El Mago Pop, pseudonym of Antonio Díaz (Badia del Vallès, Barcelona, 1986) will finally go to Broadway. His plans to play on Broadway where the big shows landed are coming true. Magic? Years of work and effort have allowed Antonio Díaz to make a big touchdown in the United States. And not just in the heart of Broadway.
More than brand new ‘Nothing is impossible’ this august in the symbol Ethel Barrymore Theater with the English version of the show that triumphed at the Teatre Victoria in Barcelona, Díaz acquired a theater in Branson, Missouri, with 2,800 cabins. “She’s more than double Victoria,” he admitted, aware of the challenge of playing there. He expects to premiere his first show in May next year. “I needed a base in the US to be my operations center,” admitted this magician, who has shown a good eye for business and dreams of captivating millions of Americans with his magic.
“When we were just a technician and I 10 years ago, that was unimaginable and I didn’t even have to pay him.”
diaz, yes surprised four years ago with the Acquisition of the Victoria Theater in the Paral.lel and now, supported by the 2.8 million viewers reached, he starts his new American adventure. He claims to have no financial partners backing him. This lone ranger of magic, yes, trusts the massive team that supports him. Without him it would be impossible to perform his shows and develop artistically. The title of his latest show “Nothing is impossible” is his mantra. “I don’t have a financial partner. nobody. In 2013, 10 years ago, I didn’t even have enough to pay the show engineer. We went to the Mostra d’Igualada to get performances,” he recalled. Today everyone knows him. According to your company’s calculations “Nothing is impossible” has filled the Palau Sant Jordi the equivalent of 200 times. “10 years ago it was impossible to imagine when it was just me and a coach.”
Ever since he was born in a humble home in Badia del Vallès (Barcelona), Díaz has never stopped dreaming. His plan to perform in New York was scheduled for the summer of 2020 but the Covid prevented that. Now, more prepared and ambitious than ever, it is being used on a large scale in the United States.
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He will travel to Broadway with about twenty people from the technical team. “It wasn’t easy because in the US the artists’ union forces us to hire local people. Although we don’t go as many as I wanted, it’s very good to bring 20 people there,” he says happily.
strategic enclave
Branson (Missouri), where it will have its theaters in the US, the Branson Magic Theater, is a strategic enclave for the American expansion planned by the Barcelona illusionist. The place has become one popular destination. The city has 57,000 theater seats, more than Broadway. “It’s a big convention and convention center. It’s six hours away from 150 million people and has many recreational attractions,” says Díaz.
Although in good condition, the theater needs renovation. “It’s fantastic, but we have to adapt it because we like details. But there will be a lot of details because there are a lot of square meters!”. It will be stopping there this summer to adapt its show to the scale of the Ethel Barrymore Theater stage, a historic Broadway theater that has hosted big stars such as Marlon Brando, Katherine Hepburn, Deborah Kerr and Sigourney Weaver. Few European performers have worked on Broadway, but this is where the iconic pantomime made it Marcel Marceau. And now comes the turning point pop magician, admirer of David Copperfield, famous North American magician who triumphed on Broadway and around the world.
“We have to keep working if we want to be there, but we have to enjoy it, something that took me many years to understand.”
enjoy the way
In this unstoppable trajectory to success that ambitious illusionist He confesses that he has learned not only to improve in every show, but also to enjoy life. “What happened to us is extraordinary. We are super grateful and super committed. We have to keep working if we want to be there, but we have to enjoy it, something that took me many years to understand. It’s very good to give your all, but you have to toast and enjoy the good moments like going to Broadway, which is very strong!”.
And surely it will surprise us with more things. At the press conference, he spoke about touring the United States and television shows. But it won’t stop having a presence in Barcelona. At the moment this will be August five weeks on broadway and then the show will recover in Victoria by Christmas. His plan is to operate regularly on both sides of the Atlantic. His alliance with the airline Level will allow him to achieve this dream without going bankrupt.
