The New York Premiere of the Piccolo Teatro di Milano’s production of Goldoni’s classic work: Trilogia della villeggiatura Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni’s 1761 three-part satire of the Italian middle class was given new life more than 50 years ago by Piccolo Teatro di Milano’s late founder, Giorgio Strehler. With a nod to Strehler and in the spirit of Goldoni, Italian […]
Read moreThey care enough to clown around | CapeCodOnline.com By CYNTHIA McCORMICK cmccormick@capecodonline.com July 16, 2009 BOSTON – Wearing a big red nose and black clodhopper shoes, Jay Stewart of Harwich bungles his way — on purpose — into rooms at Children’s Hospital Boston. He and fellow Big Apple Circus clown Brian Dwyer are there to entertain young patients recuperating from […]
Read moreThanks to Trav S.D.’s blog Travalanche I learned of sad news this week– Seattle based Circus Contraption is ending. Here’s an article from Fremont Universe (a local Seattle blog) with photos and an interview: http://www.fremontuniverse.com/2009/07/12/circus-contraption-says-farewell-this-week Circus Contraption says farewell this week July 12th, 2009 · The “Show to End All Shows†has ended, and Fremont’s Circus Contraption is calling it […]
Read moreGiovanni Fusetti (who we’ve profiled here before) is giving some workshops in Boulder this summer, and there are still some places available. Boulder, COLORADO-USAAugust 2nd to 23rd THE RED NOSEInternational Training on Theatre Clown6th Edition Two places are still available !!! http://www.giovannifusetti.com/en/workshops-detail.php?nav=1〈=en&post=40 Boulder, COLORADO-USAAugust 25th to September 6th CLOWN’S LIFEAdvanced Training Writing and devising with your clown One place is […]
Read moreAny one of these guys would be a treat to see. All three is just the icing on the cake on the ice cream. If you are in the San Francisco area, don’t miss it! The FLYING ACTOR STUDIO is an international center that celebrates the imagination and invites a profound journey into the very heart of life. In Spring […]
Read moreTwo Dell’arte Graduates get their house (and their work and their website) featured in the NY Times! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/realestate/05habi.html Habitats The Traveling Circus Stops Here Ruby Washington/The New York Times Christina Gelsone and Seth Bloom, both clowns, rehearse in their apartment By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM Published: July 2, 2009 CHRISTINA GELSONE, a slender 36-year-old with delicate features and hair the color of […]
Read moreNatalia Paruz, also known as “The Saw Lady” has spent the last 10 years bringing the art of the musical saw to audiences high and low. She is a NYC subway musician that has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta, at Carnegie Hall, at Madison Square Garden, and at numerous other events, including the Spoleto Festival, […]
Read moreWell, don’t say that doing a preview show won’t get you anywhere. In November, Parallel Exit previewed their tap show TIME STEP at the Joyce Theatre. It got great reviews on a limited four day run, and more than likely they broke even or lost a little money on that venture. However, people saw it, and the gods smiled, and […]
Read moreStilt-walkers gathering for the 25th anniversary of Cirque du Soleil on June 16, 2009 Five years after setting the first Guinness world record for the most people simultaneously walking on stilts, Cirque du Soleil is inviting its artists and employees of Fortaleza (Brazil), Las Vegas (U.S.A.), Lisbon (Portugal), Macau (China), Montreal (Canada), Nagoya (Japan), New York (U.S.A.), Orlando (U.S.A.) and […]
Read moreThanks to Pat Cashin and Don Covington for the heads up on this.Jay was my roommate at Ringling’s clown college. I’d love to go check it out, if I have the time! JAY STEWART: Elvis… The King and Me from Pat Cashin’s CLOWNALLEY.NET by Pat Cashin Link courtesy of Don Covington The Clown And The King: Jay Stewart Rocks In […]
Read moreAfter 29 years, Clown Camp to bow out after this year By AUTUMN GROOMS | agrooms@lacrossetribune.com . Paint on a sad face for the Clown Camp. The long-time annual event that attracted thousands of clowns to La Crosse since it started 29 years ago will cease after the 2009 session ends Friday at Viterbo University. Clown Camp teacher Lee Mullally, […]
Read moreJust got word that Dog and Pony DC (a company of female artists in DC) is putting on a show at the Capital Fringe in DC titled (you guessed it) Bare Breasted Women Sword Fighting.Want to guess what the show features? :o) First off– great title for a fringe show– this is a show that is going to sell out […]
Read moreThe Maestrosities (the self-proclaimed coolest band ever) is a group of clown musicians who have a really good time while playing instruments. They’ve announced a collaboration with The Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra. On the program: Finlandia – Jean Sibelius Peter and the Wolf – Sergei Prokofiev The William Tell Overture – Tonto They most certainly won’t be interfering with the […]
Read moreStanley Allen Sherman and Hovey Burgess present another in their series of intensive Commedia Dell’arte Courses . It starts this Sunday at pier Studios in NY. Commedia dell’Arte Summer Intensive Seminar 2 Week Workshop June 14th – June 26, 2009Price $795at pierStudios in New York NY RCCU is in its eight year of teaching Classical Commedia dell’Arte as close to […]
Read moreJohn Towsen, author of one of the classics of clown literature (entitled Clowns: A Panoramic History of Fools and Jesters, Medieval Mimes, Jongleurs and Minstrels, Pueblo Indian Delight Makers and Cheyenne Contraries, Harlequins and Pierrots, Theatrical Buffoons, etc.) now has a blog. His blog is called ALL FALL DOWN, after the famous Black Plague poem ” Ring around a rosie, […]
Read moreThis is a commedia piece by a very talented performer and writer Julia Pearlstein– I first met Julia at a meeting of the RAT Conference in Los Angeles, where as part of a group, we had to create a show that performed an impossible task. My group’s task was to sink the Los Angeles Theatre Center like the Titanic. Her […]
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