Master Magician Lance Burton will end his historic run at Monte Carlo September 4, 2010.
The final performance follows 14 years of captivating audiences at the resort’s Lance Burton Theatre.
Beloved by fans worldwide and named the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s “Best Magician” for a dozen years running, Burton has been with Monte Carlo since its opening day on June 21, 1996.
“It has been an honor and a pleasure to have Lance Burton headline at Monte Carlo for the last 14 years,” said Monte Carlo President & COO Anton Nikodemus. “We are proud to have called Lance a member of the MGM MIRAGE family and wish him nothing but the best as he pursues a new chapter in his legendary career.”
Known for his astounding illusions and mesmerizing sleight-of-hand, Burton will continue to delight audiences at Monte Carlo through Labor Day Weekend, celebrating one of the longest and most fruitful partnerships in the history of Las Vegas entertainment.
“Performing at Monte Carlo and introducing over five million people to the world of magic has been a fantastic experience for me,” said Burton. “I have loved every minute of this historic run and look forward to turning my attention to new opportunities.”
The Washington U.S. Attorney’s office closed their criminal investigation focusing on David Copperfield about three months ago but only after subjecting the magician to a nearly two year investigation, searching his Las Vegas warehouse, seizing cash and other items.
This Tuesday, the Kirkland Washington woman who accused David Copperfield of raping her during a trip to his private island dropped her federal lawsuit.
The plaintiff dropped her suit just days after a federal judge ruled Copperfield’s attorneys could depose her under oath, and three months after local prosecutors charged her with prostitution and filing a false police report.
Bellevue prosecutors say the plaintiff asked a man to “pay $2,000 for sex in a hotel, and then falsely accused the man of trying to rape her because he refused the deal.”
Angelo Calfo, David Copperfield’s counsel with the Seattle firm Yarmuth, Wilsdon and Calfo, told reporters ‘[the Plaintiff's] lawsuit was nothing but a pathetic attempt to extort Mr Copperfield for money with malicious and false allegations. “There was no settlement. Mr Copperfield would not and did not pay Carroll a dime to drop her lawsuit.”
The Plaintiff told reporters through a written statement “It has never been about money. I just wanted him held accountable for what he did.” You can read the Seattle Post Intelligencer article here. The Daily Mail’s take on the case can be found here
Las Vegas Strip magician Lance Burton canceled the Tuesday, April 13th performance to attend his mother’s funeral.
Lance Burton’s spokesperson said Hilma Burton, 73, died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Columbia, Ky. Lance Burton will attend her funeral and return for his show Wednesday, April 14, at the Monte Carlo.
According to the Las Vegas Fox affiliate, Lance Burton has no deal in the works other than to take time to fish and possibly produce a film based on a script written by the Magician himself.
The 50-year-old headliner announced this week that he is ending his run at the resort after nearly 14 years. Burton’s final show will be Sept. 4.
We have been following his exploits and insanity for almost a decade now.
There are two questions for which we do not need an answer: Why does he do it? How does he do it?
This Saturday, April 10, 2010, he will attempt an escape even the great Houdini found difficult and dangerous.
The show organizers plan to place the Canadian phenom in a keg of beer and seal it. As if this was not enough — and frankly, shouldn’t it be — Dean Gunnarson will be handcuffed.
He assures us he intends to escape in full-view of the audience.
“They’re going to take a metal drum, fill it full of beer, handcuff and chain me up, submerge me inside the drum and then lock the lid on with chains and padlocks from the outside,” he told the CBC for broadcast across the country. “The cool part is that I’m not going to use any smoke or any mirrors, or anything like that. People will be able to see the whole escape.”
Dean Gunnarson is a teetotaler. He tells us that he has never even tasted beer. We are guessing he does not begin drinking on Saturday.
John Katsilometes and Robin Leech of The Las Vegas Sun gave hints of the potentially incredibly bad or frustrating news earlier this holiday weekend.
Apparently based on a rumor heard while covering the Bernard Hopkins – Roy Jones Jr. boxing match at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Mr. Katsilometes wrote that Lance Burton “is suddenly the focus of reports originated by Channel 3 entertainment reporter Alicia Jacobs that he is abruptly leaving the hotel.”
Master Magician Lance Burton will end his historic run at Monte Carlo September 4, 2010.
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