If you’ve been following the Clown Summit like I have, you’ve been impressed with the substance and the breadth of the conversation. Christopher Lueck has done a great job interviewing clown educators, and getting them to talk about what is behind their work. The interviews have been available for free, but only for 24 hours at a time. He then […]
Read moreNY Goofs Winter Intensive NYC Feb 17-19 Winter Intensive NYC is February 17–19, 2012 Spend the weekend training with the NY Goofs. For this workshop, the focus is on the funny. Friday evening, and all day Saturday and Sunday. This workshop will focus on approaching clowning and material development through improvisation. Clown School and Act Development NYC Summer Dates TBA […]
Read moreUPDATE: CLOWN SUMMIT 2012 NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE! (affiliate link) Christopher Lueck’s Clown Summit is back with an all new set of audio interviews with influential and amazing clowns. Last year, he focused on pretty famous clowns. This year, he’s focusing on clown educators, and he’s got a great line up. I personally know three of the interviewees, and I […]
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Adscensio, a sixty minute circus directed by Dic Wheeler , features nine super-talented teenagers from the Oddfellows Playhouse Traveling Circus. Performances are Friday and Saturday, January 20 & 21 at 7:30 pm at the Oddfellows Playhouse, 128 Washington Street in Middletown, CT. Tickets are $15 for adults and $ 8 for students, seniors and poverty stricken circus performers. Call (860) […]
Read moreBarry Lubin is retiring from Big Apple, and the show in NY ends today. We’re going to try for the last show at 4:30 today. If you miss the circus it will appear again in Queens in June and NJ in March. READ AN ARTICLE (with video)
Read moreHello clown fans! This is your friendly reminder that the Downtown Clown Revue is tonight! visit www.newyorkdowntownclown.com for all the details! The 12/19/2011 Clown Revue Monday’s LINEUP • Michael Karas and Jen Slaw • Billy Schultz • LUPINO LANE starring in “GOOD NIGHT NURSE” (silent film with accompanist Ben Model) • “It’s a Wonderful Life” in 10mins! by Olivia Lehrman, directed […]
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Here’s my review in one word: Awesome. As I mentioned earlier, my son and I saw Cirque Shanghai on Sunday. It was (to coin a phrase) Awesome. In my experience, Chinese and Russian circuses are always high in virtuosity, but a little stodgy in terms of style– they usually seem to either kowtow to the “super traditional” or seem to […]
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The “World’s premier company” of Chinese acrobats , Cirque Shanghai, will be performing all this month at the New Victory Theatre . (I know , it seems like I’m featuring the New Victory theatre a lot in this blog– it’s for good reason. (actually, a couple of good reasons) They present a huge amount of stuff in the clown/physical comedy/wonderful […]
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I saw UnTapped at the New Victory Theatre on 11/13/2011. UnTapped is created by Australian dance company Raw Metal. The show is set up like a rock concert, with risers for the musicians, rock lighting, and an mc/master of ceremonies named Dr. Rhythm, who did some really fun beatbox effects, including taking a kid out of the audience and teaching […]
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Excellent thought piece on the anthropology of why people hate clowns on the blog of the Scientific American. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/2011/10/31/cant-sleepclown-will-eat-me-why-are-we-afraid-of-clowns/ I say excellent, although it’s mostly excellent in that she brought it up. From a scholarship perspective she might be getting it right, but from the perspective of the clown, I think she’s got a lot wrong. She says: Clowns break […]
Read moreJust heard about the death of Tom Keith, the guy who did most of the really amazing sound effects on NPR. He was a wonderful foley artist and sound fx guy, and could imitate just about anything, or come stageworthy close. Here’s his LA Times Obit. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/04/local/la-me-tom-keith-20111103 and his NY Times Obit. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/arts/tom-keith-creator-of-radio-soundscapes-dies-at-64.html And a very moving memorial page on […]
Read moreThe Neo-Futurists, performers of the fringe hit Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind and creators of over 60 other original, full-length productions (and whose motto is “Theatre that doesn’t suck”), are taking on a classic tragic moment in Chicago history as their next holiday production. It’s not a redemptive tale of a greedy man (A Christmas Carol) or […]
Read moreI got the opportunity to see The Fartiste last night. I was in august company. I was sitting at the table with the cast of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, along with John Towsen, author of the esteemed book Clowns, and an excellent clown and physical comedy blogger/writer. Also at the table was Michael Bongar, former clown and now an event […]
Read moreClowns Ex Machina in ClownS Full-Tilt:     A Musing on Aesthetics November 4th -20th Created and directed by Kendall Cornell with Clowns Ex Machina Amanda Barron, Carla T Bosnjak, Kendall Cornell, Julie Kinkle, Michaela Lind, Diana Lovrin, Lucia Rich, Maria Smushkovich, and Virginia Venk Kendall Cornell has been a champion and teacher of female clowning in […]
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The Fartiste is a new Off-Broadway musical comedy about one of Show Business’s weirdest acts. Set in 1890s Paris, this strange (but true!) story follows the uniquely talented Joseph Pujol, whose musical derriere propelled him to being the highest paid performer at the illustrious Moulin Rouge. Full of romance, hilarious characters, sweet melodies, and a chorus of Can-Can dancers, this […]
Read moreThe Reduced Shakespeare Company is bringing their zany brand of comedy and reduction to the New Victory Theatre now through November 6.  This team of 3 have taken on a number of other subjects in the past, starting with Shakespeare and moving on to the Bible, American History, World History, and  a bunch of other long and serious subjects.  Their […]
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