The most magical guy on Broadway is finally on the podcast, it’s Illusion Designer Skylar Fox! Skylar is here to tell us what a magic designer does, how magic becomes a part of the show, and how his specific role can vary quite a bit from show to show. Cory and Skylar chat about his entry into the field via Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and his work on shows such as Boop, You Will Get Sick, The Comeuppance, and Once Upon a Mattress. And if you’re a magic nerd, this is the episode for you as the guys geek out over their favorite magicians, magic shows, and why no one has ever matched Copperfield’s level of theatricality. Skylar is a singular voice in the theater community, bringing a new definition to what it means to create magical moments on stage, so let him bring a little magic into your life!

Skylar Fox is an Obie Award-winning director, writer, and designer based in Brooklyn. As a magic designer, he is the Illusions & Magic Associate for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway and around the world, and has created magic for Fat Ham (Broadway, The Public Theater and National Black Theatre), Once Upon A Mattress (Broadway, City Center ENCORES!), Boop! (Broadway), You Will Get Sick (Roundabout), Cats: The Jellicle Ball (PAC), Wicked, Matilda (Atelier de Cultura, Sao Paolo), The Comeuppance (Signature Theater, Almeida), The Preacher’s Wife (Alliance), Back to the Future (assoc. design, Broadway), A Beautiful Noise (assoc. design, Broadway), Damn Yankees (Shaw Festival), Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (London Grand), Dracula, A Christmas Carol (Maltz Jupiter Theater), and consulted on The Tonight Show, The Tony Awards, and San Diego Comic Con.

He is the co-artistic director of Nightdrive, where he has directed and co-written an apocalypse around a campfire (The Grown-Ups); a live, immersive alien movie (Alien Nation); a five-dimensional community meeting with a full pancake breakfast (Providence, RI); a haunted rock concert (Thank You Sorry); and a hybrid comic book with interactive animation (Apathy Boy). He also directed and co-created The Annotated History of the American Muskrat by John Kuntz (New Ohio, Boston Center for the Arts).

Other directing credits include Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream (St. James Theater, global streaming), Pussy Sludge by Gracie Gardner (Relentless Award, HERE Arts Center), Juliet & Romeo (The Brick), and the Boston premieres of the 6-hour genre-bending epic The Valentine Trilogy and of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play, for which he was nominated for an IRNE Award.

https://skylarfox.com/