The Bug Dust Variety Hour! May 15th, 2013! Don’t Miss It!

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May 102013
 

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Becky Stark and Charlyne Yi present: The Bugdust Variety Hour

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 @8pm

Purchase Tickets at the Box Office in person, or right here!

Heart-throbs Becky Stark and Charlyne Yi will sing you sweet sweet melodies, dance with their legs and arms (and everything in between), crack wise and learn some *valuable life lessons” with the help of their pals The Bob Baker Marionettes and some very special friends.

They will make you feel so good inside that you will understand what it’s like to truly live for the first time with this, the very first episode of their live, new-timey variety hour!

Come join the whimsical joys of: puppets, music, heart-ache, heart-feel-good, villains, heroes, explosions (of the mind), friends, love, harmony, and FUN!

SPECIAL GUESTS

Armen Weitzman
Ben Lee
Ryan + Nick from Mister Heavenly
DeMorge Brown
Jet Elfman
Lem Jay
Also included will be people like: Shirley Temple, Buster Keaton, Michael Keaton, Fred Astaire, and Ray Romano!

Presented at the World Famous Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Arriving February 2nd, 2013 • Something to Crow About!

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“There’s no business like show business”… and there’s no business like “Something to Crow About!” This marionette musical is delightfully mad, imaginative, and the best lyric revue in the theater! This show has the scope of a broadway musical, plus the wonderland touch of Bob Baker’s lively marionettes.

• Tuesdays through Fridays at 10:30am
• Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30pm

Crow About Farm is the most enchanting place on earth, a place that exists in every child’s imagination, and a warm glow int he secret heart of the adult. It’s a farm where everything: trees, flowers, animals, they all have human emotions and feelings. Remember this place? It once belonged only to you!

Come join Mama and Papa Goat and 100 more of the world famous Bob Baker Marionettes for a musical “Day on the Farm” you will never forget. Everything from dancing scarecrows to tap dancing bullfrogs warbling “Shine On Harvest Moon”, “Something To Crow About” is guaranteed to put a smile on children of all ages!

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Coming Up for the Holiday Season: Bob Baker’s NutCracker Suite!

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Nov 022012
 

What Los Angeles doesn’t have in snow, it makes up in lights, camera, action… and puppets. The puppet theater is all abustle with rehearsals, painting, prepping and practicing for our favorite show of the year! Treat yourself and your kin to a marvelous, gorgeous and glamorous holiday presentation that has inspired the hearts and minds of Angelenos since its inception in 1969.

SHOW SCHEDULE
November 10, 2012 – January 27,2013
Tuesdays through Fridays at 10:30am
Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30pm

Employing over 100 of legendary puppeteer Bob Baker’s famous marionettes, this family performance features all the characters from the beloved story: Clara and the Nutcracker Prince, the Sugarplum Fairies, the Mouse King, and many more – a true puppet extravaganza.

The production utilizes recordings from the familiar to the truly eclectic, and features every style of puppetry from marionettes to shadow puppets, this is truly a  “Nutcracker” unlike any other.

“Bob Baker’s Nutcracker” is an hour-long production. After the performance, guests are invited to visit with the Puppeteers and have refreshments in the famous Party Room.

Read the full Nutcracker Press Release HERE.

Thank You Everyone for Joining Us at The Gala!

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Well what a wonderful time we had at The Bob Baker Preservation Celebration, the weather was just right for kicking off our fundraiser! The Ukelele Orchestra of the Western Hemisphere welcomed people to the theater with strumming pep, and Charles Phoenix was wearing the most fabulous colorful suit and MC’d the festivities expertly. The puppet show contained all of the best numbers from 50 years of shows at the Bob Baker Theater, it was a show to be rivaled, a collection of skilled marionette vignettes that charmed everyone who came. Afterward, there was much socializing and the silent auction concluded while people relaxed outside and listened to live cello music in the summer breeze of the courtyard.

We’d like to send a very heartfelt thank you to all of our supporters, visitors, volunteers, friends and fans for taking part in the event. It meant a lot to Bob, he was tickled pink to see everyone mingling and talking, socializing and watching the puppets do their magic.

If you’d like to see photos of the fun we had, here is the album on the theater’s Facebook page. 

We will see you at future events, and speaking of events, here’s a FREE one this upcoming Sunday!

The Bob Baker Marionettes will be at MacArthur Park Sunday, August 5th, 2012. The show starts at 4 p.m.
The festival is FREE and is great for kids. There will be open lawn seating so bring a blanket and enjoy an evening of fun.

 

BOB BAKER’S CELEBRATION & PRESERVATION EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

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WHEN: JULY 29, 2012, 4 PM

WHERE: The Bob Baker Marionette Theater

WHAT: A FUNDRAISER, A BENEFIT SHOW, A GALA, A GOOD TIME!

Hosted by the legendary Bob Baker and emceed by famed showman, humorist, author and LA icon Charles Phoenix  you’ll attend a rare and exciting afternoon of live puppet magic!

You’ll see 50 YEARS OF BOB BAKER’S BEST NUMBERS & A SNEAK PEEK INTO HIS LATEST SHOW IN DEVELOPMENT, Arabian Nights!

• 4:00 pm Hors d’oeuvres Reception

• 4:30pm The Gala Benefit Show!

• 6:00pm Fine Refreshments & Silent Auction Featuring rare marionettes, Theater memorabilia, and one-of-a-kind items

Tickets Start at $75  (Sponsorship levels & benefits are also available.)
PURCHASE NOW

See the show, make a difference!

Our Quest: Our goal is to kick off a fundraising campaign at the July 29 Gala to give Bob Baker’s puppet family a permanent home! We have great plans for being a center of puppet arts and culture in Los Angeles for the next 100 years. Help us to get there!

About the Bob Baker Marionette Theater… Fifty years ago, master puppeteer Bob Baker founded the world famous Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Since then, the Theater and its talented puppeteers have served over 700,000 people. Children come from schools across Los Angeles and Southern California annually to be inspired by the art of storytelling through puppets. Many schools can’t afford full price tickets, and the Theater subsidizes tickets with the help of fundraising by its partner non-profit, the Academy of Puppetry and Allied Arts, and generous community grant makers. Last year alone, the Theater served nearly 12,000 children and families. The Theater is now a historic landmark in Los Angeles. It is one of the city’s great cultural resources, and a link to both Los Angeles’s great past and its great future!