Speaking of Pop Haydn:
Pop Haydn is one of the best close-up magicians I have ever seen..."
--Merv Griffin
"Haydn has a very different and engaging manner of talking--it is infectious and the audiences loved it. He also performs his magic superbly."
--Dai Vernon (the "Professor") Genii--The International Conjuror's Monthly
"Doreen Wilson came back with raves about your performance, personality, and showmanship."
--William Preston, Past President, International Brotherhood of Magicians
"Donnerstag dann das Magic Castle, das Zentrum der Zauberkunst ! ...Der MC Pop Haydn (für die Unwissenden: MC steht für Master of Ceremonies und bedeutet so viel wie Conferencier oder Moderator) präsentierte fabelhafte Unterhaltung mit viel Sprachwitz, wo seine Seilroutine eigentlich zur Nebensache wurde. Sein Abschlus war eines der besten Ringspiele, welches ich jemals gesehen habe."
--topitmagic.de
"Lulled by his easygoing manner, his ingenuousness, people find themselves swept away by one illusion after another."
--Susan Ladd, Greensboro News and Record
"Sinatra's (Frank Sinatra, Jr.) audiences have loved his show, as well as magician Pop Haydn's, who opens for him. Whit is clever, personable and very handsome..."
--Maxine Mesinger, Big City Beat, Houston Chronicle
"Haydn has been in the business for many years, performing for numerous celebrities along the way, and it shows. his style of close-up magic is well suited to the club's environment, and last week's performance proved to be a marvel of magical skill. His smooth-as-silk manner is as disarming as his sleight-of-hand, lulling the audience into a false sense of security about their perceptions, only to completely confuse them a moment later...Anyone even remotely interested in magic should make an effort to catch his act."
--Stephen Amidon, Spectator, Magazine of the Triad, Greensboro, NC
"We are hoping another trade show will bring Pop back (to Chicago), so those that only heard about his prowess can see and admire this really fine magician."
--Frances Marshall, The Linking Ring Magazine
"I first met Pop while my wife and I were vacationing on the last voyage of the Queen Odyssey. The ship had just been bought by Seabourn from Royal Cruise Lines and the cruise was the transition to the new company. Seabourn was trying to impress the loyal Royal Cruise Line passengers that the new owners could keep up the fine reputation the ship had earned. They hired Whit as the only non-musical act to appear in the main theater and obviously had great confidence in his abilities to impress the crowd they hoped to retain for future voyages."
--Tim Quinlan, InsideMagic.com
"You aren't just a magician, you are a great actor!"
--Alan Alda
--Merv Griffin
"Haydn has a very different and engaging manner of talking--it is infectious and the audiences loved it. He also performs his magic superbly."
--Dai Vernon (the "Professor") Genii--The International Conjuror's Monthly
"Doreen Wilson came back with raves about your performance, personality, and showmanship."
--William Preston, Past President, International Brotherhood of Magicians
"Donnerstag dann das Magic Castle, das Zentrum der Zauberkunst ! ...Der MC Pop Haydn (für die Unwissenden: MC steht für Master of Ceremonies und bedeutet so viel wie Conferencier oder Moderator) präsentierte fabelhafte Unterhaltung mit viel Sprachwitz, wo seine Seilroutine eigentlich zur Nebensache wurde. Sein Abschlus war eines der besten Ringspiele, welches ich jemals gesehen habe."
--topitmagic.de
"Lulled by his easygoing manner, his ingenuousness, people find themselves swept away by one illusion after another."
--Susan Ladd, Greensboro News and Record
"Sinatra's (Frank Sinatra, Jr.) audiences have loved his show, as well as magician Pop Haydn's, who opens for him. Whit is clever, personable and very handsome..."
--Maxine Mesinger, Big City Beat, Houston Chronicle
"Haydn has been in the business for many years, performing for numerous celebrities along the way, and it shows. his style of close-up magic is well suited to the club's environment, and last week's performance proved to be a marvel of magical skill. His smooth-as-silk manner is as disarming as his sleight-of-hand, lulling the audience into a false sense of security about their perceptions, only to completely confuse them a moment later...Anyone even remotely interested in magic should make an effort to catch his act."
--Stephen Amidon, Spectator, Magazine of the Triad, Greensboro, NC
"We are hoping another trade show will bring Pop back (to Chicago), so those that only heard about his prowess can see and admire this really fine magician."
--Frances Marshall, The Linking Ring Magazine
"I first met Pop while my wife and I were vacationing on the last voyage of the Queen Odyssey. The ship had just been bought by Seabourn from Royal Cruise Lines and the cruise was the transition to the new company. Seabourn was trying to impress the loyal Royal Cruise Line passengers that the new owners could keep up the fine reputation the ship had earned. They hired Whit as the only non-musical act to appear in the main theater and obviously had great confidence in his abilities to impress the crowd they hoped to retain for future voyages."
--Tim Quinlan, InsideMagic.com
"You aren't just a magician, you are a great actor!"
--Alan Alda
Reviews of Pop Haydn's August performances at the Magic Castle:
Chloe Veltman
Chloe Veltman:
"...Pop Haydn, my favorite performer from last night’s lineup at the Castle, undertook a wonderful routine using a weird contraption that looked like an old-fashioned transistor radio.
The improbable gadget has flashing lights on it and made an ear-splitting squeaking sound when the venerable magician turned the dial on its front.
