Magic Media Archive

04/07/2024

Masters of illusion (2009)

02/06/2024

For your viewing pleasure, enjoy Lance Burton's first television special "The Legend Begins"

29/05/2024

Lance Burton, the Master Magician himself, was a headlining magician in Las Vegas. He headlined his own show at the Monte Carlo (Now named Park MGM) and the Hacienda hotel. If you wish to learn more about Lance and what he is up to now check out his website https://lanceburton.com/

16/05/2024

This next piece of music from Lance Burton's show has an interesting history behind it.

The track is called "All Cut Up". The song was first used during the masked ball segment as Lance cut up Michael Goudeau's jester character piece by piece until he was just a talking head.

As the show evolved, the song was still used during the masked ball segment but now it would be used in the Excalibur illusion, which itself replaced the De Kolta chair illusion that was performed in this part. where Lance exchanges places with his lovely ballerina that was trapped in a glass box with swords only for Lance to reappear on the grand staircase as another of his assistants appeared in the box

Lance has been known to change the show, sometimes even during the show itself, but it is good to see the tracks still were used.

15/05/2024

How many magicians can say their show got a whole album made and released?

Answer: Master Magician Lance Burton can!

This CD contains music used during the early 2000’s run of his show at the Monte Carlo (now Park MGM) hotel in Las Vegas.

15/05/2024

More music from Lance Burton's show album.

Staying at the Masked Ball, while Lance is well known for his dove act, Lance works with another feathered friend, the duck. This segment has Lance making ducks appear before the audience in all sorts of ways.

11/05/2024

I was able to find audio used in Lance Burton's show at the Monte Carlo. I am working on adding images to the audio that best represent where in the show this takes place.

For now, enjoy the introduction to the Masked Ball set piece seen at the end of Lance's show (one of my favorite set pieces in magic)

16/12/2023

16/12/2023

14/12/2023

Siegfried and Roy: Fuji TV Japan special

16/10/2023

I just heard the news that Dirk Arthur is no longer with us. I am in complete shock as we were just messaging each other in June talking about how he was gearing up for a new show and how I could help out in promoting it. My sincere condolences to his family and anyone else who was close to him.

I was greatly interested in Dirk's acts as he had been a fixture in Vegas for quite a while before starring in his own show at the Tropicana hotel. He was known for using large cats and other animals in his show and continued to do so in his act. He had a real passion for the animals and always went out of his way to make sure they were treated properly and taken care of.

I was able to find a bit of Dirk's work online and have tried to preserve it. I am putting links below for his Big Cat magic special and some promotional material of his. Please take a look and enjoy the work that Dirk gave us. If you or anyone you know has more footage of dirk performing let me know
https://youtu.be/AAMjLazXeVg
https://youtu.be/pd6uR9DhiJQ
https://youtu.be/6vXNXvAA4lY

Magician Dirk Arthur discusses his Vegas show at the Tropicana "Extreme Magic"

03/08/2023

Greg Wilson is sharing some new videos of his act, give them a watch

02/08/2023

The team came across a promo from an upcoming touring magic show that will debut this fall. It's titled Shazam and will feature relatively newcomer to magic Matthew Laslo as the lead magician. The Promo link listed below and do check out their website as more info will be available soon.

Promo: https://vimeo.com/849590621/64e1c00502

Website: https://shazamshow.com/

Thrilling magic show for that will delight audiences age 8 to 108.

16/06/2023

At the WHAS Crusade for Children event in Lance's home state of Kentucky, master magician Lance Burton performs the Excalibur metamorphosis illusion that he used quite often in his Las Vegas show at the Monte Carlo (now Park MGM) during his Masked Ball finale section. Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro-ku4npZ1g&ab_channel=crusadeforchildren

This has been one trick that I have been looking for ever since starting this project as little to no footage of Lance doing the whole routine exists. And what is funny is that the setup, pacing and I even want to say music of the trick is done in the same way as it was done in his Vegas show just now without the "glitz and glamour" of the vegas stage. The trick is now used as a finale piece and now longer leads into the swordfight illusion that Lance usually ended the show with, that is now performed by Criss Angel at his show at the Planet Hollywood hotel in Las vegas.

Enjoy seeing Lance do what he does best.

13/04/2023

So about that update: These past few weeks Ted, who was the creator of this page, has been under the weather and has been in and out of doctors these past few weeks. He is on the mend but for now some new faces are a part of the team. Jacob Cassidy, a close friend of Ted's, will be a part of the team and may reach out through the page.

Second: As much as we have loved seeing the page grow, we as a team have to grow. This is why we are looking to branch into social media video and page managers for certain magicians. Hopefully this will not affect the archive but if it comes to it we have made a back up page in case changes need to be made. If you have any media to share just message and us and we will look over it.

Thanks,
Magic Media Archive team

09/04/2023

A HOPPY Easter from all of us here at the Archives. An update will be coming soon about the future of this page so stay tuned for it.

16/02/2023

Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars has finished airing on the CW. The show is about two celebrities performing close up magic tricks and large illusions for a panel of judges. Two of the judges were Criss himself and master illusionist Lance Burton. I am sharing some of the favorite illusions and parts that were shared to me by fans of the page. Overall, like most performance based game shows that have celebrities, some did a lot better than others. It was a good show, don't know if it will be back for another season. If you want to view the season in its entirety here is the link: https://www.cwtv.com/shows/criss-angels-magic-with-the-stars/

For now enjoy these select videos