Luís de Matos é candidato a astronauta

Luís de Matos candidatou-se a uma viagem ao espaço. É isso que se pode ver no post que colocou no Facebook e que, com a devida vénia, seguidamente se reproduz.

Quem pretender contribuir para a concretização deste sonho poderá votar em https://www2.axeapollo.com/en_PH/20735/luis-de-matos?image=0

NOTHING TO HIDE - Apreciação de Sasha Bronner

Em http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sasha-bronner/i-dont-like-magic_b_2594438.html pode ler-se mais uma apreciação ao espectáculo NOTHING TO HIDE.

Se já é curioso o título da crónica ("I Don't Like Magic"), mais curioso ainda é ler na mesma a seguinte afirmação: "My personal relationship with magic went from nonexistent to we're-in-love-his-and-her-sinks giddiness." (sic)

Com a devida vénia, transcrevo, seguidamente, o texto de tal crónica.

"I DON'T LIKE MAGIC"

I'm the first to admit it -- magic is not really my thing. Even though I grew up in Los Angeles, I have only been to the famed Magic Castle once in my life and it wasn't until I was 23 years old. The closest I get to enjoying magic comes in the form of watching Will Arnett's character on Arrested Development perform his atrocious "illusions."

And yet, two weeks ago, I caught wind of a show that has swept across L.A. called Nothing To Hide at the Geffen Theater in Westwood. The New York Times has called it "Brilliant!" "Ingenious!" "A roller coaster!" and Variety has exclaimed, "Marvelous!" "Amazing!" "Gasp again and again!"

I knew nothing more about it than what our senior editor, Willow Bay, had told me one day in the office which was something along the lines of, "It's a magic show. And it's amazing." Figuring at the very least I'd get a HuffPost L.A. story out of it, I secured tickets to (skeptically) see what the buzz was all about.

The show opened in November at the intimate Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen. Sold out night after night, Nothing To Hide has been extended for seven extra weeks. The who's-who of magicians have been spotted in the crowds, including Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller) and Siegfried Fischbacher (from Siegfried & Roy), but it's the ever-jaded L.A. crowd that's been left with their jaws dropping.

Walking into the theater on a rainy January night, my guard was already up. Magic schmagic. I arrogantly flipped through the playbill and read about the two men we were about to see perform. Turns out Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães are two of the world's most gifted sleight-of-hand artists.

They have sold out shows at the Magic Castle consistently and have performed all over the world. Neil Patrick Harris saw them perform together at the Magic Castle and immediately jumped at the opportunity to direct them in a joint show at the Geffen Theater. And so here we are. The lights dim, classic moody rock music plays and the two men come onto the stage. The 110-seat room patiently waits.

The show is nothing short of astonishing. In a 65-minute performance consisting of nine vignettes (and no intermission), DelGaudio and Guimarães have their way with the audience like only two masters can. My personal relationship with magic went from nonexistent to we're-in-love-his-and-her-sinks giddiness. Their confidence, their bravado, their cockiness is palpable. They are young, they are funny and they are charming. I went from whispering in my mother's ear, "I'm not even trying to figure out how they are doing that" to sitting on the front edge of my seat with both hands clasping my cheeks Home Alone-style. There is no explanation for a quarter of what they show you on stage. At one point in the show they leveled with the audience: "We know it's difficult to applaud when you're having your brain blown out of your ass."

So I'm just going to say it now: DelGaudio and Guimarães, will you marry me?

NOTHING TO HIDE - Post de Ray Kosby no Facebook

Ray Kosby, mágico americano que reside em Washington e já esteve em Portugal realizando conferências, também foi a Los Angeles assistir ao espectáculo que Helder Guimarães e Derek DelGaudio protagonizam no GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE.
A propósito de NOTHING TO HIDE, ele escreveu no Facebook:

NOTHING TO HIDE - Mais uma vez a temporada foi prolongada

A temporada em cena de NOTHING TO HIDE foi, novamente, prolongada. Esta já é a terceira vez (será a última?) que tal acontece, o que dá uma ideia do sucesso de bilheteira que esta a ser o espectáculo protagonizado por Helder Guimarães e Derek DelGaudio.


"ACCLAIMED EVENT NOTHING TO HIDE EXTENDS BEYOND 100TH PERFORMANCE IN THE AUDREY" é o título do press release, que pode ser visto em http://new.pitchengine.com/pitches/ddd001e5-78c8-43ed-87a2-7188460b1265.

NOTHING TO HIDE - Mais uma apreciação

No seu blogue, Abel Horwitz faz uma apreciação ao espectáculo NOTHING TO HIDE. Seguidamente transcrevo, com a devida vénia, tal apreciação.

There are simply not enough words to express how insanely good Nothing To Hide is.

A magic show that defies reality. Where audience participation is such a part of the performance that I’m convinced I was the only paying guest. That the rest of the audience were in on the tricks the whole time.

Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães are the next big thing in magic.

I stayed after to get a photo with them, and watched as an agent from CAA handed them his card and said, “Call me. Seriously. We’re going to take this to the next level.”

The two young magician’s smiled and nodded. I’m sure it wasn’t the first time an agent has handed them their card. Their show keeps extending its run.

I loved the show for the same reason I love haunted houses, as well as good theater and film: your thoughts disappear and all of a sudden nothing else in the world matters. 

I bought a ticket to see the show again on Tuesday. If the exact same audience arrives and they react to the show in the exact same way as they did tonight…I’ll know it was all done for my amusement.

But somehow I don’t think that’s what’s going to happen.

NOTHING TO HIDE - Tweets de TELLER

O conhecido mágico TELLER (exactamente esse, o que integra a célebre dupla PENN & TELLER) já assistiu 3 vezes ao espectáculo NOTHING TO HIDE e fez questão de salientar isso através de tweets.
Tais comentários podem ser lidos em https://twitter.com/MrTeller.

Seguidamente reproduzo tais tweets.

Tweet de 14 de Dezembro de 2012:

Tweet de 21 de Dezembro de 2012:

Tweet de 31 de Dezembro de 2012:

Maria Sharapova assistiu a NOTHING TO HIDE

Estar com um espectáculo em cena em Los Angeles dá direito, de vez em quando, a ter na plateia uma celebridade. Uma das celebridades que, em Dezembro de 2012, assistiu ao espectáculo NOTHING TO HIDE foi a número 2 do ténis mundial, Maria Sharapova, que fez questão de se fazer fotografar junto do cartaz existente à entrada de GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE, publicando, em seguida, tal fotografia na sua página do Facebook.
Seguidamente se reproduz tal foto.

Juntamente com tal fotografia foi postado o seguinte comentário: