ClownLink.com

Pat Cashin recently posted a rave of a show going on at the McCarter Theatre now through October 17.    I saw Victoria Chaplin, Jean Baptiste Thierrée, and their son James perform two shows at the ART back in the early 1990’s, and I was very excited then.  This is a show by their daughter Aurelia.  I’m very much looking […]

While I’m busy blogging for the Clown Festival at the Brick Theatre, the 29th annual ClownFest is just getting ready to occur in lovely Seaside, NJ.  Clownfest bills itself as “America’s Grandest Clown Celebration”  I can’t really say if that’s true or not (I am not there- how could it be?  :O) )  They definitely have a lot of stuff […]

ADAM’S TAKE This was a fantastic show.  These two Canadian clowns have a well-thought out, well-oiled show that takes on the rather sensitive topic of menstruation.  From the toilet/throne that is the main set piece for the show, to the Leo DiCaprio poster on the wall, this show hits a number of just the right tones to keep the audience […]

ADAM’S TAKE: This female duo has good energy between them, and some of the circus skills displayed (including a really delightful bouncing ball trick with a jumprope) are downright entertaining. Their opening has a fair amount of promise [although I’ve seen something similar 3 or 4 times in other shows, thankfully not at THIS festival] Both clowns have strong understandings […]

ADAM’S TAKE First off, let’s get a couple of things straight. I love Miss Saturn.  I think Miss Saturn is a very funny improvisor and a virtuosic level hula-hooper. I’ve worked with her at several venues, and seen several different pieces that she’s done, and I in general love most of what I’ve seen.  I was really looking forward to […]

ADAM’S TAKE: I met Vincenzo Tortorici 18+ years ago at the 1992 International Clown Congress in Philadelphia (part of MTI)  We hung out, bonded then, and like most festivals, at the end we went our separate ways.  We haven’t seen each other since then, so I was really glad to hear that he was performing at the Festival, and I’d […]

Here’s where I’ve put a link to all of the other Clown Festival reviewers.  The latest reviews are listed here. https://www.clownlink.com/clownfest2010/ I’m going to be reviewing a bunch of shows for the festival, and my reviews, will be included within these pages. It’s an RSS pipe (meaning it’s all done automagically)– so a couple of non-festival posts may also be […]

Calling All Clowns! A Clown Parade, Public Pie Fight and opening night cabaret will usher in the New York Clown Theater Festival on Friday, September 3. Come hoot, honk, holler, and roll through the city in the most preposterous manner possible. We’ll gather in Union Square at 5 pm, and at 5:30, we’ll take over the L train. The pandemonium […]

NYC’s Unicycle Day Will Roll Into Brooklyn BROOKLYN — NYC’s first Unicycle Festival will be rolling across New York City this September. The first day of the festival is in Brooklyn and is being proclaimed by Borough President Marty Markwitz as Brooklyn Unicycle Day. The festivities begin with a 13-mile journey across Brooklyn, on unicycle. The growing popularity of this […]

Image via Wikipedia One of my friends  (Joel Jeske, if you must know) has been on a facebook posting tear lately, posting lots of great video from YouTube.  One of those items was a Muppets appearance by the great Wally Boag.  I had never seen it, and didn’t know the name, but he looked and sounded so familiar, that I […]

People apparently like Rotten Plantains. By popular demand, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’s favorite clowns will be back for more! Claudio from Verekai, Patrick from Banana Schpeel and their amazingly hilarious friends will be at 45 Bleecker Theatre until the end of August. The Rotten Plantains will kick off another 8-show run (appropriately) on Friday, the 13th. Tickets are $15; find them […]

Looks like there’s a fair amount of circus/clown stuff going on at this year’s NY Fringe. Lots of interesting stuff– I’m particularly interested in Magical Exploding Boy– I like the title, and the preview trailer looks very good.  I also like the looks of the Great Galvani.  And SHINE is supposed to be wonderful.  (I have friends who saw it’s […]

Ringling Red Unit Clown Todd Griffith in Hospital. Send Him a Message of Support. (this article reposted from http://www.clownalley.blogspot.com) UPDATE FROM BRANDON: From Brandon… Todd is scheduled for surgery at 11am this morning. Pray that the doctors have wisdom and discernment as they remove as much of the tumor as they can. Please continue to send him well wishes through […]

Great photo montage of my clown college roommate Jay Stewart teaching the art of pie throwing in the Tribeca Citizen. I’ve reproduced a few of the photos here, but you should really check out the whole enchilada on their website.  Well worth it. http://tribecacitizen.com/2010/08/04/pie-fight-on-white-2/ (and thanks as always to Pat Cashin’s clownalley.net for the heads up) Pie Fight on White! […]

THE BRICK THEATER, INC. PRESENTS THE NEW YORK CLOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 3-26 @ THE BRICK FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED! The Brick Theater, Inc., presenter of the first festival of Clown Theatre in New York in over 20 years in 2006, brings the festival back this fall as the 2010 New York Clown Theatre Festival, performing September 3-26 at The Brick […]

This looks to be a really interesting show if you get a chance to see it.  Patrick de Valette has been really excellent in everything I’ve seen him in, including Les Chiche Capon (and Fred Blin was one of his original partners in that) The Rotten Plantains in “French Connection (via Texas and Brazil)” - Comedy Never have you seen such a […]