The latest show at the House of Yes in Brooklyn, “The Wonderneath”, is now showing! The early Modern day fairy tale summarizes the journey of Hailey down to the secret underground of New York City in the 1910’s, with wonderful musical numbers and spectacular circus acts.

I’m doing part of the set design for the show, so please come and check it out!

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I am working on some spanking new set design for the newest show at House of Yes in Brooklyn called “The Wonderneath”! Design cues come from art nouveau movement a hundred years ago.

Here is a work in progress for the rotunda platform… More to come. Stay tuned!

As discussed with my circus friends, there are four types of circus, c, q, k and x:

1. Circus, with a ‘c’: Family circus. Happy frowns, dancing clowns, screaming sounds, flying hounds. Examples: Big Apple Circus, or clowns that visit your school.
2. Cirque, with a ‘q’: Artsy circus. Costumee di elaborato, musique de fancie, dancez with Buton, and no animal cruelty. Examples: Cirque du Soleil, Spiegeltent, cabarets.
3. Cirkus, with a ‘k’: Freak circus. Nails through the nose, swords through the throat, fire strikes the pose, pinbed without clothese. Examples: Coney Island Sideshow, 999 Eyes.
4. Circux, with an ‘x’: Adult circus. Ooo, it’s a pole. There, it’s a hole. Aaah, it’s a whip. Yeaaah, it’s a nip. Examples: The Moulin Rouge (back in the days), or pole dancers in your New Orleans neighborhood speakeasy.

I watched quite a few this year. I played in one. Here are my short reviews.

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