Jan 2018 Show

Little Laffs started off 2018 with a full and happy audience. Twistin’ Todd warmed up the audience with a few balloon tricks, and watched as families poured in and filled the room. Benjamin Weiner introduced his partner, Princess Backpack, and they sang a number of silly and bouncy songs. We found out why he can’t … Read more

Dec 2017 Show

December’s holiday show was jam-packed with families having fun at the Jalopy Theatre. Little Miss Maya facepainted at the beginning of the show while Todd welcomed the audience with juggling tricks and a balloon mystery. Andrea Noel, a Balloon Puppeteer from Wisconsin, introduced the kids to “Elvis” who did a series of silly tricks with … Read more

June 5th Show

Little Laffs kicked off the summer with a dynamite show at the Jalopy Theatre! Stewzo kicked off the show with music and puppets and comedy. He introduced us to a few of his stuffed friends, and their antics kept the kids laughing the entire time. Jalopy favorite Suzi Shelton sang a few of her classics, … Read more

May 1st Show

Our May audience was treated to a tremendous variety show. Yo-yo master Justin Weber showed us a selection of interesting yo-yos and more interesting tricks. He manipulated several at once in a variety of complex patterns. One-man-band KB Whirly came from Boston to fill the stage with music and excitement. He had the entire audience … Read more

April 3rd Show

Three of our favorite acts came to the Jalopy Theatre in April to entertain our friends and families. Douglas Stafford visited from Philly to show us some of his favorite tricks, including juggling pins while rolling on a pipe, balancing boxes, spinning crystal balls, and even levitating an audience member! Next, Lily Virginia from Lilypad … Read more

March 6th Show

Thank you all who weathered the March New York City cold. We had a great show featuring Lloyd H. Miller who came and did what he does best, rock n’roll. He sat down on the floor to get the kids singing their hearts out and laughing! Our favorite young juggler, Bennett Santora, showed off some of his new tricks … Read more

February 7th Show

 Our february Little Laff’s show was full of love, laughter, and excitement! We had the The Great Lerdini on our stage for the first time who WOWed everyone with a very scaly and fishy trick!  On top of that and with lots of love and care, when you hire The Great Lerdini, you will donate … Read more

January 3rd Show

January’s Little Laffs was sold out and packed with happy families. Twistin’ Todd welcomed the huge audience and introduced the performers.  Magic Al started the show with his trademark combo of jokes, visual gags, magic, audience interaction, and even a live animal. Professional funnyman and juggler Will Shaw followed with a barrage of crazy hat … Read more

December 6th Show

Wow, what a show! Author Melanie Hope-Greenberg opened the show by reading one of her richly illustrated books, and was soon accompanied by musician Suzi Shelton for her famous “Mermaids on Parade” story. Suzi continued to play some audience favorites, including a sing-a-along medley that had the kids and adults all clapping along. Finally, Xanadu, … Read more

November 1st Show

Our November Show was full of candy overloaded children who came out to see a great line up of artists perform for them on the Jalopy Theatre. Our first entertainer, Justin “YoYo” Weber, pulled out all of the tricks when he taught the kids how to YoYo and showed off his talent, along with his … Read more

October 4th Show

“International Day” at Little Laffs was a huge party with a packed house. Our first performer, Ian Stewart, traveled from Nova Scotia, Canada. Ian holds the Guiness World Record for chainsaw juggling and though he did not juggle any chainsaws for our little ones he did balance on a rolling board and juggle three real … Read more

September 13th Show

We had a wonderful show full of a ton of new talent and a pint-sized amount of old talent! Our first performer to the stage was now ELEVEN year-old, Bennet Santora. He had a birthday and we forgot to notice it! Bennet wowed the crowd with a ton of new tricks including balancing on a Rola … Read more

August 2nd Show

The Jalopy Theater was packed with little ones singing to the music of Brian Stearns. Brian had all of the kids learning fantastic new songs and even some sign language! Our fantastic new friend, Stewzo, entertained us all with his lively songs and introduced us to his friends Moose the Mouse, Frank, and one who … Read more

July 12th Show

July’s Little Laffs brought three new top performers to our stage; Liz Bolick and Therese Schorn, BirthdayMax, and Lily of Lilypad Music. Everyone was laughing, singing, and dancing around Jalopy Theatre. Liz Bolick and Therese Schorn of Miz Liz and Company, did a human puppet act featuring a pint-sized break dancer, silly high jinks, and juggling. They also brought in a … Read more

June 7th Show

To celebrate the summer, Little Laffs took it up a notch! Twistin’ Todd was our host and MC for the morning, and welcomed new and old friends. Our first performer was the very handsome and talented Handsome Harry. Harry made his Little Laffs debut in style with complicated juggling tricks and a charming personality. Magician Gary the Great returned to Little … Read more

May 3rd Show

 This month’s Little Laffs show featured Suzi Shelton, one of Brooklyn’s hottest children’s music entertainers. Suzi performed her fun and upbeat songs from her new album, “Smile In My Heart.” The kids were dancing around and singing along to her songs; “Go, Fire Truck, Go,” “Goin’ On A Road Trip,” and she even brought with her … Read more

