He's a Young Black Magician. People Ask: 'Are You the New Houdini?'

NEW YORK — Two months ago, Rajon Lynch, 23, was teaching magic in Shanghai when he got an email from the Houdini Museum of New York. For Lynch, who grew up in Wisconsin performing in the same childhood town as Harry Houdini, it was a request that seemed set up by the gods of magic. The museum’s owner, Roger Dreyer, needed a new director and had heard about Lynch. “He was intrigued I was from same place as Houdini,” recalled Lynch, who immediately bought a one-way ticket to New York to meet wi...