[ATTENDED: April 18, 2015] Popovich Comedy Pet Theatre
This show was playing at McCarter Theater and at RVCC. It was at least $10/ticket cheaper at RVCC, so good for us! The RVCC show was a general admission seating situation, so we got there much earlier than we normally do for shows. Of course, so did everyone else and we wound up sitting pretty far back (I was glad that people were actually coming to an RVCC show!).
But that was okay, because we could still see all of the action and all of the pets perfectly.
Some fascinating things to note about Popovich before I even get to the show. Despite the name, the show is not only pets. In fact there are a lot of human clowns and acrobats and performers on stage as well. Evidently Popovich is quite well-known and has appeared on many TV shows. And the whole show is told as a vague kind of story.
When we arrived, one of the troupe was standing in the aisle with a cat on his shoulder. T. got to pet the cat, which was sweet. Then a man in a cool green outfit (a big flared jumpsuit) with some white face on came down the aisle eating popcorn. He played some jokes on people in the audience and then climbed on stage. He was a kind of warm up, doing cheesy jokes (the fingers transferring from one hand to the other joke), and then doing a bit with a balloon that he could not move. He was a really convincing mime and that bit was great, especially when the other guy came out and tried to pull the balloon away and couldn’t. It was all simple but when it’s done well, it’s really magical. (more…)
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