Not forget Mr. FINN JON from Norway as he have been performing during the last 25 years at CRAZY HORSE in Paris.
Wonderful Stage Act with different manipulations, floating and Soap Bubbles.

Regards
maxello

How about Bobby Torkova

My vote goes to SALVANO

Hmm don;t know why but I quite like Scott Penrose. Theres just something about his old classical magic which I just really enjoy.

I d like this Stage Magician :
1.Viktor Voitko - Creator and Artist.His three act are classic ALive.
His Floating Linking Rings-is modern Classic.
Flying Lady Illusion is incredible.
Floating Rose is best dancing cane variation.
2.Voronin (not Veronin).Great Artist.
Magic Creator
1.Kevin James - Big Star
2.Peter Marvey - ÑoolÑreator
Clouse-up Artist
Daryl and M.Ammar are BEST

I say Greg Frewin because not only does he have an awesome dove act but he does some amazing illusions also. I also love his creativity.

Neil Croswell

There are a lot of great magicians. Everybody is into differnt things I guess. Here are my personal favorites on stage.

1.) Jeff McBride
2.) Manuel Muerte
3.) Peter Marvey (Best Card Manipulation ever)
4.) The Amazing Jonathan

Here are some great stage magicians just to name a few. (According to me anyway. I find Manuel Muerte's stuff paticularly interesting).

The best magician is Vitkor Voitko!

Belive me.

Paulo Cabrita

Lance Burton is the man...

If I had to pick one, it would be Lance Burton.

Cyril Takayama- His showmanship is the best I've ever seen

If I have only one choice,
David Copperfield!

Guys guys guys..... You are forgetting the best magician of all time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8aucpJx8bs

Just take a look at his performance.Do not just take a look and close it.Look at the whole act

David Copperfield. There are many obvious reasons and many sublte reasons why he's the best. One of the obvious reasons is because of his sheer energy and love for what he does, which has resulted in over 500 shows performed ever year for the past 20+ years!

Denny Haney for sheer entertainment with classic magic.

People who influence my magic....
Jade- Best of all time!
McBride
Hobson and Johnny Thompson
Matt

David Copperfeild 100%
Greg Frewin would come next.

I appreciate the technique of Jeff McBride and Tony Clark but for me technique is the most "easy" part to any kind of art. The most difficult part that you can not learn it is the style, the persona on stage, the good taste to your outfit and about the effects you select to perform, the simplicity, to accentuate the magic and not your skill, not yourself. when Im thinking Fred Kaps, Channing Pollock, Cardini , Richard Ross, Norm Nielsen, Lance Burton (manipulations), even Copperfield I found these elements. What I don't really like to the magicians is the cocky style.. Because Magic itself is something really big that is happens in the eyes of spectators, so you don't need to pride about it. All the great magicians knew that so they didn't take theirselfs so seriously..Because then I think that you seem a bit ridiculous. We have to be good actors first, and this is the difficult thing.

David Copperfield. The best and most important magician in modern times.
Why? There are many obvious reasons why he's the best. One of the reasons and the most important one is that he is the one who took magic to another level and saved it from certain decline.(In MHO)

For me, ive always been fascinated with manipulation and that "something from nothing" idea. I remember the first time I saw peter marvey perform on worlds greatest magic, I was dumbstruck. His act was so smooth and so flawless. And his card manip was amazing. I sat there and rewound that video tape until I broke it studying everything that he did. So my favorites are:

Peter Marvey
Nathan Burton --just cuz he always has something interesting. (remember the girl in the toilet?)
Tony Clark -- I think that he has an elegance to him that you don't find too much today. He understands the classic feeling of magic. Plus I have all his videos, so he had to make the list haha.
Lance Burton
Cyril
Lennart Green --okay hes not a stage magician, but I said I loved card manip and this guy is the king.