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Watch Asi Wind Make Magic in Sneak Peek of INNER CIRCLE
May 17, 2024
Asi Wind's Inner Circle plays this fall at The Gym at Judson beginning September 15 with opening night on Sunday, September 18. Wind gave BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge a special sneak peek of the show and you can catch the magic trick in this video!
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Hello, I'm Richard Ridge for Broadway World
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David Blaine presents Ossie Wynn's Inner Circle, an intimate magic experience. Ossie is one of the world's most celebrated magicians and he begins performances here
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tonight at the Gym at Judson where I caught up with him and he gave me a sneak peek
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So Ossie, here we are at your brand new theater here at the Gym at Judson
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This is the outer lobby, right? So what are some of these incredible paintings
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Are these yours? Yes, they're mine and these are my mentors. The show is called Inner Circle
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This is a hallway. That's how people enter the show. So throughout the hallway, there's about 11 or 12 paintings starting with David Blaine
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who is producing the show and we have the professor, Dave Vernon
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And each and every one of them is a story for me. It's part of my journey
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Okay, so these will be lining the hallway. So who are some of the people we have here? So we have Juan Tamarith who is my maestro
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This is my biggest mentor, a big influence on me. Every one of them is
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But him specifically, we have Cardini who is the greatest solo silent act ever created
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We have Houdini. Maybe you've heard of him. Oh yeah, loved by Houdini. Exactly
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Even though Houdini died almost a hundred years ago, he left lots of blueprints out
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there for me to understand that it's important to create drama in magic
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So I do talk about some of my mentors in the show and how they shaped me as a magician
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and it's because of these people that I can do what I can do
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So here we are sitting in your brand new theater. Now tell me, this is stunning because this is so intimate
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Tell me why you wanted to build a theater for your new show
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We did it because close-up magic requires intimacy. Every seat here has to be great
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They need to be close to the action. They need to be able to see it
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And it's a lot of... We fought on every inch. Like literally, we went to the workshop, you know, at Arcana and we had to play with..
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And we fought one more inch, higher, taller, raked. And it's really important for magic because I want people to not just see magic
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I want them to feel the magic. And distance and intimacy is very important
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The perception is that most magic has bad angles, right? If I only could see over his shoulder, I'll see things I'm not supposed to see
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But look at that. This person right here and you, that's as close as people are going to sit to me
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Magic is being viewed almost 360, which means you can scrutinize it and it's hopefully still
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going to fool you badly. There's a lot of surprises that I am not telling you about because I want people to come and
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discover it for themselves. But from the moment you walk into this theater, you become a part of this show
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The moment you set foot in the theater. So without spoiling too much, if people decide to come and see this show, just know it's
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very interactive, it's personal, and it's a lot of fun. So here we are outside the gym at Judson
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You are one of the producers of this incredible show. Arnie, tell me why you wanted to bring Ossie here
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Well, first of all, my love for magic. And second, I've seen a lot of magicians, produced a lot of magicians over the years
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And he's the next coming to me of magic. And people have to see him
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You have to see it to believe it. So what will you show me today
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Well, I will not show you anything from the show. Because as I said, it's all surprises and stuff
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But let's see what we got. I have a little shelf here. Let's see. Let's see what's under the table here
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No, nothing. Just cards. And I, we've literally borrowed these cards from somebody
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So let's make sure it's a full deck. Would you give them a shuffle? Sure
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Let's see. I'm going to give this to you for a second. Sure. Give them a shuffle
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Let's see if I can do that shuffle here. And I'll give you some pens so you can maybe sign it. Wow
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Look at that. Oh, please. That's it. You have to come to the show
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This is a layman's show. Seriously. I used to do this really, really well. I'm like here
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It's all an illusion. Look at this. Get in there. That's great
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All right. All right. I'll pass you the torch. Perfect. All right
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So here's the deal. I do need you to personalize one of these cards. And it does, you can name it
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I prefer no picture card. Something with like white space or something. So you tell me which card do you want to use
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It doesn't matter. Oh, should I tell you what it is? Sure, sure. We're just going to sign it. Okay
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The five of hearts. And you did see it in here? Yes. Somewhere
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You saw it somewhere or no? Yeah. Okay. You know what? Why don't you do this
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With your free hand, maybe switch the mic with this. And with your free hand, just grab any one of these. Take one. Take any one
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Doesn't matter. This one is good? Yep. Okay. And you said five of hearts
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Let's see what you got. This is crazy. I know. It's five of hearts
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It's amazing. Let's make it more personal. Okay. Sign it with either red, black
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It's up to you. Okay. You're going with the black. I'm going with black. Okay
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I'm signing the card here? Yeah. I'll hold it for you. Put my name on there
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Give it a big signature right there. And put maybe today's date underneath
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Today is September. It is September. September. It's 14th. Yeah. You start tomorrow night. Yeah
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I should know the date. You should know the date. 22. Perfect
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So you agree that this is a one of a kind piece of paper
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There's no other card signed exactly this way with your signature and everything, right
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That's it. And let's place it, I don't know. I think, would you agree with me
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Hold on. I want to make sure it's about center. Would you agree that's about middle
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Yes, that is middle. Before we commit to this, you can, if you want, maybe change it
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Maybe change the location. Maybe move it up or down. Doesn't matter to me. If you want to
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Or as is. It's up to you. Put it in here? Yeah
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Just push it. Push it inside yourself. Push it. Alright, so now, yes? Yes
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The card goes right here. And it was five of hearts signed a certain way, right? Yes
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Did you see what happened? Yes. Did you see the card kind of like leap all the way from here and land under the wallet? No
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Lift the wallet slowly. I don't know. Sorry, sorry. Sometimes, okay, my bad
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Sometimes it happens that it goes inside. So if you don't mind, just take a look. Okay
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There's a flap right there. Can you open it? Okay, yes. And then open the other flap
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And there's one card inside. I think that's the one you signed
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Is that true? This is my card. Richie Rich, 9-14-2022. You may keep that
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How did this get in the wallet? That's the card. How did this get in the wallet
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That I don't know. I just know the part of it. This is amazing stuff
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Thank you so much. This is really great. And again, the good stuff we're keeping for the show
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I was going to say, it's even better than this. It's an appetizer. Just an appetizer
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