Making it in Las Vegas

From the Las Vegas Sun..Tom Gorman visits with hard-working magic man Morgan Strebler, who continues his quest to make it to the top of the illusionists' world, the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip....


For years, Morgan Strebler has been angling to become a headlining magician on the Strip. Talk about picking a crowded field.

Morgan told me about his dream five years ago, when we first met. He was a handsome, scrub-faced young kid in blue jeans from Missouri. His magic portfolio included catching speeding bullets in his teeth and passing through a sheet of metal.

Cool stuff. His lovely wife, Mikala, was his assistant. He called me Mr. Gorman, which made me uncomfortable. But that's how nice he was.

At the time, he was handing out 12-minute promotional videos of his magic show that cost him $40,000 to produce. It showed things like his wife being pierced by a giant needle.

He was hustling as hard as he could but it's not easy getting the attention of booking agents and entertainment directors in this town. They tell me they sometimes have videos from 150 magicians piling up on their desks...

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