COKE & MIRRORS PRESS RELEASE
COKE & MIRRORS
THE NEW BAD BOYS OF MAGIC ARE BACK
LOS ANGELES, May 1, 2018 — Against their better judgment, several theatrical producers have allowed the New Bad Boys of Magic to return to the Hollywood Fringe Festival, where the Bad Boys were proclaimed one of the top “10 Shows to See” last year by TimeOut Los Angeles.
The New Bad Boys of Magic (Daniel Donohue & Eric Siegel) will present COKE & MIRRORS, the new story of their rise and fall from Las Vegas headliners to Los Angeles children’s entertainers. They combine Chicago-style sketch comedy with Hollywood stage trickery, interweaving NSFW characters with top-notch illusions. And, yes, the audience can drink.
“I can’t believe they’re having us back,” said Donohue, “If our Amazing Disappearing Fifth of Rum Trick didn’t get us permanently banned from the festival, surely our Cups and Tide Pods routine will.”
Siegel is a screenwriter, known for his feature film The F*** Happened. Donohue is a television producer, most recently for NBC/Universal. Both trained in improv and sketch comedy at Second City Chicago and are now members of the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood.
COKE & MIRRORS is directed by Nick Paul, a magician and physical comedian, as featured at the Magic Castle, Walt Disney World, and the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
“I had never heard of the New Big Boys—er, Bad Boys—until they cornered me in a men’s room at the Magic Castle,” explained Paul. “I’m directing because I feel sorry for them.”
COKE & MIRRORS plays at Three Clubs Cocktail Lounge, the same venue where the New Bad Boys present their boozy variety show DIRTY TRICKS to sold-out crowds every month.
“My ex-wife says I have intimacy issues,” said Siegel. “But wait until she sees how intimate the stage at Three Clubs is.”
The show is co-produced by Greg Karber, a writer, director, producer, and game developer. He has been written about in the New Yorker and the Washington Post, and has appeared on CNN, Fox Business, and Inside Edition. He recently directed his first feature film, a horror-comedy-musical called Killer Party.
“I’m just like Daniel and Eric’s fathers—filled with so much pride,” said Karber. “So, actually, I guess I’m nothing like their fathers.”
COKE & MIRRORS plays June 3 at 11pm, June 10 at 9pm, and June 17 at 5pm at Three Clubs at 1123 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90038. Tickets are $10 and can only be purchased online at hff.org/5287. Buy them before they disappear!
