About Bill
2009
Bill gave his first paid performance when he was 14, and from the age of 15 he became the student, apprentice, and lifelong friend of Slydini, the legendary sleight-of-hand wizard often acclaimed as the premier closeup magician of all time and recently described in the New York Times this year in two extensive pieces by Dick Cavett.
When Paul Newman searched the country for the best magician he could find, he selected Bill Brunelle. Harry Belafonte described Bill as
“the most entertaining magician I’ve ever seen.”
Bill’s experience has included sojourns in well-known nightclubs and comedy clubs, on cruise ships and on Broadway--from a featured role (written for him) in the musical BARNUM to backstage consulting on THE MAGIC SHOW starring Doug Henning (also a Slydini protege.)
Recruited by Fortune 100 companies in recent years as a professional prestidigitator, Bill has befuddled senior management for clients such as Citibank, Merrill Lynch, Revlon, ITT, Prudential Securities, Good Housekeeping, ESPN, Newman’s Own, and many more.
About Bill Brunelle
One of Wall Street’s largest securities firms held an elegant function for 600 clients. Bill’s fee was considerably more than the combined fees of the two magicians who had been used the previous year. “You had ten times the impact of those two guys,” the client said afterwards. “We should have just had you this year and not bothered with this 10-piece orchestra!”
“Bill takes high powered executives and invites them to play full out. A class act all the way. I cannot recommend him highly enough for any corporate function where his taste, sophistication, humor, and astonishing feats will win over clients or the inner circle of your senior staff.”
—Winthrop Smith, Chairman
Merrill Lynch International Incorporated