There is a time-honored trope in clown theatre of the false lecture– pompous guy who purports to know everything about something gives a lecture, but weird things keep happening to him, usually due to the bumbling of his sidekick. Â The concept is not original, but this production of On the Nose, which features the Happenstance Theater‘s Mark Jaster and Sabrina […]
Read moreI could not find this online for the life of me. Â I considered making my own for the blog, but didn’t want to do the work. It turns out, it’s in the program! If you need descriptions of anything, you can check out our other POSTÂ that has all the details.
Read moreI saw 3/4 of Fools For Love last night (Sunday, September 9, 8:30 pm), and it’s a sweet and funny show. Â (I missed the first quarter, because I had done my show just before it, and needed to take care of some stuff.) Â When I walked in (trying to sneak in), the clowns both stopped, turned to me, and directed […]
Read moreMovement Theatre Studio is a NY based company that is dedicated to teaching LeCoq technique for the American Actor. Their aim is to create a home for the teachings of Jacques Lecoq in New York. MTS believes that there is no separation between the psychological and the physical actor. The most exciting performer is one who can engage their imagination […]
Read moreThe NY Clown Theater Festival 2012 Â starts in just a few days, and features loads of great shows. Â (I’ve already featured my show and the workshops that are taking place, but there’s lots of other great stuff, including an opening pie fight, a closing funeral procession (made a little bit more real by the death of one of the prospective […]
Read moreBuffoon Anonymous in Brooklyn! My original one man show Buffoon Anonymous, 12 Steps To Inanity will be performed as part of the Brick’s 2012 New York International Clown Theatre Festival in Brooklyn NY. I’ll be featuring the festival on this blog, and blogging about it, as I’ve done for the past 4 years.  But I wanted to start that all out […]
Read moreCircus Amok is at it again! They are presenting another season of free shows in NY’s Public Parks! We’ve previously featured Circus Amok and its founder Jennifer Miller a number of times on clownlink: 2007, 2008, and 2011 Here’s the info: Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls, and Everyone Else: Circus Amok presents their 19th spectacular theatrical extravaganza: “MOO.†FREE! […]
Read moreThis was posted on Vincenzo’ Tortorici’s Facebook Page by an old friend of his, J. Scott Frugate, who is a theatre and jazz producer in the Atlanta area http://www.jazzevangelist.net. Â This is reproduced here by permission. To read our tribute remembrance, visit this post: Alas Poor Yorick An old friend and one of Atlanta’s finest entertainers – actor, comic, clown, puppeteer, […]
Read moreI have sad news to relate… Vincenzo Tortorici, known to many in the clown world as Enzo, has suddenly passed away. The early info I have from his facebook page is that he had a sudden heart attack, and he died suddenly. He was 44 years old. I featured Enzo in a review in 2010 –a review of his kids’ […]
Read moreClowns Ex Machina, an all-woman clown troupe led by Kendall Cornell, is looking for: Talented, Funny, Brave Women Clowns to join her group. If you are trained in Clown, physical theatre, dance, music, improv, burlesque, or sketch comedy, this may be for you. Check them out at www.ClownsExMachina.com for more info about the troupe’s past productions. Auditions are SUNDAY, AUGUST […]
Read moreAMERICAN VAUDEVILLE THEATREPRESENTS… TRAVESTIES OF 2012 “Variety at its finest†– –Time Out New York “One of the best entertainment deals in town†– New York Times With your host Trav S.D. (“…an erudite evocation of the sonorus, ornate styles of W.C. Fields and Fred Allen.” –Adam Gopnick, the New Yorker) My pal and theatrical landsman Trav S.D.’s and his long-running American […]
Read moreThe annual NY Clown Theatre Festival at the Brick is coming up soon, and they’ve got all kinds of great things lined up. They are on the slow road to announcing the performers (although I have it on very good authority they’ve made their decisions, and are just finalizing schedules) In the meantime, they’ve announced the workshops that will be […]
Read moreDrew the Dramatic Fool, whose projects have embellished this blog more than once, (Here, Here, and Here, at the least) is in NY for a run of shows at the Canal Park Playhouse, a tiny gem of a theatre in Tribeca. The theatre seats 50, and is mostly dedicated to family and vaudeville/variety shows. Drew is presenting his fabulous one […]
Read moreI do a full review of Ahhhh Ha! Â on my dadapalooza website. Click here to read my preview article: Ahhh Ha! Preview Click here to read the review: http://www.dadapalooza.com/2012/04/ahhh-ha-review.html The long and the short of it is that I really liked the show. Â So go see it. If you need more info, well, read the review!
Read moreHomunculus is an ensemble-based company devoted to creating original work that explores new approaches to using masks in the theater. They incorporate masks with movement, music and optical illusions to create a contemporary form of mask work for a multi-generational audience, and to create thought-provoking and imaginative theater that mirros the humor, sadness, and beauty of the human condition. Joe […]
Read moreDrew Richardson, who will be the fool-in-residence at QuestFest 2012, is asking for participation in a very interesting project. Below is a visual playscript, made up of simple, rough doodles, storyboard style, that you can interpret however you wish. Your piece should be somewhere around a minute or two long and not rely on words or sounds. Then, video your […]
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