Back in the Before Times, I saw Carisa Hendrix perform as her alter ego, dipsomaniacal Lucy Darling, at the Chicago Magic Lounge. Combining va-va-voom Golden Age of Screwball Comedy glitz and sass with sleight-of-hand involving making bottles of whiskey appear and disappear, Hendrix/Darling's act both celebrates and upends the "sexy assistant" trope in magic. She's […] The post <i>Indulgence</i> and ill…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:17AM on June 30, 2022