Theatre Trivia Tweet: Making Magic on Broadway The answer is not Houdini. The Magic Show was a musical that ran for close to 2,000 performances on Broadway and starred one of the most popular magicians of the 1970s and ‘80s. Who was that magician? SelectReveal Answer> The magician was Doug Henning. Henning received a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actor in a musical. Post navigation previous postNext Post