FREE OPENING NIGHT CABARET hosted by Scout Master Robert, security by Officer Crabtree ,with clean up crew Golan, Lynn and Denni Dennis . Featuring festival highlights Bubkus, Burnt Umber, Cops, Mo-House/Humortal, Moving Target, No Place Like Home, Zen Cabaret, and special guests Coventry & Kaluza. Fri, Oct 5th 10:30pm FREE Directions: The Brick is located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at 575 […]
Read moreI’ve been asked to be one of the official bloggers for the NY Clown Festival. Which I’m happily accepting! I’ve set up another blog to deal with that at http://www.nyclowntheaterfestivaladam.blogspot.com There will be four or five “official bloggers” of the festival. Once their blogs are all set up, I will post their blogs here (and on my other blog as […]
Read moreAmy Gordon is a clown, physical comedian and character actress. She acts and co-directs with the Daredevil Opera Company along with Jonah Logan, and has performed with them over 600 times in 20 countries. Shows with Daredevil Opera include Cirkus Inferno , Rocket & Roxy’s Stunt Show , and Drakonsbreath . Amy has also performed in a number of other […]
Read moreParallel Exit will produce a Halloween Gala that will include entertainment from the company and special guest star Barry Lubin (Grandma the Clown). The benefit takes place at 7:30pm on Monday October 29 at the 45th Street Theatre, 354 West 45th Street. Tickets are $75 for VIPs and $30 for patrons, and can be reserved at 917-407-7537or parallelexit@hotmail.com. Barry Lubin […]
Read moreIn 1974, mime and photographer Jim Moore became the right-hand-man for aerialist Philippe Petit during the secret preparations and daring guerilla tightrope walk between the two World Trade Center Towers. Thirty three years later, Jim is presenting his photographs of the event in oversized 50″ x 35″ Iris prints, including shots titled On the edge of the abyss, A Helicopter’s […]
Read moreThere are a number of free events going on during the festival. for a list of all the events, your best bet is to visit the festival website: 2nd Annual NY Clown Theatre Festival It’s got much more complete information. Events include: October 5: 4:30 pm Parade, Pie Fights, and a cabaret (Starting at Union Square Park, and taking the […]
Read moreI received this letter from Jamie McLaren Lachman, one of the principal forces behind Clowns Without Borders South Africa. He and I are also Dell’arte Graduates. (I’ve reproduced only a portion of Jamie’s letter below) Jamie and his crew do amazing work in rural communities of South Africa. (to read about some of Jamie’s recent work in Lesotho, visit their […]
Read moreKendall Cornell and her Soon-To-Be-World-Famous Women’s Clown Troupewill perform at the FAB! Festival — A Block Party and Festival on September 29th (1-5pm) E. 4th Street between Bowery and 2nd Avenue Presented by the Fourth Arts Block and its many members, FAB! Festival celebrates the arts of the East Village with performances, food, and open houses. Kendall and company will […]
Read moreThe Midnight Circus started as a collaboration between circus clown Jeffrey Jenkins and actress Julie Greenberg. They combined their talents to create a 5 minute eccentric acrobatic act to be featured with Vermont’s Circus Smirkus. While on tour with the show, they apprenticed themselves to two former stars of The Moscow Circus. In between shows and practice, they would all […]
Read moreMarcel Marceau died yesterday, and the world is a sadder place for it. The only real response to Marceau dying can be this ” ! “ He was a true master of his work, and he popularized (and romanticized) the work of mime to an unbelievable degree. there’s no question that nearly every clown or mime performing in the world […]
Read moreAh, there’s a whole lot of shaking going on over at the Brick Theatre– there’s tons of great clowns that are coming to their hallowed (more likely yellowed) halls for the Second Annual NY International Clown Festival, which means lots of great stuff to see and to write about. Sadly, I’ll be MIA for most of it– I’m teaching clowning […]
Read moreDAY PARADE PIE FIGHT & CABARETFriday October 5th will kick off the NY CLOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL with their 2nd annual opening day parade! Anyone and everyone is invited to join the city’s finest clowns, jugglers, stilt-walkers, and more as they gather at Union Square between 4:30 & 5pm and ride the “L” train to Bedford stop. Everyone will then march […]
Read moreThe New York International Clown Festival has a lot of great classes coming up. Most of the teachers are well-known clown pedagogues (and for those of you with a small vocabulary– it doesn’t mean what you think it means! To the best of my knowledge, none of these teachers have ever been convicted (although I am sure they all have […]
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A good article recently appeared in the Dunn County News about Clown College Graduate Steve Russell, and how he got a job with the NY City Opera through clown-networking. I’m a member of that network, and saw the whole thing happen! Steve and his wife Kobi Shaw form a juggling duo called In Capable Hands. Both are graduates of Ringling […]
Read moreThe 2nd Annual New York International Clown Festival is looking for any and all type of performing artists for it’s opening day parade. Jugglers, acrobats, stilt-walkers, unicyclists, clowns, mimes, buffoons and musicians are all encouraged to participate. The parade will gather at Union Square on Friday, October 5th at 4:30 where we will all take the “L” train (at 5:30) […]
Read moreIf you haven’t heard, the amazing tenor Luciano Pavarotti has recently died. As a singer, he was a real talent. And for opera fans around the world, he was the only clown they really cared about (or maybe even seen) Pagliacci the opera was first made famous by the tenor Enrico Caruso, and since has become one of the standards […]
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