Spymonkey Clown Workshops (NY & London)

October 26, 2011

I’ve featured Spymonkey Classes here before– this is the latest iteration.  They’ve got 2 weeks in NY and 1 week in London.  If you haven’t taken a workshop, check it out! LONDON 28th Nov – 2nd Dec 2011 People Show Studios, Pollard Row, London E2 6NB Spymonkey Clown Masterclass A five-day workshop with Aitor Basauri, [...]

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Ringling’s Fully Charged Discounts (Chicago area!)

October 24, 2011

Ringling Bros® and Barnum & Bailey Presents Fully Charged We saw the show when it was in the Meadowlands in NJ, and it was really a great show.  This discount will get you 4 tickets for $44 , so jump on it.  That’s a great deal! And there’s free parking! Doors open an hour prior [...]

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Handshake Uppercut at Dixon Place (NY)

October 21, 2011

Handshake Uppercut, a Victorian Clown Throwdown, will be appearing at Dixon Place Thursdays and Saturdays from November 3-19.  The show features John Leo and Jay Dunn, two local clowns who have performed in a number of shows around town.  Leo is the instigator of Tiny Dangerous Fun and was a performer in Peg-Ass-Us.  Jay Dunn [...]

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Review of White up at Dadapalooza

October 20, 2011

I’m sharing the blog love, so wrote my review of WHITE at my other blog, http://www.dadapalooza.com  (what?  you didn’t know I have other blogs?  For shame, for shame!) Here’s an excerpt: “The set has an ingenious design, and the writing/staging/performance of this are all great.  My son (and all the other kids there) were basically [...]

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White at the New Victory Oct 12-Nov 13 (NY)

October 15, 2011

This looks to be another great show for the under 5 crowd at the New Victory.  Not quite clown, but theatrical. It is produced by Catherine Wheels, which is a Scottish Children’s Theatre Company. It won a number of awards at this year’s Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland, including Best Production for Children and [...]

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Classical Music/Comedy Contest (WQXR, NY)

September 28, 2011

WQXR Classical Comedy Contest Are you a classical musician with a funny side? Are you a comedian with a classical music side? WQXR and Carolines On Broadway have joined forces to create a one-of-a-kind talent contest. You have a chance to play Broadway as part of the New York Comedy Festival! To enter, visit http://www.wqxr.org/comedy [...]

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Clown College Reunion on the Cape– “Chuck-centennial”

September 24, 2011

I’m hanging around with 50 Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Clown College  (RBBBC) Alumni this weekend on Cape Cod. It’s a little overwhelming.  Clowns of all shapes, ages, and classes are here.  Clown college started in 1968, and went up until 1997, there are over 1500 alumni of the school.  Of course, some have passed [...]

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J.P. Patches makes his last appearance.

September 18, 2011

J.P. Patches, a very well-known TV clown in the Seattle area, has made his last public appearance. Before a crowd of  about 1000, Patches, who is portrayed by 83 year old Chris Wedes, played games with kids, sang songs, and even hula-hooped.  Wedes has been battling with cancer for the last 4 years, and the [...]

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POEM: To Mr. Mack Sennett, on His Animated Pictures

September 8, 2011

Thanks to Mr. Gart Westerhout for pointing this out to me. To Mr. Mack Sennett, on His Animated Pictures SENNETT! Regard, I pray, our cinema – Its endless reels of rancid agonies. The drear dilemmas of its formula. There is no laughter in Los Angeles. CHAPLIN, arouse! Up, up, my HAROLD LLOYD! Ah, where is [...]

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Amuse Bouche 2011- NY Clown Theatre Festival 2011 Sept 7-25 (NY)

September 6, 2011

The Brick Theater, presenter of the New York Clown Theatre Festival , has decided to make that esteemed festival biennial  (for those of you who are not sure– that means every other year)  In between, it presents the Amuse Bouche– a lighter selection of events.   This year it’s not really so light–  9 mainstage shows, [...]

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Kelly Miller Circus, Chesterton IN

August 30, 2011

I have been following Steve Copeland’s blog for some time, but inexplicably missed their show when it was in the NY area.  (for those that don’t know, Steve Copeland and Ryan Combs are the clowns currently on the Kelly-Miller Circus.) This week we’re on vacation in Chicago/Indiana with my wife’s family, and my step-mother-in-law says [...]

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Trav S.D.’s American Vaudeville Theatre

August 18, 2011

I’ve been remiss– this blogpost was supposed to go out LAST WEEK! Sorry!  You’ve got three more chances to see the show! If you are a careful reader of this blog, you know who Trav S.D. is.   Even if you are not a careful reader of this blog, you probably can’t help to have seen [...]

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Steve “TJ Tatters” Smith

August 8, 2011

Happy birthday and a ceremonial pie in the face to Steve Smith, former director of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Clown College. I’m not sure how old he is now chronologically, but I think that nearly everyone that knows him would say that he’s got the energy of a 20 year old, and the sense [...]

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I Love Lucy too!- 100 fantastic years!

August 6, 2011

It’s Lucy’s Hundred Birthday Party… Here’s a few great clips from the show.  There are far too many to post them all.  If you want to see all of them, you should get the complete series on Amazon.  Right now they are having a super big sale– $140 for the complete series (normally $249)  It’s [...]

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Circus World Clowns

August 6, 2011

A really great collage of Circus World Clowns.  In case you don’t know, Circus World was a circus theme park that was owned by Ringling, then Mattel, and then later got shut down. Find out more about Circus World at http://www.lostparks.com/cwld.html The only thing about the collage is I really want to know who everybody [...]

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Traces- The 7 Fingers of the Hand- (NY)

August 3, 2011

Keeping with the theme of international circus/clowns, I recently was invited to see a show that has just opened up at the Union Square Theatre.  It’s by a wonderful troupe from Montreal called Les Sept Doigts de La Main (The Seven Fingers of the Hand)  I was in a circus with two of the 7 [...]

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