This summer Keith Nelson took The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and produced The Flatbed Follies. Keith created the BFC together with Stephanie Monseu in 1995. Flatbed Follies is a traveling version of the show using two flatbed trucks and a calliope. They play free performances all over the five boroughs of New York City and suburbs plus the Tri-state area and …
Blue Man Group
The show begins. The Blue man grasps a bottle of paint. He holds a canvas. He drinks the paint (or more accurately fills his mouth with it). He spins the canvas on his hand and spits the paint into it. Viola. Spin Art. Ok- Spit Art. Blue Man number two. He throws marshmallows at number one. #1 catches them in …
‘Air Play’ at The New Victory Theater
A high-powered floor fan. A 20 foot long bolt of silk. A juggler. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Include these ingredients and spice it up with humor and physical comedy and what have you got? A lawsuit. No. “Air Play” now though March 5th at the New Victory Theater in NYC and then on continuing …
Jay Gilligan Plays New York
Jay Gilligan presents his one-man show, “Reflex” in Brooklyn. The show will be performed 42 times, including the final show on February 19th. Jay performs as many as three shows per day. Original music composed by Book Kennison. The theater features 60 seats. Each seat is close to the stage. Jay explains, “We choose this theater because I wanted to …
Big Apple Circus 2021
BAC is back, with new acts, a never before seen line-up and a new administrator and owner. Seventh generation circus legend Nik Wallenda is not only the finale performer, but he’s the new owner as well. There are nine multinational acts including a bounce juggler and a Risley act, plus Johnny Rocket as skill clown between acts. Elli Haber starts …
Two 19th Century Paintings of Jugglers in Sydney, Australia
The Art Gallery Of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia contains two paintings which are two of the finest examples of jugglers in art. “The Juggler-a village fair” by Fritz Beinke (1873), and “A Juggler” by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1870). Fritz Beinke painted, “The Juggler-a village fair” at the age of 31. Beinke(1842-1907) was a genre painter of the Düsseldorf School. …
Circus Kirkus
The very first performance of Circus Kirkus took place on January 29th 2020, in Boynton Beach, Florida. Kirk Marsh, juggler, comedian, manager, photographer, and proprietor has put together a team of circus artists, roustabouts, and producers to create a delightful family-friendly, one-ring, old fashioned tent show. In a real tent that must be assembled and broken down after each gig. …
Cirque du Soleil: AlegríA
AlegríA is about the victory of light over darkness. It’s about the quest for knowledge and the will to survive. AlegríA, which means ‘joy’ in Spanish, is Cirque du Soleil’s refurbished production, first presented in 1994 and now back with new costumes and a new look. AlegríA has been seen by over 14 million people in 255 cities around the …
Company XIV at Théâter XIV
Sam Urdang and Ashley Dragon are the resident circus skills performers with the Company XIV troop of dancers, singers, and comedians. Company XIV performs their three signature productions perennially in their own custom decorated space in the hip neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn. The three productions are ‘Nutcracker Rouge,’ ‘Seven Sins,’ and ‘Queen Of Hearts’ (based on Alice in Wonderland). They …