Steve Marshall (magician)
Steve Marshall is a Tokyo-based magician, clown, writer and artist who performs in English and Japanese. Marshall became interested in magic at age eight when he received a Marshall Brodien TV Magic Set for Christmas. In 1983 Marshall attended the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in Venice Florida. Upon graduation he was one of only eleven students to receive a performing contract to tour with The Greatest Show on Earth.[1]
Sayonara to Hello is a documentary film covering one of his monthlong American tours. He is from Zephyrhills, Florida and graduated from Zephyrhills High School. He is married with two daughters.[2]
As an artist, Marshall was the only American artist of 73 global artists to be chosen to design and paint a life sized cow statue of the Tokyo installation of the international art exhibition of the “CowParade” in 2008. He is the designer and creator of “Producer’s Puzzle,” the annual award given to the Broadway Global Producer of the year since its inception in 2012.
References
- ↑ Walter Roberts May 1, 2002 The Japan Times
- ↑ Lisa A. Davis Clown magician from Zephyrhills is big in Japan September 4, 2011 Tampa Bay Times