By the time she turned two, I could wait no longer.
Since then, she has continued to ask, Where Mario Maker gician go?
and When we go nother show?
Mario Marchese
Mario may be a maker gician but his real name is Mario Marchese.
Offstage, hes much the same, including the outfit, only a few degrees less hyper.
I loved the creative side of thingsI was always making stuff, he recalled.
Mario Marchese
And I wanted to do something fun when I grew up.
It was filled with crap from the floor all the way to the ceilingall sorts of magic props.
I bought a couple tricks, and then next thing you know, the bug bit.
I got my first dollar at that restaurant, he told me.
And, to this day, I have that bill framed right by my bedside.
The last thing I wanted to do was perform for kids, he recalled.
I wanted to be like David Blaine.
After the show, she told him, You dont understandyoure a rock star when you do this.
Cant you see that?
Marcheses turning point as an artist came, as is so often the case, at a low moment.
He went home in tears, ready to throw in the towel.
Its something that little kids, especially toddlers, already instinctively know.
