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 […]
Read moreIt’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 […]
Read moreA 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!
Read moreKeeping 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 fingers in the early 1990’s […]
Read moreGabriela Muñoz, Sabine Choucair & Farah Kassem, three international clowns (Mexico & Lebanon) are currently in India working with children in five different communities throughout the northern part of the country. Their journey started of in Dhampur in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where they met with 60 children from Push Niketaan School and their teachers. They spent a week […]
Read moreThis is the third or fourth year in a row that I forgot that this week is International Clown Week. I have posted about it before. (In fact, when I went to go look for images for this, I found one of the images that I created!) What can I tell you, I’m a professional clown. I’m good at being […]
Read moreGreat introduction to some very interesting circuses. I’m happy to report that my show was chosen to be featured! http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-strangest-circuses  World’s Strangest Circuses Prev 1 of 12 Next Daniel Boud Forget any fear of circus clowns. The strangest shows on earth feature backflipping cats, race-car stuntmen, and burlesque puppeteers. From August 2011 By Danny Deza At London’s Hoxton Hall, […]
Read moreDISCOVER YOUR CLOWN (Level 1) 

 This 6-night workshop ‘Discover Your Clown’ is a level one approach to theatrical clown for students with limited or no clown experience. Drawing on various approaches, they will help you uncover your clown persona through the use of the world’s smallest mask–the clown nose. Character and costume will be explored. Suited for both actors […]
Read moreDaniel Stein in “Timepiece” Timepiece On Saturday, July 23rd at 8 PM, Celebration Barn Theater presents Daniel Stein in “Timepiece”. Having toured 30 countries, Timepiece deals with the passage of time in the life of a man, and how conflict and power and subsequently, joy and love emerge from time’s progression. “One of those rare revelatory experiences one waits for […]
Read moreFeatured on cover of July 15 weekend section. I’m usually great about publicizing my own stuff, but somehow fell down on the job this time. My show, The Acme Miniature Flea Circus, which features Midge and Madge, trained fleas, performing “spectacular circus stunts as seen before (and on top of) The Crowned Heads of Europe” will perform one show only […]
Read moreMy pal (the inimitable Trav. S.D) has a NY Fringe show going up, and he needs a clown. If you don’t know Trav, you must be living under a rock, because he is ubiquitous.  He has been staging various events for over 15 years, has written over 100 plays, written a great book about Vaudeville: (No Applause, Just Throw Money, […]
Read moreParallel Exit presents: Joel Jeske’s Clown and Physical Comedy Intensive Intensive July 30-31, 2011 Mistakes are the gold of live performance. We are not perfect. We are human and humanity is hilarious. Dive into the your boundless comedy mind with The Clown and Physical Comedy Intensive Intensive. It is the first in a series of workshops from the physical theater […]
Read moreRingling is holding auditions on Tuesday August 2o to tour for the 2012 season with “The Greatest Show On Earth.†I got excited for a second when I saw the poster, as I thought maybe they were bringing back Clown College, but it doesn’t seem so. It’s an audition, and they’ll hire you on if you are funny and/or you […]
Read moreLa MaMa in association with Circus Amok present: A new comic play by Jennifer Miller: “The Golden Racket” Photos by Jim Moore Inspired by the mayhem of the 2009 New York State Senate political flip-floppery, “The Golden Racket” follows the adventures of the women behind the men as they set out to enact a certain necessary revenge. Double crossings, intrigue, […]
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When: June 7, 2011 5:30 pm Where: Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia St New York, NY 10014 (212) 989-9319 Cost: Free What/Why: The opening of Jim Moore’s portrait style photographs of some of NY’s top clowns. Exhibit photos are placed in two’s: one which takes place in a relaxed black and white atmosphere out of makeup and costume, and a […]
Read moreGreat article about Guy LaLiberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil, in the NYT today. Astonishing factoid: Cirque’s 22 current productions, including its standing Las Vegas shows and the touring big-top productions, annually sell about as many tickets as all Broadway shows combined. This is pretty amazing. Read the whole article There will be another article next week about their […]
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