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Philly Magicians Making Crowd Gasp at Society Hill Playhouse
Story, photos by Cassie Hepler Did you know we have a magician scene in Philly? Well, now you do. And these guys have taken street magic to an on-stage performance that will delight and puzzle the mind as well as the eyes. Barbershop Quartet: A Magic Show at the Society Hill Playhouse was the scene of the crime. No, literally. A lady from the audience stabbed Francis Menotti, the headlining magician. And technically not a quartet, there were five male magicians including John “The Barber” Manski (who was the inspiration behind the name), Dan Hauss, Ran D. Shine and Peter Pitchford. Menotti’s innovative Scrabble word trick even fooled Penn & Teller…