"Magic is a theatrical art which goes back many centuries," Tudor says. "It portrays in an often humorous way the ability to do things that are impossible. Its very name it implies a connection to the mysterious, the spirit world.

"What I do has little to do with anything supernatural. It awakens in the viewer a sense of wonder. It makes him understand his world is more mysterious than he realized."

Tudor steps into costume and into persona to share this world of fantasy on stage and on television, and his art has been long in creation."I got my first magic kit for Christmas when I was six," Tudor says. "It was an Adams Magic Kit. All the props were made out of plastic. They all broke within a year."

He learned to make his own props. It was another step toward a life in the theater. Early inspirations included Star Trek, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Tolkien and Woodstock. He was eight years old when the Art and Music Festival came to New York. "My friends and I thought it was really going to happen," he says, "that all those musicians in their tie-dyes were going to take over the world, and John Lennon would be president." The rock tune "Dear Mr. Fantasy" gave his first act its name. Then he discovered the stage.

"The personality of the magician is the same personality as the actor," Tudor says. "The difference is that the magician portrays one character his entire life. "

Tudor makes his living at corporate meetings, conferences, and in public schools. What sets him apart from his peers in magic is humor and drama, music and dance. One vignette, "When Strangers Meet," is a poignant love story between two street sweepers, climaxing in a levitation. "The Murder in the Phone Booth," uses the character Humphree Bogus in a 1940s style murder mystery. "A Leak In The Universe" is another unique work, about a magician's terrifying encounter with real magic.

Shortly after graduating from the drama department at Lander University , he took to the road, perfecting his skills at sleight-of-hand on the street in the ancient tradition of the actor/magician. Then he made a shift and took the street magician character around the country doing corporate promotions for General Mills. The theatrical training informed his corporate performances, as well as concert shows for arts organizations, often with other performers in magical revues.

Artistic exploration: Tudor in the Nutcracker ballet.

Blending magic with positive attitude development

But it is television which captivates Tudor, which he hopes will make him a star.

We live in an age numb to wonder. It's a sad fact, due in no small part to the abundance of things deserving wonderment. Over-stimulated as we are, TV has convinced us that magic is hardly worth our devotion.

When we experience the fantastic we appreciate the sensation awakened, for we learn that we are not detached or cynical; we retain a capacity to wonder. Yet television is the magician's most skeptical audience. To overcome that challenge and win the viewing audience as well would be success, indeed.

Tudor first performed as a guest host for PM Magazine and concluded by levitating the hostess outdoors, to a TV audience of 350,000.

Tudor is creating a television series, a video series for kids to teach positive attitudes. He has discovered a new magic-the power of his own strength and will to endure.

Happy Man: "I'm a very fortunate person, and wish everybody could love their work as much as I do".

In 1989, as he was returning home one night, Tudor was mugged and shot point blank. That's where magic intervened. "I always keep change in my pocket, and that day had entertained a child with some coins," Tudor says. At the hospital days later, doctors told him the coins in his pocket saved him from bleeding to death. "It's a little spooky that the things I use to do my work are what saved my life," he says.

Tudor spent years getting back on his feet again, literally and professionally. His own experience led him to spend years doing his motivational show for kids "The Magic Is In You!", and to create the video series of the same name. "Anybody can overcome the worst setbacks they face. I sort of believed that before, but I believe it very strongly now. Where there is life there is hope. Where there is hope, there are dreams."

And where there are dreams, there is magic.