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The esteemed sleight-of-hand performer's one-man show, Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants was a triumph, receiving both the Lucille Lortel and Obie awards. It set a record as the fastest selling show in off-Broadway history. This was followed by Ricky Jay: On the Stem, another critical and popular success which enjoyed a seven month run in New York. Both productions were written by Mr. Jay and directed by David Mamet.
Mr. Jay, the former curator of the Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts, has defined the terms of his profession for The Cambridge Guide to American Theater and the Encyclopaedia Britannica. He is the author of Jay's Journal of Anomalies, The Magic Magic Book, Cards As Weapons, Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women and most recently, Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck.
He established the firm "Deceptive Practices", which provides consultation for film, television and stage. Among the many projects on which he has provided expertise are House of Games, Sneakers, Leap of Faith, I Love Trouble, Congo, Forrest Gump, Heartbreakers, and the Broadway productions of Angels in America and Top Dog, Underdog.
He has written and hosted his own television specials for CBS, HBO, A&E and the BBC. As an actor, Mr. Jay is most recognizable from his roles in David Mamet's films House of Games, Things Change, Homicide, The Spanish Prisoner, State and Main, and Heist. He has also appeared in The X-Files and many other films including in Tomorrow Never Dies, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia. He is the host of Jay's Journal, a series of weekly essays on KCRW, the National Public Radio station in Los Angeles.
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Deadwood Nuggets
General George Custer, a great admirer of Wild Bill Hickok wrote: "Wild Bill was a strange character, add to this figure a costume blending the immaculate neatness of the dandy with the extravagant taste and style of a frontiersman, you have Wild Bill, the most famous scout on the Plains."
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