In 1917, 80,000 people pressed into the street in Providence, R.I., to watch Harry Houdini dangle upside down from the roof of a newspaper office building and wriggle out of a straitjacket. A master ...

HOUDINI was the stage name of a magician and escape artist who died on Halloween in 1926. It was the one rendezvous with mortality even he couldn't escape. With Martha Teichner we'll now try to unlock ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Will wonders never cease? A century after Harry Houdini thrilled audiences with daring escapes from handcuffs, straitjackets and watery tombs, the legendary magician has conjured a ...

On Halloween, 84 years after Harry Houdini vanished forever (er, died), the famed Jewish magician will return to the stage, this time in an exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York. “Houdini: Art and ...

Will wonders never cease? A century after Harry Houdini thrilled audiences with daring escapes from handcuffs, straitjackets and watery tombs, the legendary magician has conjured a major art museum ...

“Houdini: Art and Magic,” the illuminating show newly arrived at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center from the Jewish Museum in New York, demystifies a magician and escape artist so spectacular he ...

Harry Houdini (1874-1926), the renowned magician and escape artist, was one of the 20th century's most famous performers. His gripping theatrical presentations and heart-stopping outdoor spectacles ...

Dates and touring sites are subject to change. SEPTEMBER FISH FORMS: LAMPS BY FRANK GEHRY Eight lamps and other works by the 81-year-old starchitect reveal an interest in piscine imagery. Through Oct.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If he were alive today, Harry Houdini would probably be unsatisfied with the singular job title “magician”. The ...

It isn't often that an individual's name becomes synonymous with the art form they practice. In fact, it is extremely rare, but then Harry Houdini was a truly rare superstar. Consider how the magician ...