She's right about him being on Broadway, but still he shakes his head. Rather than clarify immediately, however, he instead shifts, holding a hand flat over the table with the air of someone about to put on a performance. And put on a performance he does, producing a deck of cards with a flick of his fingers, though no real magic is involved.

Fanning them out, he holds them out to her. Pick a card, any card. "I'm a stage magician."