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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 to each performance ALL tickets […]

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 has performed with the Pig […]

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 entranced for 45 minutes.” Want […]

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 Young People, Best Design and […]

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 The event will be taped […]

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 fight has sapped his strength […]

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 CONKLIN? MABEL NORMAND, where? Only […]

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, 3 cabarets, clown films and […]

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 “Oh I think there’s a […]

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 his name on the right […]

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 of humor of a 5 […]

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 well worth it! It looks […]

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 is!