Showcase On Main Presents – Elkton Magic’s Smoothini: The Ghetto Houdini

Smoothini: The Ghetto Houdini

May 13th and 14th you don’t want to miss SMOOTHINI: The Ghetto Houdini.  Tomas De la Cruz, most commonly known as Smoothini, is a self-proclaimed Jedi Shogun; he mixes of tongue-in-cheek humor and thorough knowledge of entertaining the toughest audiences, having performed on the streets of Times Square; Darwin, Australia; and Naha, Okinawa, Japan. He was a contestent on Season nine of America’s Got Talent!

Currently living in Las Vegas, Smooth, as he is known, is a former United States Marine. Born in the Dominican Republic, but raised in New York City, Smooth was inspired to pursue magic after watching videos of David Copperfield when he was eight years old. He was a little shaken up after the events of 9/11 so he joined the Marine Corps when he was 21. Having honorably completed a tour of service resulting in him serving during the war.

Smooth is a regular at the Haha Comedy Club in North Hollywood. Normally he brings his show on the road for resorts, colleges, festivals, conventions, and corporate events. He has performed for BET, MTV, VH1, Disney, Sea World, the La Jolla Marriott and Bank of America among many other venues.