Puddles Pity Party Comes to Raue Center For The Arts

The "Sad Clown with the Golden Voice" comes to Raue Center For The Arts with his heartfelt anthems and a suitcase full of Kleenex on November 30 at 8 pm! Puddles Pity Party is not all sadness and longing. This show is peppered with a brilliant sense of the absurd, mixing humor with the awkward, tender moments.

"When I first saw Puddles Pity Party, I was scared. I have a phobia of clowns thanks to Stephen King and Puddles is a very tall and imposing clown," says Raue Center's Executive Director, Richard Kuranda. "But he won me over within 20 seconds of his show and by the end I was on my feet applauding with the rest of the room," he continues. "Puddles is an amazing talent and one of the most memorable acts you will ever see!"

A veritable "Pagliacci by way of Pee-Wee Herman and David Lynch" ("The Atlanta Journal Constitution"), Puddles Pity Party has 286k fans on Facebook and over 76 million views on YouTube for his indelible interpretations of classics by ABBA, Bowie, Cheap Trick and Queen and his unforgettable mashup of "Pinball Wizard" and "Folsom Prison Blues."

Audiences may recognize Puddles from his recent appearance on television as well as his video collaborations with Postmodern Jukebox. He has toured extensively in the U.S. at legendary venues like the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, the Kennedy Center in D.C. and the Troubadour in Los Angeles. He has also performed many times in the U.K. at Soho Theatre London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Puddles' other worldwide festival appearances include the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Perth Fringe World, Melbourne International Comedy Fest, Just for Laughs Montreal, Belgium's Gent Festival, the Festival Supreme in Los Angeles, Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin as well as Bethlehem's MusikFest.

Tickets start at $29 and may be purchased online at rauecenter.org or via the box office at 815.356.9212 or 26 N. Williams Street in downtown Crystal Lake.

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