Eric Carle News

Get a first look at photos from Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation, developed and presented by renowned family entertainment creator Jonathan Rockefeller (whose spectacular puppetry is omnipresent in the acclaimed productions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and Paddington Gets in a Jam).

The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University has announced its 2021–2022 season of performances.

The Children’s Theater Series at Playhouse Square returns to the stage next year and is the perfect way to introduce, or reintroduce, the amazing world of live theater to your family. 

Due to an overwhelming response, Rockefeller Productions is opening a new block of weekend tickets for the highly anticipated Disney Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Adaptation.

Summer activities are returning to New York City, and the Bronx Zoo will be hosting a two-month-long event series featuring the works of legendary children's book author Eric Carle. 

This summer will also see the welcome return of Lyric Fest, a free, outdoor family festival held in Lyric Square with Hammersmith BID (20 and 21 August) as a key part of the BID's Summer Festival 2021.

Preston Live Arts Festival, a celebration of arts, culture, and homegrown talent in Preston, announces the initial line-up for this year's Summer Festival which will run at venues across the city from 21-30 June. 

Metro Theater Company is extending the run of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show / La Oruga Muy Hambrienta Espectáculo through Sunday, May 23. Six additional performances have been added to the schedule: Friday, May 21 at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Saturday, May 22 at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., and Sunday, May 23 at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Metro Theater Company will resume live performances after a year of exclusively digital programming with an outdoor production of the global sensation, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show. Created by Jonathan Rockefeller, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show brings Eric Carle's beautifully imaginative stories to life.

The smash-hit stage production The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show is now be available to stream until the end of February! Filmed in front of a live audience at Hertford Theatre in December, the show was originally made available to stream for a limited 3-week period over Christmas. With the country now in lockdown, this has been extended by 7 weeks until Sunday 28 February. 

The smash-hit stage production The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show will be available to stream for the first time this festive season! Filmed in front of a live audience at Hertford Theatre this month, the never-before-seen Christmas edition of the show features four of Eric Carle's classic stories; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, the addition of the festive tale Dream Snow and, of course, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Following the early closure of the production when Hertford moved into Tier 3, it will now be available to stream on demand until Sunday 10 January.

One of the most iconic characters in children's literature will wiggle back to the stage this Autumn/Winter! Following multiple seasons in London and New York, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show will return for two socially distanced runs, at London's artsdepot from 24-27 October 2020, and at Hertford Theatre from 12 December 2020 a?" 3 January 2021.

Celebrity Series of Boston presents Abilities Dance Boston in a streaming concert on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 8pm ET as part of the 'Celebrity Series at Home' Neighborhood Arts Community Concerts virtual concert series.

Magical Theatre Company will move its camps online for the 2020 season.

Beginning in darkness with the sounds of the sea, we launch into a film that directly serves as a companion to a well-constructed soundtrack. Seattle-based director and creator Clyde Petersen opens the autobiographical work with a delightfully familiar reimagining of a coming-of-age story cliche.

Penguin Young Readers, Random House Children's Books, and PBS Kids today announced a special collaboration with former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, in support of the recently announced 'Read Together, Be Together' Penguin Random House literacy initiative and PBS KIDS' 'Read-Along' effort on Facebook and YouTube.

On Sunday, March 15, a very hungry caterpillar will eat its way through Queens, a chameleon will visit a zoo, and a brown bear will discover colors, in a heartwarming performance by Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. The innovative theatre-traveling from Canada to Flushing-will present two shows that day-one in English and one in Mandarin.

Oregon Children's Theatre is excited to bring Eric Carle's classic characters back to the Winningstad stage! This revived version of the family-favorite is an adaptation of four classic stories from award-winning Carle, including The Very Lonely Firefly, Ten Little Rubber Ducks, Brown Bear Brown Bear, and-of course-The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It debuted in Australia in 2015 and has performed all over the world since then, from the UK to Dubai. Along the way, the show has garnered rave reviews. The New York Times called it 'Bedazzling' and Time Out said that it was 'Beautiful, rhythmic, and faithful to the author's works.'

Jonathan Rockefeller's Paddington Gets in a Jam will celebrate its 100th performance on Sunday, February 23, 2020 (2 PM) at Union Square's DR2 Theatre. Paddington Gets in a Jam began its limited Off-Broadway run on December 13, 2019.