“WHY IS YOUR PRICE SO HIGH?” This is a question that performers get a lot. A friend of mine posted this recently on Facebook– I don’t know who originally wrote it- but it’s a great parable about the invisible costs of putting on shows, and why hiring a professional makes sense. This story is about being a DJ, but it […]
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Barry Friedman was one of the most successful jugglers in the world. His group, the Raspyni Brothers, performed all over television (Tonight Show, Circus of the Stars, Regis & Kathy, etc), stages (opening for Robin Williams, Howie Mandel, Tom Jones, Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, Dean Martin, Bob Hope, and many others), and corporate gigs (over 100 of the Fortune 500 […]
Read moreENTER LAUGHING! Baraboo’s International Clown Hall of Fame & Research Center Opens For Funny Business On Friday, May 21, 2010 Baraboo, WI (April 29, 2010) — The world’s foremost organization dedicated to the preservation of the art, craft and history of clowning will open its doors in Baraboo on Friday, May 21, 2010 at 10 am. The International Clown […]
Read moreCouldn’t happen to a nicer (or more deserving) guy. Greg was one of my instructors at Clown College, and I’ve seen him a few times, including the couple of days that I was researching in Baraboo. He’s a very funny clown, and a historian and collector– with one of the largest collections of clown video in the world (perhaps with […]
Read moreJohn Towsen, author of one of the classics of clown literature (entitled Clowns: A Panoramic History of Fools and Jesters, Medieval Mimes, Jongleurs and Minstrels, Pueblo Indian Delight Makers and Cheyenne Contraries, Harlequins and Pierrots, Theatrical Buffoons, etc.) now has a blog. His blog is called ALL FALL DOWN, after the famous Black Plague poem ” Ring around a rosie, […]
Read moreDrew Richardson, the Dramatic Fool, is hard at work again. His blog, Think Foolishly, is currently featuring his takes on how to Think Foolishly. He’s got 60 great tips across five categories on how to create a clown logic for your work, how to enhance, create, or otherwise extend a clown routine in a logical and foolish way. He’s currently […]
Read morePerhaps some of you have noticed that one of the best clown sites– Pat Cashin’s Clownalley.net, has suddenly gone away. To be more accurate, the website is still there– but all of the archives are gone It’s not by design– sadly, Pat Cashin, who has been working tirelessly on the site for the last three years, and had amassed easily […]
Read moreIf you want, you can attend his birthday party drunk, have your makeup sloppily made-up, root through his garbage, smoke cigars throughout his house, curse a lot, and offer to date his wife. I think he’d like that. On the other hand, you could just go visit his website and wish him a happy birthday in the comments! http://www.clownalley.net
Read moreI’ve featured Kathie previously on the blog here But that was before she had a blog! She’s got a relatively new blog Clownmommy.com It’s a personal account of her trying to do her work as a mom. So far I’ve read through most of it, and it definitely talks a lot about the struggles I have now (and I’m sure […]
Read moreNYC’s 7th Annual Juggling Festival!Friday March 7-Sunday March 9, 2008 Pratt Institute200 Willoughby AveBrooklyn, NY Juggling, workshops, games, shows, prizes, special guests, a raffle and more!! For more information click the links to the right. All events open to the public. JUGGLING AT PRATT ACTIVITIES RESOURCE BUILDING:FREE and open to the publicFriday 5-10:30 pm (open juggling)Saturday 10 am-7 pm (open […]
Read moreBrian Foley (of Circus Bambouk) has started a very nice Commedia Link blog– he’s putting up all sorts of great video regarding commedia, as well as book reviews, photographs, pictures of masks, thoughts, philosophy,etc. I highly recommend checking it out. Visit the blog at http://cdalinks.blogspot.com/ He posted two video links that I was especially interested in– both feature Ferrucio Soleri. […]
Read moreAdam Lazarus is a performer, director and instructor whose work in physical theatre, clown and bouffon has taken him to France, England and coast to coast across Canada. As a young man, Adam founded the Toronto based collective company Schmigeggy, where he produced, directed and performed in 10 of Schmigeggy’s popular original works. After critical success and monetary failure, the […]
Read moreAs many of you know, I am covering the NY Clown Theater Festival as a blogger. (Many of my posts will also appear here) You can read all of the posts that I make here about the festival by clicking here (or by searching for the label Festival in the search box.) Here are the links of the other “official” […]
Read moreSince 1997, performers.net has been THE place online for international variety performers to meet, network and share ideas. The focus of performers.net is primarily street performing, and there is a loud and raucous community of some of the best and the brightest. It’s absolutely free to use, and set up as a bulletin board/forum. There are gig postings, a classified […]
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