Cheating Death: Magic, Memoirs & Mortality
This magic filled dark comedy is an intimate examination of one magician's life and his many brushes with death.
Cheating Death: Magic, Memoirs & Mortality, both haunting and hilarious, is a show about a magician who thinks about death way too much. Master magician and noted storyteller Nelson Lugo delivers a sometimes sad, often funny magic show packed with slice-of-life stories that are intermingled with magic acts that extend the feeling of those stories. The show speaks frankly about grief, poverty, mental illness, sugar cookies, and the science behind firework explosions. An intimate examination of one magician's life, or more specifically, his many brushes with death. Cheating Death: Magic, Memoirs & Mortality uses the art of deception to reveal universal truths and its core, it’s about vulnerability and the risks we must all take to grow. With a little sleight-of-hand and more than a little charm Nelson Lugo conjures up a theatrical experience that celebrates life and all its varied deaths to learn that finding happiness is the most powerful magic we can create.
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NEXT SHOW DATES AND TIMES:
Saturday, Sept. 10 @ 2:00 PM
Wednesday, Sept. 14 @ 7:00 PM
The Tank: 312 W 36th St. NYC
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Winner of the 2022 Orlando Fringe Critics Choice Awards for Best Magic Show (read full review HERE)
“Best of the Fest” and “Highly Recommended”
“Alongside tricks that carry real danger, Lugo incorporates powerful storytelling into a refreshingly different show.”
- Orlando Sentinel (read full review HERE)
“Lugo is as adept at eliciting gasps with his storytelling as he is with sleight-of-hand skills.”
- Orlando Weekly (read full review HERE)
“I ADORED this show! It was funny, shocking, thought-provoking, and best of all relatable.”
- orlandodecoded.com (read full review HERE)
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Written / Performed by Nelson Lugo
Directed by Joel Jeske
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***For those of you who are caretakers to burgeoning magic fans - please consider that this show may not be suitable for children under the age of 13. The show explores adult themes and contains strong language.