Category: Uncategorized

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 […]

I just got a note from dell’arte, which is an astonishing deal if you have the time and a friend who wants to do the Dell’arte Intensive.   Basically, an alumni student can bring a friend to Dell’arte, and as long as the friend pays for the class, the alumni goes free!  Which sounds more like a 50% off deal to […]

Reminder that the Naked Empire Bouffon Class (which I profiled here) starts in a few days.  If you haven’t, you should definitely sign up. Register HERE.

Congrats to Chris Lueck (founder of the NY Downtown Clown Revue, alter ego Otsie Kerplotsie, and half of the Hey Ya Brothers) and his bride Amanda Pekoe, (principal of the The Pekoe Group) who got married a couple of weeks ago in South Beach.  And the NYTimes covered it! The Vows section is difficult to get into, (I should know, […]

Over at the Pat Cashin’s most excellent Clown Alley Blog, he posts and paraphrases Kurt Vonnegut’s rules for clown gags. They are quite good, and worthwhile remembering. If you’d like to read more, it’s from the book [amazon_link id=”0385334230″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Slapstick[/amazon_link]  which is available on Amazon. PLEASE NOTE:  Pat wrote to explain that the rules are NOT from […]

We’ve established a new page on facebook Please like us! We need to have 25 “likes” in order to be able to establish a “name” Please help out!

When I went to Dell’arte, it was a year long conservatory style program with a fixed curriculum.  The second year was optional, and open to all past alumni, focusing on a specific style (clown, commedia, mask, melodrama, etc).  The final exam/project was a tour throughout rural Northern California of a play that you and your classmates devised, built, designed, promoted, […]

These are two great shows that I previewed/reviewed earlier.  They both end this weekend, so see them if you can. Cirque Mechanics preview article Potato Needs a Bath Review New Victory website (for tickets and more info)

On Saturday my son and I went to take in a puppet show at the New Victory’s New 42nd St. Studios.  The show was called Potato Needs A Bath, and it was devised by Scottish storyteller and puppeteer Shonna Reppe, who last appeared at the New Victory in 2009 with her version of Cinderella.  I wrote a preview article about […]

Triskelion hosts its 2nd annual Comedy in Dance Festival, a curated smorgasbord of work with a comic bent by over twenty NYC choreographers and clowns.  Friday, April 15-Sunday, April 17, 2011 and Friday, April 22-Saturday, April 23, 2011. All shows at 8pm. Tickets $15. Reservations at info@triskelionarts.org Performance Schedule is as follows: (not in program order) Friday, April 15, 2011. […]

APRIL 8-17, 2011 AT SIDESHOWS BY THE SEASHORE AND THE CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM 1208 SURF AVE. CONGRESS OF CURIOUS PEOPLES: AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF HUMAN MARVELS TICKETS FOR EACH EVENT ARE INDIVIDUALLY PRICED. SPECIAL! GET A CONGRESSIONAL PASS (gets you into all events, including sold out events, plus an invitation to dinner with Congressional Delegates and Performers) FOR ONLY $75 […]

I’ve been reading rave reviews of an Indian show called Hamlet, the Clown Prince of Denmark. It’s directed and conceived by Rajat Kapoor, an Indian actor who in the west is best known for his role as the sleazy uncle in Monsoon Wedding, but who has a wide range of films as both a director and an actor (as E. […]

Naked Empire Bouffon Company Artistic Director of the Naked Empire Bouffon Company,  Nathaniel Justiniano, is offering his weekend long Bouffon Intensive May 13-15, 2011. Register HERE. “The work of bouffon satisfies my greatest desires of the theatre.  As a performer it demands an intense athleticism and availability to one’s wildest imagination.  As audience to it I have found a way […]

For more info about Parallel Exit, visit http://www.parallelexit.net Time Monday, May 9 · 7:00pm – 8:00pm  FREE! Location HERE Arts Center 145 6th Avenue New York, NY More Info Parallel Exit presents the 5th Annual MOVE IT! A fantastic night of FREE theatre, featuring some of NYC’s most exciting physical and visual theatre artists. Featuring an incredible lineup: Titillating Tap […]

This just in from Pat Cashin’s always excellent Clownalley.net: Ringling Clown College (my alma mater!) wins the 2011 Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Pat Cashin’s CLOWNALLEY.NET: RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CLOWN COLLEGE TO BE RECIPIENT OF 2011 KENNEDY CENTER MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR (you can view his site by clicking above, or read the text of […]