ENTERTAINMENT: Wyrick show and theater closed

  Magician Steve Wyrick has closed his magic show and theater,  apparently permanently, at the Miracle Mile Mall after an uphill three-year battle.

  The $35-million theater opened in February 2007, with Wyricks’s “Real Magic” sharing the stage with a revolving door of rent-paying tenants.

  Wyrick had not returned calls Friday morning. He had been pinning hopes for his live show on selling a reality-TV series that would cross-promote it. In July, an outdoor stunt was filmed for the prospective series in front of Planet Hollywood. The stunt went awry and an assistant received minor injuries.

  Wyrick’s original plan was to operate both an ultra-lounge and nightclub called Triq as additional revenue streams for both his own show and tenant productions. But the lounge was short lived as a separate-admission nightclub.

  Shows that have come and gone include the dance revue “Lord of the Dance,” singers Martin Niviera, ventriloquist Ronn Lucas, Elvis impersonator Trent Carlini, pianist Wes Winters and the variety revues “Aga-Boom” and “Fan Yang’s Gazillion Bubble Show.” Comedian Andrew Dice Clay also performed a few weekends there.

  The last roommate production was a Platters-Coasters oldies revue that closed earlier this week.

  Producer David Saxe, who operates the rival V Theater in the same mall, opposed Wyrick’s plans in a letter to mall management in 2005, saying two theater would be like “splitting tens in blackjack.”

Saxe had an eye on the 500-seat theater ever since Wyrick opened, and said Friday morning he would lobby management to let him take over. “It makes the most sense,” Saxe said. “I have t the infrastructure and the track record for operating a successful independent theater.”