Four Clowns , a Los Angeles based clown troupe, will be making a brief,East Coast debut May 23 to June 1 at  The Club at La MaMa. The show, which is also titled Four Clowns,  is a partly improvised romp through life and death, seen through the lens of the clown.  This show is for adults. The clowns are one woman, Alexis Jones, […]
Read moreSomewhere around 1989 I appeared in a very fun touring production of Twelfth Night for the now defunct Perishable Theatre. Â (I played Malvolio) Â At the end of the show, a guy came up to me to say how much he liked the show. Â He was not a typical theatre going guy, I think he was the brother of one of […]
Read moreI had the privilege and opportunity to see Bello Nock perform his show Bello Mania at the New Victory Theatre (where it will be playing through August 20) Â I can highly recommend it. Bello is widely acclaimed in the media as America’s best clown. Â I don’t know if he’s #1, but I think he’s definitely up there. Â What makes him […]
Read moreWe’ve featured Kendall Cornell’s workshops and works on clownlink many times before. Â Kendall is one of the top “women only” clown teachers in the country (she may be the only one too) Kendall feels that women will feel more comfortable and be more creative (and create differently) by learning to fail without men in the room. Â in her words from […]
Read moreA very cool project recently came to my attention– the Xylovan, an old Ford Club Wagon that has been retrofitted, retrograded, remachined and re imagined into a musical van, that allows interactive participants to bang on it and make all kinds of weird wondrous music. The concept came about approximately 4-5 years ago, and based on their website and their […]
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Back in 2011, I saw Mark Gindick do his first solo show up at SUNY Purchase.  SEE MY REVIEW It was a cold and snowy day, and the show was really great, although just in its beginning stages.  At the  talkback afterwards, Mark explained that there would be a whole lot of changes coming. Well, 2 years have passed, and […]
Read moreFascinating radio program on the history of British clowning from the BBC. Better listen to it in a hurry though, because it’s only available for 2 more days (not sure if it will be available for purchase afterwards.) Host Tony Lidington (who created a one man show based on British music hall master clown Dan Leno)  traces the role of the […]
Read moreThe Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will be performing their 20nth anniversary cabaret this weekend at the Brooklyn Lyceum.  The legendary Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret returns to Brooklyn from March 13 – 16 at the Brooklyn Lyceum! For 20 years, Bindlestiff’s New York City Cabaret season has been an alternative New York favorite providing a stage for the world’s best in circus, […]
Read moreIn addition to running this site, being a clown, and having a bunch of other projects, Â I’ve started co-hosting the Modern Dad’s Podcast. Â It’s a podcast where we discuss all things fatherhood, and I’ve been having a great time chatting with internet safety experts, doctors who specialize in dads, authors, and other folks. Our latest episode is […]
Read moreCirkopolis, Cirque Eloize’s latest show making it’s NYC premiere at the NYU Skirball Center through January 5) sits at the juncture of modern dance, performance art, and circus. Â The show features some amazing visuals and some virtuoso performances by an ensemble of very talented acrobats. The show also features some amazing visuals, in the form of projections on a large […]
Read moreThe Big Apple Circus’s Luminocity is a fun evening at the circus. Â It features some of Big Apple’s most beloved performers (although as advertised from a couple of years ago, Grandma has not come back. Â At least not yet!) Many of the acts have appeared under the Big Apple Circus tent before– and all of them are really good. Clown […]
Read moreFor the last few years, December has been a bit of a circus month in NY.  Shows from all around the globe come to the Big Apple to make the end of the year just a little bit  brighter.  This year is no exception  There are at least 3 circuses in town running concurrently over the next couple of weeks. […]
Read more Circus: from Egypt to Éloize Panel discussion Thursday, December 12th, 6:30 p.m. This coming winter, NYU Skirball Center will present Cirkopolis, a circus theater production by Cirque Éloize, a Quebec-based contemporary circus troupe. To celebrate and contextualize this production, a panel discussion will feature experts, practitioners and scholars from the world of circus. They will discuss early references to circus in ancient Egyptian […]
Read moreGot a chance to see Rhythmic Circus, a rock and roll tap dance show from Minneapolis at the New Victory. They’ll be here through December 1, and this show is of the don’t miss variety. Â In a word, the show was sensational. The show, which was the hit of the Edinburgh Fringe in 2012, features a 7 piece rock band […]
Read moreIn support of his show at the Pit, Eric Davis (the Red Bastard) is giving a workshop in bouffon clowning techniques. If you haven’t studied bouffon, Eric is one of the world’s leading practitioners, and is an excellent teacher. Here’s the info for the workshop: Wanna fool around? Release your inner mischief! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to take a […]
Read moreIf you haven’t seen Red Bastard and you live in NY, you should definitely see this show. Even if you live outside of NY, take a train and come on in. Â You will be glad that you did. Eric Davis, inhabitor of Red Bastard, has been out on the West Coast working with Cirque du Soleil for the last year […]
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