Today is the last day to watch Simon McBurney (director of Theatre Complicite) perform his amazing solo show The Encounter. UPDATE: Â It looks like they took this private. Â It is no longer available. Sorry if you missed it. Â It was great! Here’s the youtube link: The show sold out at the Barbican in London, and they streamed the show live […]
Read moreMy son and I went to go see the Lookingglass production of Moby Dick. Â It’s an adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic whale of a novel. Â The show runs through August 28 at their downtown Chicago location. The show is beautifully done and realized. Â This is the second Lookingglass show we’ve seen, and they do an amazing job of integrating circus […]
Read moreSince I’ve moved to Chicago, I’ve gone to a few networking events, or met people involved .  Eventually it comes out that I’m a clown.  And then people start saying, “Do you know…”  Playing clown geography. I had numerous people tell me that I should check out the Ruffians, especially their holiday show Burning BlueBeard, which was a big hit when […]
Read moreMark Lonergan and Joel Jeske of the Physical Theatre company Parallel Exit  are teaching a Comedy Academy. Open to all levels, the classes (8 in number) will give students practical knowledge and technique that will make them funnier as they develop and perfect their own performance, material, character, and style.Classes are mix and match (you can go to all 8, […]
Read moreMovement Theatre Studio is a NY based company that is dedicated to teaching LeCoq technique for the American Actor. Their aim is to create a home for the teachings of Jacques Lecoq in New York. MTS believes that there is no separation between the psychological and the physical actor. The most exciting performer is one who can engage their imagination […]
Read moreDrew the Dramatic Fool, whose projects have embellished this blog more than once, (Here, Here, and Here, at the least) is in NY for a run of shows at the Canal Park Playhouse, a tiny gem of a theatre in Tribeca. The theatre seats 50, and is mostly dedicated to family and vaudeville/variety shows. Drew is presenting his fabulous one […]
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