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Avner the Eccentric
Juggler's World: Vol. 38, No. 1
My show isn't really a variety show, it's more a character piece. It's a Beckett play with tricks, like Emmett Kelly doing "Waiting for Godot."Avner: Broadway groundbreaker
Avner Eisenberg, or "Avner the Eccentric" as he bills himself, has used his juggling, mime, magic and general clowning talents to become a leader in "New Vaudeville," the newest rage on Broadway.
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His one-man silent show, "Avner the Eccentric," garnered rave reviews there during its run from September 1984 to April 1985 at the Lambs Theatre and Samuel Beckett Theatre. On stage, Avner is a shy show-off. With the audience as his protagonist, he creates artistry out of obstruction.
His act, he says, "is largely based on the theory of accidents. Every action has a terrible and opposite reaction."
Success on Broadway led to his role in the film "Jewel of the Nile," where he played a holy man that is "a cross between Mahatma Ghandi and Mary Poppins." H