Tonight I went to White Noise, a clown show, piece of art, by Jef Johnson at Theatrelab. Unfortunately I saw it on the last night of the run, so when I say it was fascinating and definitely worth seeing, it’s too late. Tonight was the last night. I thought because I go to his labs [...]

Yes, the New York clown community has its own awards show. Flying under the radar at the Krane Theatre on the Lower East Side, last night, individuals in street clothes, were publicly acknowledged for their contributions to the art form of clown. Before and after the show there was socializing at Phoebe’s bar on Bowery [...]

We went to see Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden, last week, on Good Friday, when we Catholics are supposed to be thinking sad and sombre thoughts. Oh well. I hate Madison Square Garden! It’s an ugly inefficient maze of a construction made all the more tragic because the old [...]

We took My Kid to see La Familia Dimitri at the New Victory Theatre in Times Square. I’m so glad we did. The Clown Dimitri, even in his 70′s is still charming and adorable and his offspring, all in their 40′s, are fit and accomplished performers with careers of their own who came together for [...]

We went to see Lorenzo Pisoni’s solo show, “Humor Abuse” at the Manhattan Theatre Club last night. It was a touching performance by a man who in the 1970′s was a child clown in the San Francisco based Pickle Family Circus and who as an adult is a serious New York actor. I never saw [...]

This afternoon… After spending several hours in the studio with the clown women working in ensemble, I escorted My Kid uptown where we stopped for a few moments in front to the Plaza Hotel to enjoy the acrobatic stylings of the Breeze Team performing their breakdance tricks with comedic flair for the tourists in front [...]

Adam’s all gaga over his baby he wasn’t there. Well I wasn’t there either. But, we checked the box office at “Humor Abuse” to see if there were tickets. (Tonight’s show was sold out but we have tickets for tomorrow night.) We got to see lots of clowns I know in front of the theatre. [...]

OK so the big sign was promoting McDonald’s Sweet Tea 230 calories –32oz LIKE THAT’S A GOOD THING!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????? McDonald’s small fries = 230 calories… just sayin’…

Mrs Rosenfeld had just finished cleaning her kitchen for Passover when we arrived at 4 o’clock. The cupboards and drawers were empty and the countertops were bare. She was in the process of sending her two sons aged 2 and 3 outside with a teenage girl and a baby in a stroller. “Go for a [...]