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L.A. illusionist Franz Harary opens Macau venue

L.A.-based magician Franz Harary, wife Akiko and illusionist Travis Winkler at the opening of his House of Magic at a casino resort called Studio City in Macau, China.

L.A.-based magician Franz Harary, wife Akiko and illusionist Travis Winkler at the opening of his House of Magic at a casino resort called Studio City in Macau, China.

  (Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)

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Magician Franz Harary has gotten so used to being simultaneously known and unknown that his L.A. publicist touts him with a somewhat awkward brag: “The most famous magician on planet Earth is a guy you’ve never heard of.” Now, he’s about to become the biggest act in the Las Vegas of China.

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Harary performs an act that entails getting into a coffin-like box that is set ablaze, then appears to vanish. He then rematerializes in a ring of fire.

  (Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)

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The first theater is sort of a steampunk laboratory/living room, decorated with items Harary has been collecting for years.

  (Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)

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Harary makes his grand entrance by materializing inside a space capsule.

  (Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)

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Magician Franz Harary on stage.

  (Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)

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Entry to Franz Harary’s House of Magic. Guests enter a small pod and then must go through a mirrored maze to reach the first theater.

  (Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)

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Travis Winkler, a magician from Florida, performs close-up magic in the steampunk living room.

  (Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)

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Harary on a video screen in the steampunk living room.

  (Julie Makinen / Los Angeles Times)

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