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Magician Wyrick closes show, Miracle Mile theater
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The Steve Wyrick Theatre inside the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, shown in this file photo, has closed.
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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Updated: Apr. 10, 2012 | 10:15 a.m.
Magician Steve Wyrick has closed his magic show and theater at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood after an uphill three-year battle.
The $35-million theater opened in February 2007, with Wyrick's "Real Magic" sharing the stage with a revolving door of rent-paying tenants.
Wyrick did not return calls Friday. He had been pinning hopes for his live show on selling a reality TV series. In July, an outdoor stunt filmed for the prospective series in front of the Planet Hollywood Resort went awry and an assistant received minor injuries.
Wyrick's original plan was to operate both an ultra-lounge and nightclub called Triq as additional revenue streams for both his own show and tenant productions. But the lounge was short lived as a separate-admission nightclub.
Shows that have come and gone include the dance revue "Lord of the Dance," singer Martin Nievera, ventriloquist Ronn Lucas, Elvis impersonator Trent Carlini, pianist Wes Winters and the variety revues "Aga-Boom" and "Fan Yang's Gazillion Bubble Show." Comedian Andrew Dice Clay also performed a few weekends there.
The last roommate production was a Platters-Coasters-Marvelettes revue that closed Tuesday, two days before Wyrick posted a lobby notice that his own show was canceled Thursday. Producer Bill Caron says he is confident the Platters show will reopen. After 10 years at the Sahara before the move in October, "the show has proven it has a long history of being financially self-sufficient."
Producer David Saxe, who operates the rival V Theater in the same mall, opposed Wyrick's plans in a letter to mall management in 2005, saying two theaters would be like "splitting tens in blackjack."
Saxe had an eye on the 500-seat theater ever since Wyrick opened, and said Friday he would lobby management to let him take over. "It makes the most sense," Saxe said. "I've got the infrastructure and the track record for operating a successful independent theater."
Contact reporter Mike Weatherford at mweatherford@ reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0288.
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Triq closed??? Heartbroken.