Mario the Maker Magician
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Mario the Maker Magician
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SHOW TITLE:
Mario the Maker Magician
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SHOW DESCRIPTION:
Fresh off a sold out Off-Broadway run and recently featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon! Robots and magic and slapstick… oh my! Contagiously upbeat and full of heart, the ever-endearing Mario leads you through a romping explosion of energy and belly laughs punctuated with moments of heart and emotion that will catch you by surprise. Not “just a kids’ show,” Mario the Maker Magician is an all-ages theater experience… for adults, kids, families… everyone. Mario also has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Sesame Street, Universal Kids, and live on tour with David Blaine, who calls him "the best kids’ magician in the world!!”
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“the best kids magician in the world!!”
-David Blaine
“Mario’s work creates opportunity. The opportunity to inspire people to break free from stagnation and to create. It’s an opportunity to take what’s come before and expand it into new directions. That’s an incredible gift.”
-David Copperfield
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"he brings the proceedings past the point of silliness to the brink of chaos and lets the audience know that going to that place is okay. It’s more than okay, in fact-it’s the wellspring of imagination and, channeled into creative expression, a super power.”
-Vogue (full article)
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"charm, charisma, and gleeful insanity"
-Vogue (full article)
“a superb children's magician [...]
he conjures wonder from a tape measure, a pizza box, a handkerchief, soup cans and torn paper."
-The New York Times (full review)
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"very like the best"
-The New York Times (full review)
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“instant and infectious chaos in the best possible way” (5 stars)
-one4review (full review)
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“his genuine investment in the future creative endeavors of these kids shines through" (4 stars)
-The Scotsman (full review)
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“passionately curious about the world, and determined to share his wonder with an audience” (5 stars)
-The List UK (full review)