Ciao, Pagliacci.

If you haven’t heard, the amazing tenor Luciano Pavarotti has recently died. As a singer, he was a real talent. And for opera fans around the world, he was the only clown they really cared about (or maybe even seen) Pagliacci the opera was first made famous by the tenor Enrico Caruso, and since has become one of the standards […]

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Dario Fo– Fears of a Clown

An article about Dario Fo appeared in the UK newspaper The Independent recently. (article below, or read the article here.) If you don’t know Dario Fo, you should. He is an Italian satirist, playwright, theater director, actor, clown, and composer. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. He currently owns and operates a theatre company with his wife […]

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Fringe Wrapup….

Gardi Hutter won the Overall Excellence Award for acting in the NY Fringe! Considering there were over 200 shows performing, I think that’s an incredible feat. Congratulations, Gardi! I saw 3 shows in the fringe this year, which is less than previous years– All of them clown related (You can search this site for Fringe to see my show reviews). […]

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Clown Slang on Twitter

There’s a new thing that I’ve been following called Twitter. It’s like a blog, but it gets sent to your phone.For example, there’s a clown slang twitter that sends out a clown slang term once a day or so. If you are interested, check outhttp://www.twitter.com/clownslang follow clownslang at http://twitter.com

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Clownville News

Clownville News is a website that features the best news and headlines about clowns all throughout the world. They subscribe to a number of news feeds, and compile them all into one site. How great is that? To get more information, or to start viewing the latest in clown news, visit their website: http://www.clownvillenews.com/

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Space Tengu Costume Contest

A friend of mine is running this contest– and thought this might be of interest. A Tengu is kind of like a garden gnome, but it’s long-nosed, birdlike, red, and a protective demon in Japanese mythology. In the upcoming production that this contest is for, the tengu are also very clown-like. Visit the wikipedia entry for more information. My friend […]

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Mike Daisey Walkout & Attack

This video is just too much to be believed. Mike Daisey, not a clown, more of a comic monologist/sitdown comedian/storyteller, is performing his show in a very posh experimental theatre in Cambridge MA. (The ART, American Repertory Theatre) In the middle of his sold out show, 87 protesters get up and walk out, and one of them pours water on […]

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News: Local clown buoyed by Ringling visit

Often you hear about clowns cheering up people doing hospital visits, this is about clowns cheering up… other clowns! ==================================================FULL ARTICLE: CLICK HERE Cheers from a clown: Local jester buoyed by Ringling Bros. visitThursday, April 05, 2007 By Jim Six jimsix@sjnewsco.com WOODBURY, NJ After years of clowning around to raise the spirits of boys and girls of all ages, Al […]

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