THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW begins @ the Sondheim Oct. 26

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:09pm

For a 6-week run.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/i-meant-to-do-that-the-pee-wee-herman-show-coming-to-broadway/?src=tptw

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:22pm

Will they be giving out Vaseline and kleenex at the door?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:26pm

You didn't see there was already a thread started?

Updated On: 5/20/10 at 01:26 PM

[broadway_show_fan]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:30pm

Bet he can't wait for Kids Night on Broadway.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:37pm

Congrats to Mr. Sondheim for having such a prestigious work of high art be the first resident at the theater named after him.

But, seriously, this should be interesting to say the least.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:53pm

God, what a HORRIBLE desecration of the site that once housed (the old Henry Miller) the original production of Our Town. Thorton Wilder and any of the fine actors who played that venue must be turning over in their graves. Sorry, makes me want to puke.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:57pm

Clould you people be anymore of a bunch of drama queens?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 2:00pm

Clould you people be anymore of a bunch of drama queens?

For most people on this board, the answer is actually, yeah. This is nothing.

[scripps]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 2:06pm

Pee-Wee has already played Carnegie Hall, the Sondheim is small fries.

Posted: 5/20/10 at 2:06pm

What's wrong with Pee Wee Herman? It's a sure thing this will be of higher quality than say, Passion or Road Show.

[Calvin]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 2:10pm

Besides, don't you think their corpse-turning muscles are all worn out after Bye Bye Birdie?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 2:57pm

Sadly the del Rubio triplets will not be joining him.

[Luscious]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 2:58pm

Can't think of anything I'd less rather spend my money on. Loved the original series but ... for everything there is a season.

[BwayBoundJoe]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 3:13pm

I hope the student rush isn't onstage seating.

Posted: 5/20/10 at 3:17pm

I don't get the pedophile jokes- the film he was enjoying was "Naughty Nurses"- adult females.

[darquegk]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 3:20pm

The paedo jokes refer to his later run-in with the law over his encyclopedic collection of vintage pre-Playboy erotica, some of which did feature depictions of the underage. His story is that he collects it, but does not fetishize it, and uses it as a museum-like gathering, not as a private collectin of pornography. He was acquitted, I believe.

[Brick]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 3:44pm

Why is everyone so creeped out by him? For getting ratted out doing what most of you do listening to your WICKED cast album?

I had a friend who saw the show in LA and loved it.

Posted: 5/20/10 at 3:46pm

Oh that. The whole thing was dropped I thought. Hard to believe that's what some people think of when they hear "Pee Wee Herman."

[MiracleElixir]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 4:00pm

Jesus, give it a rest. You all are ridiculous. I know this isn't showcasing a diva in her sixties for you all to orgasm over for two and a half hours, but I, for one, am tremendously excited. I grew up on the show, adore the movie, and have heard a number of reports from people who saw it in L.A. and loved it. It's remarkable how limited some (many) people on here are in their views of what's "acceptable" on their beloved Broadway.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 4:33pm

this is awesome... saw the show up in LA and the audience went nuts... definitely a trip down memory lane for lots of people in the audience...

[wickedfan11]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 4:42pm

This is NOT deserving of being the first show to play the Sondheim.

[kate2]

Posted: 5/20/10 at 5:27pm

I honestly thought this was a joke when I saw it posted on the main page.