Brick Theater and Clown Me In Present 'Perhaps, perhaps, quizás...,' The Brick Theater, Inc. in association with Clown Me In, presents 'Perhaps, perhaps, quizás...' as a part of the New York Clown Theatre Festival.
Perhaps, perhaps, quizás is a clown piece playing with the idea of loneliness, wait and hope for the right man. In an era where nothing seems to impress one another anymore and longing for "real love" seems to be the burden of time. Grima, our protagonist, is a lonely woman who rehearses once a week the arrival of the so called ¨one¨. Will she get lucky tonight? perhaps, perhaps, quizás...
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Detractors can't deter Harpo T. Clown's enthusiasm ometime between the glory days of Barnum & Bailey and Stephen King's “It,” the reputation of clowns took a major hit from a rubber mallet.
People used to laugh with Emmett Kelly Jr.'s Weary Willie. Rodeo clowns were heroes. At the very least, people felt sorry for the clowns that were crying on the inside, like the operatic character Pagliacci. Read the article
Rodeo: Barrel of laughs When Rudy Burns first got into the sport of rodeo, his aspirations were of fame, fortune and world championships as a bull rider.
Almost 40 years later, he’s still in the rodeo arena almost every weekend, although his riding days are long since over. Read the article
A bunch of clowns invade Williamsburg next week They may be clowning around — but it’s still art.
An all-out clown fest is going down at the Brick Theater in September, but this isn’t just your run-of-the-mill circus act. In fact, it’s an interactive, emotional roller coaster that will highlight the diversity of one of America’s most-misunderstood and underappreciated art forms. (The French have mimes, we have clowns.)
“There is a lot of story involved in our performances,” said Aubrey Crabtree, the co-director of the New York Clown Theater Festival. “Most of our work examines adult themes, sometimes sexual themes.” Read the article
Hyattsville's go-to clown has spent years perfecting her antics The weather is cool and pleasant at the Aug. 13 Summer Jam concert and picnic in downtown Hyattsville, and Mandy Dalton is busy serving up the balloon du jour. Read the article
Minot clown receives five firsts at Iowa event What a year it's been for Ken Gillespie.
Gillespie, well known in the area as "Dizzy the Clown," won the prestigious title of Clown of the Year for the International Shrine Clown Association earlier this year in Indianapolis. He received several other awards there, too. Read the article
A clown beyond compare Omaha's biggest clown is lost somewhere in the western suburbs.
Bubblegum T. Clown stops her minivan and sticks her entire head — pink wig, white cheeks, giant red nose — out of the driver's side window. She looks right and then left, straining to get a visual on Elk Ridge Village, the retirement home where she's to perform on this Saturday morning. Read the article
‘Juan Clodomiro’: Shoemaker to the Clowns When Arnoldo Iriarte started working in a shoe factory in his native Uruguay at age 14, he likely never thought he would be known one day as Juan Clodomiro, an artistic name he acquired as his shoemaking career took an unconventional turn.
Arnoldo Iriarte, now known as Juan Clodomiro (Photo/Jessie Akin)
“I was selling regular shoes at a stand in Parque Lezama, and I was approached by a clown from Barcelona named Miquelet,” said Iriarte. “He had been on a two-year tour with the circus through Latin America, and his shoes were worn through. He asked me if I could make him a new pair, so I did.” Read the article
Kids love clowning around at Children's Hospital A restrained smile played on Logan Lassen’s lips during the first few minutes of Nino the Clown’s act.
It was only toward the end of the routine, when the performer started receiving playful slaps from his assistant, that the 4-year-old broke into full-fledged laughter. The deep, belly laughs shook Logan Lassen’s small frame — even his hospital bed in the oncology wing of Children’s Hospital seemed to rattle. Read the article
LAST SHOW Opens at Brick Theatre, 9/17-25 The Last Show You'll Ever See is an original work created by Sarah Liane Foster with coaching by Giovanni Fusetti, artistic collaboration from the Geniuses, and direction by Elizabeth Baron. This apocalyptic, bizarrely intellectual, hilarious show is funniest for viewers aged 10 and older. Read the article
The man behind Bozo was no clown Long before reality shows and Big Bird or Dora the Explorer, Bozo the Clown entertained children on television shows broadcast throughout the country.
Larry Harmon, the driving force behind the immensely popular Bozo the Clown franchise, trained with fire departments and astronauts and ran for president to promote the locally produced Bozo television shows. Read the article
