Genii Magazine

“I became the first Magician in history to perform Daryl’s Hot Shot Cut on national TV while wearing a nun’s habit.  My mother was so proud…”  Amazement gets old.  Many finger flickers who pile on stupefaction like shovels of snow melt in the memory of an audience.  They get upstaged by their own tricks and can’t transcend their venue.  But David Regal is different.  Not only can he easily fool lay people and gleefully torture magicians, he effortlessly etches his persona onto the collective consciousness.  He is much more than a human Pez dispenser of knuckle-busting miracles on demand.  His wit draws on a reservoir that straddles the arc from Paleozoic to sci-fi.  His comedic repartee has a syncopated beat that tickles the audience’s sensibilities…  READ MORE

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There’s a reason why magic insiders have been anticipating David Regal’s largest, latest book of magic. “You have to realize that audiences generally don’t have any idea how to watch a close-up show,” David Regal suggests, with a sly smile and a whisper that conveys a conspiratorial air. After a long career in show business–not always magic, but always show business–he’s learned about these things the hard way. READ MORE
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