A Thousand Clowns News

Patrick Payne, who portrays eccentric Uncle Murray, cavorts with Kailen Upshaw, who plays his precocious nephew, Nick, in A Thousand Clowns.

We screen the film version of Herb Gardner's A Thousand Clowns ; the movie adaptation of Hair ; the pre-stage "Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"; and Martin Scorsese's "New York, New York." This month brings us four DVDs with strong theatre connections.

A Thousand Clowns A Thousand Clowns was a successful, Tony-nominated play on Broadway prior to becoming a successful, Oscar-nominated film and there are times when the screen version shows its roots a bit too much.

Do you like this article? What are three just-graduated Chapman University theatre students-Casey Jay Adler, Sean Burgos and Andre Stojka-doing onstage at the Ivy Substation in Culver City? Kicking butt, that's what.