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Vaudevisuals interview with Robert Prichard – “Surf Reality”

Post author By Jim R. Moore
Post date March 21, 2017
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The interview with SURF REALITY co-founder Robert Prichard

Performers who played Surf Reality include: (A Who’s Who of the downtown performing arts scene)

Jim Gaffigan, Marc Maron, Louis Black, Rick Shapiro, Jeff Ross, Judah Friedlander, Sarah Gold, Sonya Sohn, Michael Portnoy, John S Hall and King Missile, Kimya Dawson and Moldy Peaches, Seth Faergolzia (Dufus), St. Rev Jen Miller , Faceboy, Maggie Estep, Angelo Moore (Dr. Mad Vibe from Fishbone), World Famous Bob, Michael Moschen, Matt Mitler, Glen Heroy, Ben Stiller, Trav SD, Irwin Smalls Trio, a comedy duo featuring Adam Felber (head writer for Bill Maher), Eric Drysdale (head writer for Colbert Report), Tammy Faye Starlite, Premium Bob (avant-garde comedy duo), Jay Martel, Steve Ratazzi, Todd Alcott, The Poster Boys, Mo B Dick, Linda Hill, Mike Epps, Deb Margolin, James Godwin, Coo-Coo Handler. Tom Burnett, Akim Funk Buddha, Brad Prowley, Bob Greenberg, Dave Konig, Burn Manhattan, Colleen Werthman, Sloven & Allen, Randy and Jason Sklar, Amy Sohn, David Jenness, Victor Verhaeghe, Robert Sikoryak, Alien Comic (Tom Murrin), Doug Skinner, Aaron Beale, Peter Pitofsky, Zeroboy

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“The atmosphere is more party than performance. The audience — many of whom will perform — bring beer from the local delis. Typical hallway conversation runs like this: “I’ll go on for three minutes, then you break in with this poem . . .” All performers get a care package, which this night included a condom, a lollipop, and a mint.”

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Quotes from the press about Surf Reality!

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“At Surf Reality a form of comedy is being worked on even more alternative than alternative comedy” – The New Yorker

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“Surf Reality is …the brackish undertow of the cultural comedic wave, a radical rejection of standard stand-up” – The Wall Street Journal

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“Surf Reality continues its quest to present the best in alternative comedy” – Daily News

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“Best Performance Art, Very Funny.” – NY Press, Best of Manhattan ’97

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“Surf Reality, the Lower East Side’s infamous bastion of cutting edge, theatrical zaniness…” – Shout Magazine 1999

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Check out the Surf Reality website from back-in-the-day!

Feb 2001

April 2002

June 2002

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Written History of Surf Reality by Robert Prichard

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One of the many productions that Surf Reality’s Tom and Rob produced after leaving Allen Street was a show titled

“Radical Vaudeville“.

Here is a review of Radical Vaudeville presented at The Krane Theatre in 2014.

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Article in The Villager about Robert’s project in 2012 titled “64 Paintings”

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One of the posters for FACEBOY’s OPEN MIKE show.

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Interior shot of Surf Reality

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Flyer created to announce Reverend Jen’s ‘Warrior Elf” show.

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“Grindhouse A-Go-Go” poster circa 1999

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Poster from Jan 1998

Robert is currently the ‘Talent Director” of RadioFreeBrooklyn – a non-commercial freeform Internet radio station.

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Photography Year in Review

Check out Vaudevisuals.com – A 2016 Review every day!

Post author By Jim R. Moore
Post date December 19, 2016

Warm up to a cup of Vaudevisuals every morning!

In case you missed some of the postings this year I will be doing a monthly review starting today for the next 11 days.

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January 2016 – Vaudevisuals Postings

FLASHBACK – ‘BOUFFON GLASS MENAJOREE” AT THE BRICK

THE REGARD OF FLIGHT – BILL IRWIN

VENTRILOQUIST/JUGGLER/ENTERTAINER SENOR WENCES

THE VAUDEVISUALS BOOKSHELF – “NIGHTMARE ALLEY”

MAD JENNY AND THE SOCIETY BAND’S ‘LOVE UND GREED’

THE VAUDEVISUALS BOOKSHELF – “REBIRTH OF THE COOL.”

‘SILENT FANTASIES’ – A CLOWN SHOW

CAPTURING CLOWNS – DANCE MAGAZINE ARTICLE APRIL 1983

THE VAUDEVISUALS BOOKSHELF – GROUCHO MARX: THE COMEDY OF EXISTENCE

VAUDEVISUALS INTERVIEW WITH FRANK BOYD – “THE HOLLER SESSIONS”

Hidden in Plain Sight – Vaudevisuals Bookshelf

ELLA EWING – THE MISSOURI GIANTESS

Grove Press – New American Theater – Vaudevisuals Bookshelf

THE MINERALOGY OF OBJECTS

2ND ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CIRCUS

VAUDEVISUALS INTERVIEW WITH DAVID CARLYON

SUPERHUMAN: WORLD’S SMALLEST PEOPLE

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Tomorrow I will list the February postings with links.

Clown Comedy Magic Magic Mime Music Performing Arts Physical Theater Quick Change Artists Variety Arts Ventriliquist Video

The Regard of Flight – Bill Irwin, Doug Skinner and Michael O’Connor

Post author By Jim R. Moore
Post date January 29, 2016

Now that Bill Irwin has joined forces with David Shiner again to present OLD HATS I thought it right to ‘look back’ at Bill’s earlier success. “The Regard of Flight“. The show was performed in many venues before going to Lincoln Center. An earlier version of the show was performed at the Baltimore Theater Festival titled “Murdoch” which I saw.
Bill Irwin was brilliant in choosing Doug Skinner and Michael O’Connor to share the stage with him in this show. They were great!
Doug Skinner provided ‘original music’ and Michael O’Connor was hysterical as ‘the critic’ lurching to the stage with comments and questions throughout the show. Wonderful comic timing together made this show a treat for any audience!
For those of you that did not see Bill Irwin, Doug Skinner and Michael O’Connor in “The Regard of Flight”…A wonderfully brilliant show!

“It should be said that Mr. Irwin is a contemporary American performance artist whose name belongs alongside those of Buster Keaton and Marcel Marceau.”
Mel Gussow NY Times
The New York Times Review

Bill Irwin and David Shiner are currently performing their new show “OLD HATS” at the Signature Theater.
“one of the funniest shows of the past few years” the New York Post,

More information and tickets can be had here.

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