With its dancing girls in glittering brief costumes, its tumbling clowns, and its flashing lights, Blackstone's magic show is charmingly hokey, luring its audience into gasping at his grand illusions.

“The reason Colon, Michigan is the Magic Capital of the World is because of Harry Blackstone Sr.," BJ Mallen, a comedy ...

And if enough new investors are willing to place bets on BREIT — if trust in Blackstone's "magic" remains high — then everyone will keep making money, if only on paper, even if BREIT is ...