Scarlett – The Inside Magic Celebrity Interview
Scarlett is the newest subject of our Inside Magic Celebrity Interview.
Even in the midst of opening of her new show at Riviera in Las Vegas, she took the time to answer our tough questions with the style and aplomb for which she is known.
The beautiful magician, dancer, escape artist and polyglot is the star of Scarlett and her Seductive Ladies of Magic in the Versailles Theater at the Riviera Hotel and Casino.
Background:
Inside Magic: Tell us a little about yourself. Do you come from a family involved in show business?
Scarlett: “I was born and raised in Reno, NV.
I moved from Reno to Las Vegas summer ‘07 to pursue the magic show.
I’ve always been on stage. I started dancing very young and have studies everything from ballet, tap, Irish, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, salsa, tango, ballroom, etc. and was a featured dancer of the Reno Irish Dance Co. for over 8 years.
Additional performing and studies in acting made my desire to be a professional entertainer.”
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Wyrick Fires Up Suit in Escape Fiasco
The Las Vegas Sun reports magician Steve Wyrick has filed suit against Pyritz Pyrotechnics Group LLC. for ruining his big July 4th escape stunt.
Mr. Wyrick’s suit is brought in the Clark County District Court on behalf of the performer as well as his production company Wyrick Magical Productions Inc.
The law suit was filed on Friday.
Wyrick alleges his contract with Pyritz was breached and that breach was the direct cause of the botched effect, and more importantly, injury to one of Wyrick’s staff.
The contract required Pyritz to provide “equipment and labor, including licensed pyrotechnics operators, to provide a pyrotechnics display for his “Death Drop” trick at Planet Hollywood hotel-casino on the Fourth of July.”
The Sun reports this morning that the stunt was to promote a “new tattoo parlor” and its inglorious and dangerous ending happened before “hundreds of onlookers on the streets and sidewalks in front of Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip.”
Here is what Mr. Wyrick intended to happen according to The Sun:
Wyrick was to be shackled and locked in an equipment box. The box was supposed to be hoisted into the air, supported by a few thin ropes and dangled over a bed of flaming spikes 80 feet below. The ropes were supposed to be set on fire, with Wyrick making his escape before the last rope broke.
That was not what happened, though.
When crew members attempted to ignite the ropes a black net used to hide the box caught on fire as well.
One of Mr. Wyrick’s crew as treated for “minor injuries” by the paramedics on the scene. Shortly after the trick was aborted — the fire department removed the box — Mr. Wyrick arrived in a helicopter, landing Las Vegas Strip.
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Lance Burton Interview: Retirement, Criss Angel
The Las Vegas Weekly interviewed Master Magician Lance Burton for their “A Few Minutes With . . .” feature today.
Very short but to the point. You can read his thoughts on retirement, Criss Angel, innovation in magic, and what today’s audiences expect from a “magic show.”
In case it is not obvious, we worship Lance Burton and are delighted he decided to stay at the appropriately named Lance Burton Theater in the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino.
Mr. Burton brings more than a great show to Las Vegas, he brings his compassion and willingness to help others through his own charities or the work of others.
Mr. Burton’s show is unique on the Strip: a family show among less family-friendly offerings; but it is also the only one featuring Lance Burton. He would be irreplaceable.
His willingness to stay another six years is a gift to Las Vegas and to lovers of magic around the world.
Thank you, Mr. Burton.
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