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member in half and
"cutting" his assistant, 17-
year-old Jennifer
Greenebaum, into three
pieces.
For the past four years,
Greenebaum has been
Jacobson's female assistant,
putting Matt's mother into
semi-retirement.
"There aren't too many
people Who I'd let lock me up
in a box," Harriet Jacobson
said. "It was just a thrill to
be part of what he was doing
and to see how much he lov-
ed it and how much the au-
dience enjoyed him. Now, I
fill in whenever I'm need-
ed."
Jacobson is not like other
magicians who perform their
tricks solely to music and
have little or no communica-
tion with the audience.
"A lot of my magic is talk-
ing to the audience," Jacob-
son said. "I do some
humorous and serious
things."
One of his humorous tricks
includes demonstrating in
slow motion how he and
Greenebaum catch a deck of
invisible cards thrown from
a member of the audience
while the theme from
"Chariots of Fire" plays.
On a more serious note,
Jacobson reminds the kids,
"You don't have to change,
just be yourself," as he per-
. forms his torn and restored
colored tissue paper trick to
a song from Marlo Thomas'
Free To Be You and Me.
For the past nine years,
Jacobson has traveled to the
magic capital of the world,
Colon, Mich., appearing in
its annual magic convention.
The first two years, Jacobson
entered a contest for magi-
cians, 21 and under, and
placed both years. A few
years later, he was befriend-
ed by Harry Blackstone and
celebrated Blackstone's 50th
birthday at a party in
California.
Jacobson's father, who was
also at the party, recalled,
"It was about 10 p.m., and
we hear this `hss, hss, hss.'
The sprinkler heads popped
up and doused the guests."
But, he said, "it didn't put a
damper on the party. It was
still a magical evening."
By the time Jacobson was
12, he had performed at
several birthday parties and
b'nai mitzvot. His first big
break came that year when
he appeared at the Masonic
Temple in Detroit with Tiny
Tim.
The next summer, he took
his act to Canada for two
months at Niagara Falls'
Magical Matt Theater in
Mapleleaf Village.
Before he turned 14, he
The magician with his assistants Michael Jacobson and Jennifer
Greenebaum.
had performed 25 magic
shows at the Michigan State
Fair and appeared on
several television shows, in-
cluding "At the Movies with
Sonny Elliot," "PM Maga-
zine," "Dick Purtan's
People" and "Entertain-
ment Tonight."
When Jacobson entered
ninth grade at Andover, his
magic wand disappeared —
temporarily, so he could con-
centrate on schoolwork. But
Jacobson also discovered two
new interests: acting and fo-
rensics.
He portrayed Mr. Kirby in
his high school production of
You Can't Take It with You,
Harry in My Fair Lady and
was The Leading Player in
Pippin. At high school forent
sics tournaments, Jacobson
did well in storytelling,
dramatic and humorous in-
terpretation.
Upon Jaconson's gradua-
tion from high school, his
magic wand reappeared.
"I knew that I'd get back
to , magic after I graduated
because I had so many ideas.
There were so many things I
wanted to do with it," he
said.
Jacobson's magic carpet
returns to Detroit in June
1990 when he makes his
third appearance at the
Jewish Community Center
in West Bloomfield.
His crystal ball forecasts a
magical future. "I hope to
get a degree in advertising.
After that, I'll take a year or
two off and really work up a
nice show and then advertise
it.
"And hopefully, who
knows, maybe one day I'll be
another Harry
Blackstone." ❑
Tzimmes: a klezmer band.
Klezmer Band
Plays At Coffee House
.
The Folktown Coffeehouse
of Southfield presents the
Klezmer band, Tzimmes, 8
p.m. Dec. 2 in the Southfield
Civic Center's Marcotte
Room.
The band plays klezmer
music and Yiddish theater
and folk songs. The group is
led by Bruce Sagan and his
wife Judy Barlas. Also in the
band are Neil Alexander,
Joe Levine and Laura Stein.
Previously known as the
Mid-Michiganer Klezmer
Band, Tzimmes has been
playing concerts, weddings
and community events from
its base in East Lansing.
There is a charge. For in-
formation, call the cof-
feehouse, 855-9848.
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