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Call for submissions:  2011 Toronto Festival of Clowns The Toronto Festival of Clowns aims to bring together clowns and physical theatre artists of all disciplines and backgrounds and provide a common space to showcase their work. From June 2nd to 5th, 2011, some of the World’s best Clown and Physical performers will take over 6 Noble Street, the beautiful Pia […]

Image by chooyutshing via Flickr Mime an ongoing open class for actors, clowns, dancers & variety arts on all levels Taught by Stanley Allan Sherman Tuesday Mornings 10:15 – 11:30 AM  Nov. 9 – Dec. 21 (optional personal warm-up starts at 10:00 AM) $15 per class Pier Studios at Pier 40, Hudson River Park, NYC For information and reservations contact: […]

Amazon must be going crazy with classic comedy DVD’s.  Which means that basically, so am I! This time they are offering Rowan Atkinson’s deliciously sinful Black Adder Remastered for $35.00 !  Retail price $80.00  BUY IT HERE If you don’t know Black Adder or only know Rowan Atkinson from Mr. Bean, you are in for a real treat.   Here’s a […]

I Love Lucy: The Complete Series This set features the whole McGillicuddy–34 discs of non-stop redhead hilarity.  It’s retail priced at $235.98.  Today at Amazon it’s $84.99.  Click the link above or the image to the left to purchase.  Hurry, it goes off sale tomorrow! CLICK HERE TO BUY. (Amazon affiliate link) This set includes all 180 episodes plus the […]

It seems like I’m always finding about out stuff late in the game.  I only heard about this conference by accident (a friend on Facebook is going to another conference in Ohio, and several other friends said “oh, are you going to Charlie in the Heartland?”)  And that’s how I found out about it. Based on my schedule, it’s doubtful […]

It’s not much money, but I bet it will be a lot of fun. The parade goes from mild to wild, and you can take part and be any, all, or anything in between. If you are interested, contact Christopher Lueck from NY Downtown Clown, pronto. There’s only money for 20 clowns. (Email information below) BE IN THE FAMOUS NYC HALLOWEEN […]

Aaron Bloom, former Ringling clown and player in the upcoming  movie WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, writes clearly and eloquently about the series of unfortunate events that drove him back to whiteface and large shoes in the NY Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17lives-t.html If you haven’t read the book WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, I highly recommend it. (click the book title to see it on Amazon)

I studied with Arne in 1995 and he’s very knowledgeable and an excellent teacher.  I’m sure he’s gotten better with age!  To the left are examples of the masks he uses. Workshop Description: The ability to imagine yourself into someone else’s psyche and physicality is profoundly supported by working with masks. Whether your theatrical projects are masked or unmasked, Arne […]

The Clown Revue is Back! After a hiatus (and a sad possible extinction), I’m happy to report that the NY Downtown Clown Revue is back. Be sure to catch the first performance of the 5th Season! It’s at a new location (Dixon Place) See below for details. SHOW INFO: COMMISSIONED ACTS: Commission #1: Create an act with a Melancholy Tramp Character. Commissioned Artist: Kevin […]

ADAM’S TAKE This show relies heavily on the charms of the two actors, and it largely succeeds. Jeff and Chris (or shall we call him Buttons) are a good match of energy and demeanor. They both are unmistakably clowns, but with a downtown urban air. They are both not traditional showman, but have a studied non-chalance that suits their po-mo […]

This is a great idea for a show, at a venue that looks like it produces all kinds of great stuff. Conceived and created by Chicago area burl-q-uers , the show will feature  Chicago favorite Coo d’Twat as Mario, and Lily e’Claire (a recent import from the Champaign burlesque scene) as Luigi,  as well as  introduce six new performers to […]

ADAM’S TAKE I’m blogging about this a little bit after the fact.  I saw this on the double bill with Perhaps Perhaps. Overall, I thought this was a really fun show.  Olivia the clown builds an interesting world, and invites us inside.  She is a waiter at a Chinese restaurant, and she secretly dreams of being her comic book hero, […]

ADAM’S TAKE This show was a delight to watch. Gabriel Munoz as the Bride sets a hilarious and startling image as a woman in a bridal dress eating cake. The first three minutes of her wordlessly eating cake are terrific. She lets you imagine why she’s there. After that she acknowledges the audience, and starts to let us in on […]

ADAM’S TAKE: This is a bouffon show (if you are not sure what bouffon is, take a look here) with an oversized character Ferdinand, wearing a Hitler hairdo, a gigantic diaper, a too-revealing pink body suit, and a nose that makes Jimmy Durante’s shnozz seem delicate and quaint. The show starts off in a typical bouffon fashion- the character enters, […]

ADAM’S TAKE I was really hoping to like this show. When I did the San Francisco Fringe Festival a number of years ago, there was an improv troupe doing something very similar, (they were supposedly an improv troupe from an hitherto undiscovered Slovakian country, and they were hilarious) The director of Theatre Dzieci is a student of Jerzy Grotowski, and […]