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April 10, 2007

'Lazer Vaudeville' to bring back art of live performance

For The Herald Bulletin

“Lazer Vaudeville,” a family show that combines the high-tech effects of lasers and black lights with the traditional vaudeville arts of juggling, comedy, and acrobatics will perform at the Paramount Theatre Centre at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The 2006-2007 Family Series is sponsored by Indiana Public Radio.

Complete with superlative juggling, black light illusion, acrobatics, zany comedy, and audience participation, “Lazer Vaudeville” offers clean, classy fun for the entire family. A cast of fantastical characters leads the audience on a journey through the imagination as a wizard performs magical illusions with laser beams, a neon cowboy kicks up a luminescent rope-spinning display, and an audience member escapes from a straitjacket. The master of ceremonies is a 7-foot tall, fluorescent, fire-breathing dragon named Alfonzo.

Founded in 1987, the touring company fulfills Carter Brown’s dream of bringing vaudeville back to the stage.

“Part of our mission is to introduce young audiences to the art of live performance,” said Brown.

Internationally acclaimed as a master of his craft, Brown demonstrates the lost art of hoop rolling. In an astonishing visual display, the hoops roll around this body and circle the stage as if taking on a life of their own. Brown and fellow performers, Jeffrey Daymont and Cindy Marvell, also juggle modern items such as plungers, machetes, and running chain saws.

Together the troupe creates pinwheel illusions and percussive sounds with South American bolas, bouncing balls off airborne drums in a mesmerizing ensemble piece, and defies the laws of probability by passing up to ten clubs in an engaging display of buffoonery and expertise.

“The kind of juggling we do blows away everybody’s concept of what juggling is about,” said Brown.

Tickets are available at the Paramount Theatre Centre box office at 1124 Meridian Plaza in downtown Anderson and by phone at (765) 642-1234 or (800) 523-4658. Tickets are also available online at www.andersonparamount.org.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for children 12 & under. Group discounts are available by calling (765) 642-1234 Ext. 18.



If you go...

What: Lazer Vaudeville

Where: The Paramount Theatre Centre, Anderson

When: 2:30 p.m. Saturday

Tickets: $15 for adults and $8 for children 12 & under and can be purchased by phone at (765) 642-1234 or 1-800-523-4658. Tickets are also available online at www.andersonparamount.org.

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