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I’ve been remiss– this blogpost was supposed to go out LAST WEEK! Sorry!  You’ve got three more chances to see the show! If you are a careful reader of this blog, you know who Trav S.D. is.   Even if you are not a careful reader of this blog, you probably can’t help to have seen his name on the right […]

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 […]

It’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 […]

A 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!  

Gabriela 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 […]

Great 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, […]

DISCOVER 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 […]

Featured 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 […]

Parallel 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 […]

La 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, […]

Great 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 […]

According to this article at Findlaw, Linda Beaudouin, a former clown, is pushing the Canadian government to license clowns, Santa Claus’s, and other children’s entertainers.  She’s doing this because she’s a survivor of child abuse, and feels this would be a way to further limit child abuse.  See her website for more details about this aspect of her work. She […]

I featured the RCCU 10nth anniversary workshops back in April–   Just wanted to remind you that you have 10 days to register if you haven’t already.  

This is one of the most interesting collaborations I’ve seen.  Yo Yo Ma– world famous cellist, and Lil Buck, who is a mime/dancer/breaker/popper. Although Yo YO does a great job here, I think the video belongs to Lil Buck, who does some amazing things slowly, with amazing grace, and with a kind of fluidity and virtuosity that make time seem […]

Wavy Gravy, Clown Prince of Woodstock, and perennial ice cream flavor, is turning 75, and he’s doing it in style. He’s holding a benefit for the Seva Foundation, an organization that helps give the gift of sight to lots of under-privileged kids around the world. The bash will feature performances by Steve Earle, Ani DiFranco, Dr. John, Buffy Sainte- Marie, […]

It is with a lot of pride (and no small amount of envy) that I announce that my friend Pat Cashin  (and blogger behind http://www.clownalley.net ) is the new Captain Kangaroo! He acquired the trademark, and is set to do all kinds of great things with it, including (hopefully) make a boatload of money with which he will then give […]