“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 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 […]
Read moreMARCH 2011 WORKSHOP: 4 THURSDAYS IN MARCH: 3, 10, 17 & 24th from 6:30-8:30 PM. Cost $150. Click the postcard images below for more info, or visit Nina’s Website: http://www.ninalevine.com “FINDING YOUR INNER CLOWN†Dare to be laughed at and love it! What kind of clown are you? Maybe you’re a bossy clown, a shy clown, a tired clown or […]
Read moreNEW YORK DOWNTOWN CLOWN GOLDEN NOSE AWARDS The New York Downtown Clown Golden Nose Awards Monday, April 19th, 2010Red Carpet Arrivals 7:30 pmPresentation set to begin at 8pmThe Kraine Theatre 85 E 4th St (btwn 2nd Ave & Bowery)Tickets are not for sale.To request tickets email info@newyorkdowntownclown.com Dress: Formal Attire- Noses Optional Winners of Audience Choice Awards will be announced […]
Read moreIn 1991, I traveled to Philadelphia to the International Clown Congress. There I met a number of other clowns, many of whom I continue to be friendly with to this day (I also met a guy who was from Rhode Island, and we had a number of friends in common, but strangely had never met– and we’ve worked on a […]
Read moreI saw this show today, in the midst of my wacky craziness. (One of my very good friends is their stage manager.) The show is delightful- funny, quickwitted, and well-done. The Idiots are legendary on the RenFaire circuit, and this show shows them off quite well. Still going after 20 years– their show is even more finely honed. Some jugglers […]
Read moreOne of my favorite poets, Stephen Dunn, has a poem in the New Yorker titled “If A Clown” It gets into a lot of issues about fear of clowns, the magic of clowns, and a certain amount of the silly/hokey/crazy stuff you might do while dressed in white paint. Quite simply, this clown could have been me (although I rarely […]
Read moreHotel Bananas The NY GoofsJuly 23 – 25Clowns check in but they don’t check out at the Flea Theater, 41 White Street (between Broadway & Church Streets) An evening of raucous laughter with the New York Goofs America’s Got Clowns, Season Two, proves exactly what the title says, that America has some rocking physical comedians. New York Goof co-founders Dick […]
Read moreNatalia Paruz, also known as “The Saw Lady” has spent the last 10 years bringing the art of the musical saw to audiences high and low. She is a NYC subway musician that has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta, at Carnegie Hall, at Madison Square Garden, and at numerous other events, including the Spoleto Festival, […]
Read moreWell, don’t say that doing a preview show won’t get you anywhere. In November, Parallel Exit previewed their tap show TIME STEP at the Joyce Theatre. It got great reviews on a limited four day run, and more than likely they broke even or lost a little money on that venture. However, people saw it, and the gods smiled, and […]
Read moreI attended the Third Annual New York Downtown Clown Golden Nose Awards last night. This now annual event was a lot of fun– not because of the awards (although it’s great to see deserving people get awards) but because of the community that has been created/nurtured by founders of New York Downtown Clown Christopher Lueck and Amanda Pekoe. It’s great […]
Read moreMOVE IT! – a free evening of Physical and Visual Theatre Parallel Exit, New York City’s award-winning physical theatre company, offers audiences a free opportunity to see some of New York’s most exciting physical and visual theatre artists in MOVE IT! Featuring brand new physical theatre from Parallel Exit’s Joel Jeske, Mike Dobson, and Spencer Novich, dance-theatre from The Chase […]
Read morePat Cashin (the curator and mastermind behind http://www.clownalley.net) asked me about a source for European circus posters. Before I had clownlink, I had found this and emailed people about it, but apparently never thought to put it up online. This is an amazing resource of thousands of images from European circuses. And a lot of them are available for sale. […]
Read moreScott Nelson & Muriel Brugman are award-winning illusionists and visual comedians. Based in the Netherlands, they have traveled to over 14 countries, won the Grand Prix at the 2000 World Championship of Magic in Lisbon, have worked with Cirque du Soleil (on their television show Solstrom) and create their own illusions. Last year they were a big hit at the […]
Read moreNicole Feld, daughter to Kenneth Feld, and heir apparent as Big Boss of the Ringling shows, has an article in the NY Times today, under the column: THE BOSS. When I was at Clown College, Nicole came to the final graduation– she was probably around 9 or so, and it was a big deal, because she was grading you along […]
Read moreAdd another show to your summer web watching schedule. The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus has a new reality show that is being broadcast on the web. Each week will feature a mini-sode that is a different aspect of working with the Bindlestiffs– booking, rehearsing, performing, touring. The trailers look like they are taken from all over the last 10 years or […]
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