Magic has been Michael Weber’s life since he was a teenager in Southern California, later becoming the protégé of famed illusionist Ricky Jay.
He took that beyond the stage for movies such as “Forest Gump,” where he helped create the illusion that Gary Sinise’s Lt. Dan had no legs; and creating a “ladder of light” for the characters in the Broadway drama “Angels in America.”
When the producers of “Beetlejuice” wanted to bring the magic of Tim Burton’s 1988 horror comedy to the Broadway stage in 2019, Weber got the call to bring his expertise to the musical…