With over 40 years in the entertainment business, Bruce grew up in an entertainment family: his Grandfather worked with Houdini and his brother Hardeen, his mother Eunice Woolf was a singer (who won Major Bowes Amateur Hour), and his Grandmother danced with Rudolph Valentino in the movies...

 

Bruce Kalver, Magician and Illusionist has been working professionally for many years. Billed in the early years as "Rhode Island's Youngest Professional Magician" his magic education started at the age of four when his grandfather, Samuel Woolf, who was himself a magician and an assistant to Houdini, began to teach him the art. At age six he was ready to start his career.

 

His work in magic has taken him all over the world. He has toured with his wife, Arlene, on cruise ships sailing the Atlantic and the Caribbean, in Dinner Theatres all over the country and at trade shows where they added their magic touch to many products and services.

 

Bruce has been showcased and interviewed on television, in newspaper articles both locally and nationally and has actually performed magic on the radio. He's acted as magic consultant for the Tony Award winning Trinity Square Repertory Company as well as for numerous other professional, college and amateur theatre groups for whom he performed or taught magic in their productions and created special magic effects.

 

Bruce is a very versatile performer able to adapt to any possible stage setting or audience. That's why companies like CBS Records, Showtime Cable Network, General Electric, AT&T, Coca-Cola, Owens-Corning and Marriott Hotels have utilized his talents and ideas.

 

Currently, Bruce is the First Vice President of The Society of American Magicians and moderates their online newsgroup. He is also the editor of the Society of Young Magicians members’ magazine which is read worldwide.

 

In September 2006, Bruce will celebrate his 15th year on the air with the Nostalgia Times Radio Programme.