The prop fitted in well with his ludite-centric theme and served as a wonderful device for performing the main illusion — the transmission” of a soggy dollar bill, attached to the end of a long antenna which protruded from the device, to the inside of a lemon! I wish more magicians could be equally creative." -- Chloe Veltman
http://www.artsjournal.com/lies/2011/08/enough-with-the-card-tricks/
Chloe Verltman is a 2011-2012 Knight Journalism Fellow at
Stanford University. A regular contributor to The New York Times, The Los
Angeles Times, BBC Classical Music Magazine, American Theatre Magazine and many
other media outlets, Chloe is also the host and executive producer of VoiceBox,
a weekly public radio series all about singing on KALW 91.7 FM (www.voicebox-media.org).
Check out Chloe's website at www.chloeveltman.com
"...Pop Haydn, my favorite performer from last night’s lineup at the Castle, undertook a wonderful routine using a weird contraption that looked like an old-fashioned transistor radio.
The improbable gadget has flashing lights on it and made an ear-splitting squeaking sound when the venerable magician turned the dial on its front.
The prop fitted in well with his ludite-centric theme and served as a wonderful device for performing the main illusion — the transmission” of a soggy dollar bill, attached to the end of a long antenna which protruded from the device, to the inside of a lemon! I wish more magicians could be equally creative." -- Chloe Veltman
http://www.artsjournal.com/lies/2011/08/enough-with-the-card-tricks/
Chloe Verltman is a 2011-2012 Knight Journalism Fellow at
Stanford University. A regular contributor to The New York Times, The Los
Angeles Times, BBC Classical Music Magazine, American Theatre Magazine and many
other media outlets, Chloe is also the host and executive producer of VoiceBox,
a weekly public radio series all about singing on KALW 91.7 FM (www.voicebox-media.org).
Check out Chloe's website at www.chloeveltman.com
Nick Lewin
Nick Lewin:
"A visit to the Magic Castle last Thursday gave me the privilege of catching 'Pop' Haydn performing in the Palace of Mysteries. What a great job he did!
I have known 'Pop' for quite a few years now but this was the first time I had seen him performing in his "Pop" persona.
It is very, very clever and a real crowd pleaser.
His 19th Century character who seems strangely stranded in another time zone is unique and beautifully thought out.
Haydn's 20-minute set explored the limits and extremes of his teleportation device. In lesser hands it might have seemed like a duo of burnt and restored dollar bill tricks but with 'Pop' his unique props and premise turned it into something much different.
The slightly deranged twinkle in his eyes turned Haydn's performance into a series of jokes within jokes.
'Pop' is truly a consummate magician, carefully wedded to a well thought out and fully fleshed out comedy character.
In that respect, he reminded me of John Carney, another truly standout contemporary performer. I can't wait to see Haydn perform his full Medicine Show and suspect it will be something very, very special.
I will look forward to writing a full review of his show at that point.
The Palace of Mysteries has never looked better and Stage Manager Bryan Lee had it humming and functioning as the first rate jewel box theatre that it has become. Mystina and Dan Birch completed the line-up in the Palace and the entire show delighted the audience from first to last."
--Nick Lewin in Alan Watson's "Magic New Zealand" August 18, 2011 newsletter,
www.magicnewzealand.com
Nick Lewin's Blog:
http://remarkablemagic.com/2011/08/18/meeting-up-with-magicians-what-fun/
"A visit to the Magic Castle last Thursday gave me the privilege of catching 'Pop' Haydn performing in the Palace of Mysteries. What a great job he did!
I have known 'Pop' for quite a few years now but this was the first time I had seen him performing in his "Pop" persona.
It is very, very clever and a real crowd pleaser.
His 19th Century character who seems strangely stranded in another time zone is unique and beautifully thought out.
Haydn's 20-minute set explored the limits and extremes of his teleportation device. In lesser hands it might have seemed like a duo of burnt and restored dollar bill tricks but with 'Pop' his unique props and premise turned it into something much different.
The slightly deranged twinkle in his eyes turned Haydn's performance into a series of jokes within jokes.
'Pop' is truly a consummate magician, carefully wedded to a well thought out and fully fleshed out comedy character.
In that respect, he reminded me of John Carney, another truly standout contemporary performer. I can't wait to see Haydn perform his full Medicine Show and suspect it will be something very, very special.
I will look forward to writing a full review of his show at that point.
The Palace of Mysteries has never looked better and Stage Manager Bryan Lee had it humming and functioning as the first rate jewel box theatre that it has become. Mystina and Dan Birch completed the line-up in the Palace and the entire show delighted the audience from first to last."
--Nick Lewin in Alan Watson's "Magic New Zealand" August 18, 2011 newsletter,
www.magicnewzealand.com
Nick Lewin's Blog:
http://remarkablemagic.com/2011/08/18/meeting-up-with-magicians-what-fun/
Interview on WeirdReview.com:
Review of Pop's Show at the World Steam Expo:
"Just last night I saw the hilarious and clever prestidigitator, Pop Haydn in action at the World Steam Expo.
According to Pop’s business card he is a certifiable genius. After seeing his show I would have to say that
I am sure he is certifiable for many things, including Certifiably Hilarious!
His hilarious patter was tailored to the event and his interaction with the audience flowed effortlessly.
He performed some of the old greats such as the cut and restored rope (here he tosses one of the knots of the restored rope into the audience) and dollar with clever, steampunk props and storyline and kept the audience mesmerized when they weren’t laughing uproariously..."
John Collins, Weird Review, http://weirdreview.com/2011/05/29/wse3/
According to Pop’s business card he is a certifiable genius. After seeing his show I would have to say that
I am sure he is certifiable for many things, including Certifiably Hilarious!
His hilarious patter was tailored to the event and his interaction with the audience flowed effortlessly.
He performed some of the old greats such as the cut and restored rope (here he tosses one of the knots of the restored rope into the audience) and dollar with clever, steampunk props and storyline and kept the audience mesmerized when they weren’t laughing uproariously..."
John Collins, Weird Review, http://weirdreview.com/2011/05/29/wse3/
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