Flying Karamazov Brothers

THE FLYING KARAMAZOV BROTHERS have been seen on many TV shows nationwide including “Seinfeld” (season 7 episode 18, “The Friar’s Club”) “Ellen,” “The Tonight Show,” “The Today Show” and “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” to name a few. Along with Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, they starred in the hit adventure movie The Jewel of the Nile. They have shared many stages and screens collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Placido Domingo, The Grateful Dead, The Who, Dolly Parton, Robin Williams, Patrick Dempsey, Ken Kesey, Allen Ginsberg, Kenny Rogers, Los Lobos, The Smothers Brothers, Click and Clack the Tappett Brothers, Joyce Brothers and many, many more.

The Brothers were born on April 23, 1973 at a renaissance fair in northern California. They went on to play in legit theatres and in 1980
won an Obie Award. Their first show, Juggling and Cheap Theatrics, was presented in 1981 at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago and Arena Stage, Washington D.C. They ran in London’s West End at the Mayfair Theatre in 1981. In 1982, they played the BAM Next Wave Festival. Their first Broadway run was at the Walter Kerr in 1983 and later that year they shot a Showtime special of Juggling and Cheap Theatrics at the Ed Sullivan Theatre. In 1983, they performed at the Goodman Theatre in Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors, directed by Robert Woodruff. In 1984, they performed at the Goodman Theatre in Paul Magid’s The Three Moscowteers, directed by Robert Woodruff. Also in 1984 they represented America for classic theatre at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles with The Comedy of Errors. In 1985, they starred in the hit film The Jewel of the Nile. In 1986, they returned to BAM with Paul Magid’s and Len Jenkin’s L’Histoire du Soldat, directed by Robert Woodruff. Also in 1986, they reopened the Vivian Beaumont Theater with Juggling and Cheap Theatrics. In 1986, they premiered their new show Juggle and Hyde at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi Newhouse Theater. In 1987, they returned to the Vivian Beaumont with The Comedy of Errors which was later viewed on PBS’ “Great Performances.” The following years they performed at:
the St. Louis Repertory Theatre;
The Guthrie, Minneapolis;

the Wilbur, Boston;

the Hasty Pudding, Cambridge, MA;

ACT-Seattle;
and the Apollo, Chicago; to name a few.

In 1992, they premiered Paul Magid’s Le Petomane, directed by Robert Woodruff at the La Jolla
Playhouse and again in 1994 at ACTSeattle.

In 1993, they premiered Paul Magid’s The Brothers Karamazov directed by Daniel Sullivan at Seattle Repertory Theatre and Arena Stage.
In 1994, they ran The Flying Karamazov Brothers Do the Impossible on the West End at the Criterion Theatre and on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre and that same year premiered Sharps, Flats and Accidentals at ACTSeattle.
In 1996, they premiered Club Sandwich at ACT-Seattle.

In 1996, they performed Sharps, Flats and Accidentals at the New Victory Theatre, New York.

In 1997,  premiered Paul Magid’s adaptation of Room Service directed by Robert Woodruff at ACT-Seattle and at the Mark Taper Forum.

In 2000, they collaborated with MIT’s Media Lab and premiered Paul Magid’s  L’Universe directed by Gordon Edelstein at ACT-Seattle, Arizona Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and at the Carré in Amsterdam.

In 2004, they premiered Paul Magid’s Life: A Guide for the Perplexed, directed by Michael Preston at ACT-Seattle, the Lensic, Santa Fe and at A.R.T. in Cambridge, MA and in 2005 at San Diego Repertory Theatre. In 2007, they premiered Paul Magid’s Don Quijote at San Diego Repertory Theatre, directed by Sam Woodhouse. In 2008, they premiered 4PLAY, directed by Paul Magid. In 2009, they premiered Paul Magid’s Flings & Eros at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers premiered their show of the same name at New York’s off-Broadway theatre, The Minetta Lane, in February 2010 to rave reviews. The show continued to play at the Minetta, after a short hiatus, until April of 2011. It then
transferred to a theatre on London’s West End, the Vaudeville throughout the summer of 2011. In September 2011 it transferred to
Madrid’s premier theatre, El Teatro Compan Gran Via for a month long run.

In 2013 they premiered 40 Years of Juggling and Cheap Theatrics at San Jose Repertory Theatre. In 2017 they revived Club Sandwich for
a run at the Broadway. They began their run of 50 Years of Juggling and Cheap Theatrics in 2023.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers have been playing with orchestras for many years including the Cleveland Orchestra, the NSO, the St. Louis Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, The Seattle Symphony, The Canadian National Symphony, the Toronto Symphony and many, many more.