Meet Garry Starr, the Naked Clown on a Mission to Save Literature

Damien Warren-Smith performs every Penguin Classic novel in under an hour, mostly naked, as his alter ego Garry Starr. On this episode of the Parting Shot Podcast, Warren-Smith joins me to talk about Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, his new solo show making its Off Broadway premiere at Studio Seaview.Warren-Smith explains how a decade of theater acting led him to clown training in Paris with Philippe Gaulier, how a scrappy clown troupe called The Plague of iDiots gave Garry Starr his name and why performing naked has become the least complicated part of the job. We dig into what makes a great clown, how audiences react to the nudity once the show gets going and where Damien ends and Garry begins.Garry Starr: Classic Penguins plays Studio Seaview in New York City through October.Watch our chat on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ztds_6SfEHYFollow me at https://linktr.ee/halanscott.Subscribe to my channel and hit the bell for new episodes of the Parting Shot Podcast every week. More at https://www.newsweek.com/podcasts/the-parting-shot.And sign up for my For the Culture newsletter at https://for-the-culture.beehiiv.com.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.