MARQUEE VALUE: Slava's Snowshow at the Helen Hayes Theatre

By Matthew Blank
December 1, 2008

Production: Slava's Snowshow, by Slava Polunin, starring Slava Polunin, Robert Saralp, Derek Scott, Spencer Chandler Johnson, Tatiana Karamysheva, Dmitry Khamzin, Chris Lynam, Fyodor Makarov, Ivan Polunin and Elena Ushakova.

Previews: December 2, 2008

Opening: December 7, 2008

Closing: January 4, 2009

Venue: Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036

Russia's greatest clown strings together a sensory whirlwind for the entire family, combining theatrical spectacle with the unbridled hilarity and heart-warming poignancy of the art of clowning. A cast of ten presents a series of breathtaking images performed to popular music. A giant cobweb stretches over the entire audience; a raging blizzard coats the crowd in snow; giant helium-filled beach balls are kept afloat by the viewers. Lyrical, hilarious, poignant and brilliant.

Photos by Matthew Blank