Performing Arts Appreciator Pillows

Trapeze artist finds his partner has quit in the middle of a performance.

"God, I hope no one asks me to sing."

Modern Major General

'How's everyone doing tonight - that is the question.'

Theatre Crowd

"How do I know this isn't a performance art piece?"

Brünnhilde's Funeral Pyre

"Just when you're about to lose faith in humanity, you see Shakespeare in the Park."

Comedy Ballet of Marionettes I (Oil Version in Tate Known as 'A Caprice'

Marcel Marceau's parrot

1,572 Performances.

I Pagliacci

"Donner and Blitzen are just our stage names."

Koko pleads with the Mikado

'Magnolia, Michaelangelo, the ceiling was meant to be magnolia!'

The Costumer Is Always Right

"The first rule of miming is you don't talk about miming."

People chasing a street performer to give money.

She did only twenty-eight of the thirty-two fouetts in the Black Swan pas de deux . . . or are my eyes deceiving me?

Funding Cuts for the Arts

"So. Are you a mime, a puppeteer, or a ventriloquist?"

Eggs portrayed in different art media.

"Yikes. I'm on in five minutes and still haven't figured out my character's motivation."

"I got replaced by another clown"

'Son I want you to Follow in My Footsteps.'

Can Can

'He can toot his own horn but when he starts tooting the government's we need to step in.'

"He's a rescue, and before that he was in Vaudeville."

"It's Shakespeare, Mother - please do't keep moaning 'Oh get on with it'!"

"The Flying Wallendas at home"

"Those who can can, dance."

Rock and roll singer with old mike and three backing singers.

The clown loses it at the circus and takes the 'fat lady' hostage with a cream pie 'I'm not clowning this time, back-off or the fat-lady gets it!'

James Levine

Roadie