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 […]

Adam Morganstern FORBES.COM Anyone who can make three bottles of Pappy Van Winkle appear is a magician in my book. After seeing his ‘Chamber Magic‘ show at the Lotte New York Palace I met with Steve Cohen — known as the Millionaires’ Magician — at the hotel’s elegant hidden bar Rarities which kindly conjured up bottles of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Reviewed by Marco Pusterla In the history of magic there are only a few truly legendary performers, artists who were attracting regularly public to their shows, who were widely known in their days, whose name came with an aura of mystery and raised the interest of the newspaper reader (or of the television viewer, in […]

What did you do during the pandemic? Well, Steve Cohen spent his time realizing a lifelong dream to create a book on his hero, Max Malini. Malini, of course, was not just Steve’s hero. But people like Ricky Jay and Vernon shared his admiration.  Admiration of his presentations, methods and boldness. Admiration of his thinking […]