In today’s SF Chronicle Sunday Datebook, I wrote about the fine art of clowning.
A couple weekends ago I attended a clown class in the Teatro ZinZanni spiegeltent with Peter Pitofsky.
Read the story here.
I also talked to one of my favorite clowns, John Gilkey. I first saw him as the emcee of sorts in Cirque du [...]
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Clowning around in the Chronicle
Archived in the category: Cirque du Soleil, Climate Theater, John Gilkey, Peter Pitofsky, Teatro ZinZanni
Posted by Chad Jones on 05 Jul 09 - 0 Comments
Enthooza for `Kooza’
Posted by Chad Jones on 17 Nov 07 - 2 Comments
Opened Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 in San Francisco
Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza thrills more than chills
Three stars Killer `Wheel of Death’
I can be a jerk about Cirque — I fell out of love with Cirque du Soleil, even though I wanted our affair to continue. I suppose it’s all a matter of over-exposure to a good [...]
The `irk’ in Cirque
Archived in the category: Bill Irwin, Cirque du Soleil, David Shiner, Ka, Kooza, Love, O, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 15 Nov 07 - 0 Comments
It could be that I have been burned by the Circus of the Sun.
Now, I fully realize there are worse things to suffer in life than weariness of Cirque du Soleil, the phenomenally successful new-age Canadian circus troupe. And I also realize that to be weary of Cirque means I’ve had the great good fortune [...]
Vegas query: Broads or Broadway?
Archived in the category: Cirque du Soleil, Elvis Presley, Jubilee!, Las Vegas, Phantom The Las Vegas Spectacular, Spamalot, The Producers, backstage, musicals, nudity, theater news, theater review
Posted by Chad Jones on 27 Jun 07 - 0 Comments
REPORT FROM LAS VEGAS
Calling Las Vegas the Broadway of the West is really pushing it.
Sure, Mama Mia! has blossomed into a hit, and it looks like Spamalot and The Phantom of the Opera have a chance of success of long runs in the hot desert, but Chicago, Avenue Q and Hairspray didn’t live up to [...]
So many Cirques
Archived in the category: Cirque du Soleil, Ka, Las Vegas, Love, O, Zumanity, backstage, nudity, theater news, theater review
Posted by Chad Jones on 26 Jun 07 - 0 Comments
REPORT FROM LAS VEGAS
The celebrated Montreal-based circus re-inventors Cirque du Soleil currently has five shows in Vegas (with two more on the way — one, an Elvis-themed show, the other built around magician Criss Angel).
The only Cirque show I missed this trip was Mystere, the first one (at Treasure Island), but I saw it years [...]
Another Cirque in SF
Posted by Chad Jones on 25 Jun 07 - 0 Comments
The big yellow-and-blue-striped tent — the Grand Chapiteau — is heading back to the Bay Area.
Cirque du Soleil’s latest touring show, KOOZA, will have its U.S. premiere Nov. 16 in the parking lot behind San Francisco’s AT&T Park. The show then moves to San Jose Jan. 31.
You can never tell with the quirky Cirque, but [...]
