 210.931.5600. For more information, log on to www.gialino.gr. «Art n’Illusion 3» opens on March 14. The festival runs to April 15.
