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Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants tickets are now available online to be bought or sold at Stubhub.com. Past a certain age, we stop believing in magic. Not just the wonders of the imagination that children are privy to, but even the illusions crafted by professional magicians. It all falls into the realm of the unreal, and, while we follow pursuits in the adult world with passion, magic is quietly ignored to death. Ricky Jay is one of the art form’s greatest defenders, preservers and practitioners. His talent on stage—both for his skill and humor—has earned him a reputation for being a master deceiver. He’s crossed over into the film world as well, becoming an active consultant on numerous productions involving magic and its history. In time, he met director and writer David Mamet, whose work seems obsessed with swindlers, criminals and Hollywood filmmakers (and often all three at once). Jay has appeared in many of Mamet’s own films, proving himself as an actor and comedian time and time again. This guide briefly examines some of the films Jay has appeared in, whether he had a small cameo role or played a major character. If one wanted to see Jay in film, there’s no place better to start than David Mamet’s intense psychological drama House of Games. The 1987 movie stars Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna respectively as a psychiatrist and her client, a gambling addict con-man. Crouse’s character finds the world of cons and card cheats alluring, and decides to help Mantegna’s character in a card game. But things spiral out of control, and they end up on the lam. Jay plays one of Mategna’s friends, a fellow card hustler that helps him in his tricks. During the film, they perform what’s known as a short-change con. Because Jay didn’t want to give up the secrets of how this con is achieved—there were people he knew who still used it "professionally"—he invented a short-change con specifically for the film. Don’t pass up the opportunity to see him live. Get Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants tickets now. Written by Andrew Good and sponsored by StubHub.com. StubHub sells sports tickets, concert tickets, theater tickets and more to just about any event in the world. Don’t miss Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants at Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants tickets.
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