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Billionaires, Millionaires...and a Magician Team Up for Global Hunger

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Billionaires, millionaires, media personalities, and just plain folk will join forces to support the Mercy Corps Action Center to End World Hunger on Tuesday, December 8th at the Magic4Mercy Benefit featuring the world-renowned magician/mind reader/illusionist extraordinaire Steve Cohen. Proceeds from the event, which will begin at 7:00 p.m. with a champagne reception, will benefit the Action Center, opened one year ago at 6 River Terrace in Battery Park in an interactive space designed by Edwin Schlossberg of ESI Design. Magic4Mercy is sponsored by Inside Sports and Entertainment Group in association with TheaterMania/OvationTix and Kuki Design.

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On December 8th the Action Center will be transformed into a stage for Cohen, whose elegant Chamber Magic show in a private suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Towers suite has delighted more than 250,000 guests over the past 9 years. Woody Allen described his performance as "a religious experience." Called the "Millionaires' Magician" by Forbes magazine and "a heart-stopping act" by The New York Times, Cohen's fans include Warren Buffett, Barry Diller, David Rockefeller, Michael Bloomberg, Jack Welch, Martha Stewart, Stephen Sondheim, Senator Chuck Schumer, and the Queen of Morocco.

The Magic4Mercy Honorary Committee, a veritable Who's Who in New York (and nearby Connecticut) includes Lauren Bush (Co-founder, FEED Projects); Mr. and Mrs. Steven Cohen (SAC Partners); Mr. and Mrs. Len Blavatnik (Access Industries); Alan Baum and Ety Rybak (Co-founders, Inside Sports and Entertainment Group); Malan Breton (Malan Breton Collection); Ken Davenport (Broadway Producer); Jules Fisher (Lighting Designer); Peter Greenberg (Travel Editor, CBS News); Paul Hecht (Actor); Daniel Koren (Founder, Daniel K); and Darren Sussman (President, TheaterMania).

Tickets for the Magic4Mercy Benefit are $125 ($100 is tax deductible) and may be purchased online at https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/7659695. For more information about the event, call 646-453-8823.

To learn more about magician Steve Cohen, see www.chambermagic.com, and about the Action Center, see www.actioncenter.org.

SOURCE Mercy Corps Action Center to End World Hunger