Steve Marshall is a Tokyo-based

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, writer and artist who performs in English and Japanese. Marshall became interested in magic at age eight when he received a

Marshall Brodien Marshall Brodien (July 10, 1934 – March 8, 2019) was a professional magician who played Wizzo the Wizard, a wizard clown character which appeared on WGN-TV's '' Bozo's Circus'' and ''The Bozo Show'' from 1968-1994. Early life Brodien was born ...

TV Magic Set for Christmas. In 1983 Marshall attended the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in Venice, Florida. Upon graduation, he was one of only eleven students to receive a performing contract to tour with The Greatest Show on Earth. '' Sayonara to Hello'' is a

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covering one of his monthlong American tours. He is from

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and graduated from

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. He is married with two daughters.Lisa A. Davi
Clown magician from Zephyrhills is big in Japan
September 4, 2011 Tampa Bay Times As an artist, Marshall was the only American artist of 73 global artists to be chosen to design and paint a life-sized cow statue of the Tokyo installation of the international art exhibition of the "CowParade" in 2008. He is the designer and creator of "Producer’s Puzzle," the annual award given to the Broadway Global Producer of the year since its inception in 2012. In September 2017, Marshall performed on the show Penn & Teller: Fool Us, but failed to fool the hosts.

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External links

Steve Marshall website (Stevemania)
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