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NUMBER 25
JUNE 20,1991
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BIG APPLE CIRCUS
Jewish grandmother joins circus
When New York's Big Apple
Circus returns to Columbus
for the second year on Thursday, June 20, the all-new show
ill again star "Grandma," the
circus world's favorite senior
citizen. "Grandma," a love-
able daredevil whose age is
upwards of 100, is the creation
of consummate clown Barry
Lubin.
Lubin was born in Atlantic
City, N.J., 38 years ago.
"Grandma" was born at
Clown College in Venice, Fla.,
from which Lubin graduated
in 1975. Prior to joining The
Big Apple Circus, Lubin
clowned for five years with
Ringling Bros, and Bamum &
Bailey Circus, where he met
and married showgirl Roberta
Culbert.
Since 1982, "Grandma" has
become the signature performer of The Big Apple Circus. In New York when children ask to visit "Grandma"
for the holidays, they are re
ferring to the 5-foot clown with
the popcorn box and the dust-
buster who breakdances.
Barry and "Bert" Lubin
live and travel with the Circus
year-round. Their 35-foot
trailer is also home to daughters Danielle, six, and Emily,
six months, and cats Flipper
and Rover. During the winter
months, they live in their
trailer at the circus' off-season
quarters in Brooklyn. Danielle
attends the Circus' one-ring
schoolhouse and has a cameo
appearance with her dad in
the current show.
Although the rigors of the
lifestyle and heavy performance schedule can get to
Lubin, he finds the rewards
worth it, "All circus performers want to work in The Big
Apple Circus becaue of its emphasis on skill and artistry
and because of the closeness
with the audience," he says,
adding, "I love being a circus
clown, but please don't tell my
mother. She still thinks I go to
dental school."
The Big Apple Circus was
founded in 1977 by Paul
Binder, a Brooklyn-born Jew.
Each year Binder conceives
and directs an all-new production centered around a theme.
In last year's "Grandma Goes
West," "Grandma" led Columbus circus-goers on a fun-
filled trip to the Wild West of
yesteryear. In this year's
"Ballerinas, Horses & Clowns
... The Golden Age,"
"Grandma's" trunk of circus
memorabilia launches a journey back to the grand Belle
Epoque circuses of Europe
from 1850-1914.
Hailed by Time Magazine
as "breathtaking and witty,"
"Ballerinas, Horses & Clowns"
is set amid the atmosphere of
a turn-of-ihe-century circus
amphitheatre and features an
original score and costumes
inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec,
The one-ring show stars
world-class circus artists including the legendary Panta-
leenkos aerialists (the first Soviet act to appear with an
American circus); the Williams family, including five-
year-old Stormy and two-
year-old Skye dancing with
pachyderm pals Anna -May
and Ned, plus ballerinas on
horseback, acrobats, tight-
wire tumblers *, cavorting
clowns, stallions soaring over
ponies and performing pigs.
The Big Apple Circus will
perform in the Columbus area
for one week only at Wendy's
International Headquarters,
4288 W. Dublin-Granville Rd.
in Dublin, Ohio, today through
June 27. Tickets for all performances are available through
Ticketmaster outlets including select Video Townes or
charge by phone, 431-3600.
Tickets range in price from $6
to $16. Information Phone
Line is 442-2138.