Recommended for ages 4 and up, Paul Bunyan and the Tall Tale Medicine Show will be presented in the Mainstage Theater, January 22 – March 10. All of the puppets, props and scenery were designed and built onsite by the Center’s staff. Adapted and directed by the Center’s Artistic Director Jon Ludwig, Paul Bunyan and the Tall Tale Medicine Show features rod, shadow and hand puppets along with live music. Bigelow will also be on hand to embellish these puppet-infused sagas with a little help from his tall tale tonic. It’s educational fun for the whole family. The Center for Puppetry Arts is rounding up some of America’s most famous heroes and heroines to present a production packed with tall tales, twangy tunes (performed live) and glory stories of the American west.įolklore fans will hear how the larger-than-life lumberjack Paul Bunyan and his devoted friend Babe the Blue Ox invent logging how Hekeke saves her tribe from a terrible people-eating ogre how John Henry single-handedly hammers his way through a mountain to become a true steel-driving man and how Pecos Bill tames the wildest stallion in the land to become King of the Cowboys. It’s time to saddle up for a 10-gallon historical hoedown. Paul Bunyan and the Tall Tale Medicine Show Group pricing for 10 or more people is available. The individual price for the Family Series Performance ticket includes the Create-A-Puppet Workshop™ and admission to the Worlds of Puppetry Museum. Below are reviews of the shows our family has seen, but if you’re ready to see one yourself, tickets for the Center for Puppetry Arts can be purchased online or by calling the box office at 404.873.3391. Every person (adults and children ages 2 & up) attending the show must have a ticket. The shows performed at the Center for Puppetry Arts cater to a variety of ages, with traveling shows, in-house creations, experimental theatre, and the classics you know and love like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It’s free with the purchase of a show ticket, so arrive an hour early to tour around and let your kids play in the Jim Henson area… they’ll learn a lot! Today it is the largest American non-profit organization solely dedicated to the art of puppet theater with a new refurbishment wing for an amazing museum you’ve got to see. The Center for Puppetry Arts opened to the public on September 23, 1978, when Kermit the Frog himself and his creator, Jim Henson, cut the ceremonial ribbon. All opinions are my own and were not influenced in any way. I received complimentary passes to attend the show in order to write an honest review.
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