April 12th Show

Little Laffs had been pushed back due to the many holidays the first week of April, but that didn’t stop the fun happening a week later! We had a wonderful line up of talented performers including the talented magician, Ben Nemzer. Ben had forgotten his magician’s assistant, but that did not stop him from pulling … Read more

March 1st Show

Getting out of the cold was easy for this March Little Laffs Show, packed with some old and new favorites! Mike “The Ballooniac” Gold, expertly emceed the show.  He performed a few fun songs, did a little balloon magic, and kept the show moving. One lucky boy even flew off the stage in his very own balloon jet pack! Our first and … Read more

February 1st Show

Little Laffs was a huge success with so many great new talents on the stage and a wonderful return of the talented magician, Steve Rodman. Little Laffs started off getting all wound up with some amazing yo-yo tricks and delights from, Justin “YoYo” Weber, who amazed us all. Performing classic tricks such as; around the … Read more

January 3rd Show

The packed house at Little Laffs this month was a great way to start off the new year! Suzi Shelton came and performed this month and provided us with this great photo of all of the kids showing their love for her music, Little Laffs, and a fun day in Brooklyn! Suzi had all of … Read more

December 7th Show

The very LAST Little Laffs show was a huge success, last show of the year! You were worried there, weren’t you? Well, we had a great time with the North Pole Nonsense elves who got everyone in the holiday spirit with their foolish antics! They had everyone in the audience laughing as they explored presents BIG … Read more

November 2nd Show

Thank you to everyone who came out and a huge thanks to Joey (and Joey’s mom) for having an amazing birthday party and including Little Laffs into your big day! We had a great turn out and were happy to have a wonderful return music act (formally the Whistling Wolves), The Red Hook Rascals, who had … Read more

October 5th Show

Thanks for coming to our  October Little Laffs show!  Todd started off the show with the help of some really gross “special sauce” and wowed the audience with his magic “un-poppable balloon.” Next up was juggler Bennett Santora. The crowd loved Bennett’s fun performance of juggling up to 6 balls! The third act was musician Jordan Shapiro who took us from … Read more

September 7th Show

After returning from a summer off, our Back to School show was a huge success. Thank you everyone for coming out and showing our performers such great love. Audra Rox and Jennifer Milich took us all on a subway ride while they rocked the house with their amazing songs that had everyone singing along, dancing, jumping … Read more

June 1st Show

Little Laffs’ first season ended with a BANG (or at least a big POP) on June 2nd. Filled with amazing local talent, our finale featured MC Twistin’ Todd Neufeld, who also showcased some fabulous balloon magic and daring juggling feats, mystifying magician David Levitan, and musical Mary Jo Poppins of Toddler Time with Mary Jo. … Read more

May 4th Show

Little Laffs was full of some of the most spectacular performers from all of New York as well as the country. The show started out with Twistin’ Todd doing a little bit of fun balloon science with the help from a very trusting audience member. Todd proved to the audience that a balloon filled with water, … Read more

April 6th Show

April’s Little Laffs was chock-full of New York City’s most amazing and wonderful variety talent! Mike “The Ballooniac”  emceed and made amazing balloon art for Gabriel, who celebrated his birthday at the show. Thank you to Gabriel, his family, and friends for coming out to Jalopy Theatre and celebrating your BIG DAY. Along with “The Ballooniac,” Keith Nelson from The … Read more

March 2nd Show

The March Little Laffs Show seemed to have a banana theme. Todd started off the show making a balloon dragonfly out of a one-of-kind-hand-painted balloon, something he hasn’t done in over 8 years! We were visited by a real princess, Princess Cassy, who introduced all of our acts and sang “Let it Go” from Disney’s … Read more

February 2nd Show

Little Laffs was full of surprises this month and packed with a wonderful full crowd of folk from all over Brooklyn! Magic Al Garber started off the show with lots of laughs and tons of great tricks, he may have event turned himself into a ballerina for a moment. Magic Al then introduced the first act … Read more

January 5th Show

The year’s first Little Laffs was another packed house! We had a warm audience and an icy outdoors. Twistin’ Todd introduced to everyone his very first balloon friend as he welcomed everyone to the show. Next onto stage was juggler Keith Leaf . Keith juggled 5 balls and then some pretty crazy things; like tennis rackets and … Read more

December 1st Show

We had the largest crowd at Little Laffs, thank you all for coming. It was great to see so many faces there. Todd started out the show with some fabulous balloon tricks including his A-MAZE-ing balloon maze and ended with some juggling tricks of his own. Todd then introduced the very talented juggler, Justin Wood, … Read more

November 3rd show

Our post-Halloween Little Laffs show was filled to capacity with friends, and neighbors. Todd opened the show with a few juggling tricks, and then introduced Ben Nemzer. Ben’s wallet caught on fire, he mixed up his helpers, and brought out the biggest magic wands ever! Jordan Shapiro sang some favorites, including a rousing “Happy Birthday” … Read more

September 29th: the Pilot

The show was a great success thanks to everyone who came out! Sharon Enlow painted faces for the kids; there were princesses, batman, spiderman, and other fantastic faces in the crowd. Todd opened the show with some amazing balloon tricks, which really got the audience excited for the next performance. AudraRox did a great set … Read more