Balloon Hysteria NYC | R David Comedy-Magic | A New York City Santa
R David Robinson is an experienced theatre and event professional. He served on stage as comic-foil and right hand to magician David Copperfield: Las Vegas (LV Hilton, Caesar's, MGM Grand); Washington DC (Fords Theater); and on national television, earning praise from screen legend Gene Kelly. R David has trained with many of the best acting, clown and balloon art instructors in the world.
Celebrating over 25-years in New York City and the greater metropolitan area performing corporate, family and community events, R David’s corporate client list includes HBO/Thames Television, Macy's, Royal Caribbean, and Walt Disney. New York families know him for his epic 10-plus-year appearance as the Ghost of Christmas Present in the Grand Falloons' hysterical vaudeville "A Seriously Annotated Christmas Carol," part of the Morgan Museum & Library’s Winter Family Fair, a consistent New York Times critics’ and writers’ holiday pick.
A New York City Santa
As a New York City Santa, he’s been featured at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center, Brooklyn's Metrotech Plaza Tree Lighting, NY Yacht Club and Yale Club. R David’s Santa origin story began back in 2001, when he was Santa for the Red Cross for families who lost loved ones in the World Trade Center. He’s been Santa-ing ever since.
Birthday Max
As Birthday Max, R David was a featured family entertainer for Todd Neufeld’s Little Laffs at Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theater (See a review. http://www.star-revue.com/little-laffs-gets-big-laughs-halley-bondy/). But the backbone of “BMax,” as R calls him, his out-of-town try-out if you will, has been the week after week appearances in living rooms, back yards, VFWs, summer camps and synagogues throughout the New York area.
Credits
Illustration by D.Smith
Portrait Photography by Donna Svennevik