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)
Read moreOn 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 […]
Read moreTriskelion 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. […]
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Thanks to Brian Foley for pointing this out to me! This looks like an amazing and highly stylized King Lear. See the video below to see how amazing the production values of this show are. Apparently Synetic has been doing Silent Shakespeare productions, and this is the SEVENTH Synetic’s King Lear Presented by Synetic Theater Directed by Paata Tsikurishvili Choreography […]
Read moreAPRIL 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 […]
Read more“As circus artists, we aim to show the outrageous things that our bodies can do and to surprise people as much as we can,†said Chris Lashua, artistic director of the Las Vegas based contemporary circus troupe, Cirque Mechanics. “However, we take circus one step further by building machines that not only capture the spectacle of circus, but thrill in […]
Read moreStanley Allan Sherman, well-known maskmaker who contributed an excellent guest post to our Commedia Month series, will be teaching a 3 week commedia intensive from June 12-July 1 in New York. The workshop will feature over 128 hours of instruction. Here’s some of the details: RCCU 2011 RCCU is beginning its 10th anniversary year teaching Classical Commedia dell’Arte. Students will […]
Read moreI’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. […]
Read moreNaked 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 […]
Read moreFor 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 […]
Read moreThis 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 […]
Read moreMy good pal Greg DeSanto (executive director of the International Clown Hall of Fame) is quoted extensively in the April 2011 edition of Car and Driver, talking about the Physics of Clown Cars. They spend an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out (in mock terms) the maximum amount of clowns that can fit in a car. Here’s a […]
Read moreI’ve been reading a blog “The Adventures of Steve and Ryan” which is a blog by Steve Copeland and Ryan Combs, the two clown partners that are on the Kelly Miller Circus. Kelly Miller is an Oklahoma based circus that has been performing since 1938, and is currently owned by John Ringling North. They bill themselves as “America’s Finest One […]
Read moreI spend a good deal of time on this blog speaking about commedia and commedia mask styles, but relatively little on what is the basis of most mask work (and the acting work that mask work often accompanies):Â The Neutral Mask. Learning to be neutral- to display an action separate from character, to divorce yourself from the acting- is incredibly […]
Read moreShowbiz David announced on his blog that Cirque Berzerk, the Los Angeles underground circus company, has declared bankruptcy. Their website and facebook presence still seem active, so perhaps there’s hope for the company. Cirque Berzerk started as a performance ritual at Burning Man, and had seemed to be blossoming into Los Angeles’ answer to the Big Apple Circus, or the […]
Read moreBE FOREWARNED: THIS SHOW contains nudity and sexually explicit content. March 15th @ 7:30 PM Rites & Reasons Theatre (155 Angell St.) John Leo and Sophie Nimmanit have created a clown show about anal sex. Yes, you read that right. And no, not for kids. They bill it as a “Sex-Education Burlesque” The show features sing-a-longs, how-to’s, romance, puppets, and […]
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