Pasadena Playhouse has announced Holiday programming on PlayhouseLive with an exclusive streaming of Bob Baker Marionette Theater's Holiday on Strings! brought directly into homes for the first time.
Filmed in front of a live audience, this holiday tradition for generations of Angelenos launched online at PlayhouseLive on November 23, 2020, and is part of the Fall line-up of pay-per-view streaming theatrical events.
One of the Theater's most requested shows, Bob Baker's Holiday on Strings! is an all-inclusive festivity spectacular! Join the Wizard of Fantasy and his sidekick Demitrius Nova Twinklestar III (Demi Star for short) as they embark on a magical tour of the holiday galaxies, complete with stops at Santa's Workshop, a celebration of the eight days of Chanukah, a dip into the world of
Charles Dickens, and so much more.
Holiday on Strings! can be rented through PlayhouseLive for $14.99 and is available through January 3, 2021. After the initial purchase at PlayhouseLive.org, Bob Baker's Holiday on Strings! can be watched on any of the PlayhouseLive apps including Apple OS, Android OS, Roku, FireTV and more. Closed captioning will be available in both English and Spanish.
A beloved Los Angeles tradition, more than one million children of all ages have experienced a Bob Baker puppet performance since the Theater's establishment in 1963. In addition to in-house performances, members of the Bob Baker puppet family have appeared in motion pictures, on frequent television shows, and, through a robust traveling company, at the Hollywood Bowl, community centers, backyards, parades, and anywhere there's fun to be had.
Other PlayhouseLive programming on the streaming service this Fall include: poet, performance artist and professor
Javon Johnson in Still., a timely one-man performance about the complexities of the Black experience, commissioned by Pasadena Playhouse and kept online by popular demand, and the pilot episodes of four new series:
In Development gives an insiders' look at unproduced theatrical works as they are introduced to the world for the first time. The first episode will feature
Megan Mullally and
Nick Offerman performing excerpts from Iceboy!, a new musical by
Mark Hollmann,
Jay Reiss and
Erin Quinn Purcell.
Intermission with Hashtag Booked features celebrity interviews hosted by LaNisa Frederick and Danielle Pinnock, a comedic duo that started the web series Hashtag Booked. Their first guest was acclaimed actor
Alfred Molina.
In the second episode of the series, also launching November 23, 2020 on PlayhouseLive,
Jeff Perry("Scandal") takes an intermission and joins LaNisa and Danielle to talk about his distinguished career in front of the camera and his roots in the theatre. Jeff will recount the beginnings of
Steppenwolf Theatre Company and share some insider stories about his time with
Laurie Metcalf,
John Malkovich, and more.
Page to Stage takes you behind the curtain to explore the theatrical journey from conception to opening night. In Page to Stage: Little Shop of Horrors, the creative team at Pasadena Playhouse takes you from rehearsal to opening night of their groundbreaking revival; featuring interviews with
George Salazar,
MJ Rodriguez and
Amber Riley. Page to Stage is free to the public.
From the Archives celebrates the unique impact regional theater has had across generations in shaping American culture. Initial episodes include a silent film featuring rare vintage footage of the Playhouse from the 1930s; a documentary short chronicling the years the Playhouse went dark (1968 through 1984) and the journey of the extraordinary woman who kept the hope alive to bring the historic theater back; and a fascinating look at the historic 1928 production of
Eugene O'Neill's Lazarus Laughed which brought 151 actors together to perform 420 roles in a four-act play - this unforgettable production put Pasadena Playhouse on the map.
Additional information about PlayhouseLive and its programming, including new announcements and pricing specials, are available at
www.playhouselive.org.
