| The Great Kaplan will perform Saturday at the Pemberville Opera House. (Illustration courtesy of greatkaplanshow.com) |
PEMBERVILLE – The Great Kaplan, a multifaceted entertainer who channels the spirits of comic legends
Buster Keaton and Victor Borge and cartoon icon Wile E. Coyote, will perform in the next Live in the
House show at the Pemberville Opera House, Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Inspired by a New Orleans Street performer, the Ohio native started honing his skills as a juggler,
magician and comic while attending Ohio State University as an art major.
Bringing a musical knack, – he played guitar in bands growing up and still plays steel drum – he’s
created an act that has even experts guessing. Is he a magician who juggles? A funny juggler?
Over his two decades long career, starting as a street performer, he has developed an everyman persona, a
once full of braggadocio and yet a little bewildered.
In 2008, he told Magic Magazine: "I’m just there in the middle of all this mayhem. I’m a little
delusional with my character, but I’m just like everybody else who struggles to get through their day,
really, even though I may call myself great."
His website promises a performance "blending dazzling skill with shameless gimmickry."
Kaplan has performed internationally and recently received the Mandrake d’Or in Paris
Notable shows include a recent performance as guest "balloonist" with the Columbus Symphony
Orchestra and network television appearances on ABC TV’s "The View," "The Statler
Brothers Show" on TNN and "Le Plus Cabaret du Monde" in Paris.
Tickets are $12 and available at Beeker’s General Store or by contacting (419) 287-4848 or
[email protected].
Online:
http://greatkaplan.com/
www.pembervilleoperahouse.org
