ZACH Theatre kicks off 2020 with two show openings, celebrating a legendary rock goddess, and bringing Eric Carle's books of children's classics to life on the stage. A Night with Janis Joplin will return to ZACH where its journey began; this time in the Topfer with Tony-nominated Mary Bridget Davies, who originated the title role on Broadway running January 29-March 8, 2020 at The Topfer at ZACH. Creator, writer and original director Randy Johnson joins Mary Bridget Davies with original choreographer Patti Wilcox and original associate director Tyler Rhodes. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show wiggles the ZACH Moody Foundation Theatre for Families into the 2020 Season when this menagerie of Eric Carle's favorite books is brought to life with puppetry for all ages.
Jonathan Rockefeller's Paddington Gets in a Jam will begin its limited run beginning Friday, December 13, 2019, as the star of page and screen, Paddington, will take to the stage in this new fun-filled comedy. This production is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Rockefeller's critically acclaimed The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and will begin a strictly limited 12-week run from through March 8, 2020 at Union Square's DR2 Theatre (103 E 15th Street). Tickets are on sale and available by visiting PaddingtonGetsInAJam.com.
Rockefeller Productions has announced its cast for their highly anticipated family show, Paddington Gets in a Jam which includes Jake Bazel (TV: a?oeSesame Street,a?? NYC & International Tour The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show), Jessica Bulzacchelli (Regional: James and the Giant Peach), John Cody (TV: a?oeSesame Street,a?? Monkey and Dino's Funky Puppet Show!), A.J. Ditty (Puffs; or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic) and Kirsty Moon (NYC: That Golden Girls Show! A Puppet Parody NYC/International Tour: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show).
The South Street Seaport Museum will be a part of Winterland Annual Holiday Tree Lighting on December 2, 2019, from 6-8pm at Fulton & Water Street, a fun filled evening complete with mainstage performances, a Seaport Kids activity station and fitness themed activities at the Cobblestone Tents. Admission is free and fun for children and adults of all ages!
The South Street Seaport Museum will be a part of Winterland Annual Holiday Tree Lighting on December 2, 2019, from 6-8pm at Fulton & Water Street, a fun filled evening complete with mainstage performances, a Seaport Kids activity station and fitness themed activities at the Cobblestone Tents. Admission is free and fun for children and adults of all ages!
The South Street Seaport Museum presents The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show Experience, a fun-filled hour-long experience complete with an interactive puppet show, activities, and the opportunity to take a picture with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, from November 29 through December 29, 2019 with three performances on select dates at 10am, 11:30am, and 1pm at the Melville Gallery at 213 Water Street, NYC.
Continuing in its mission to bring substantial children's programming to Detroit area kids with our Family Theater Series, Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts is proud to bring back the iconic and beloved, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Little Cloud and The Mixed-up Chameleon by award-winning children's book illustrator and writer, Eric Carle, retold on stage in black light for one great show, Sunday, November 24th at 4PM.
The Center for the Arts at George Mason University continues the 2019/20 season this November and December with an array of dance, theater, opera, and music from around the world through programs from Great Performances at Mason, the Family Series, as well as signature events from Mason's College of Visual and Performing Arts.
BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, proudly presents the first event in the 2019-2020 Family Series Season: Jamie Adkins' Circus Incognitus on Saturday, November 2 at 11:00AM. Circus Incognitus is the first show of BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center's 2019-2020 Family Theater Season, featuring plays, musicals, puppetry, concerts and dance for all ages.
Due to box office demand, Chicago Children's Theatre is adding a full month of performances to its Chicago premiere of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, a bright new, puppet-filled live stage version of Eric Carle's timeless children's book about an insatiable caterpillar that munches its way to become a full-fledged butterfly.
Following multiple seasons in London and New York, one of the most iconic characters in children's literature will wiggle his way around the UK this Autumn in celebration of a big birthday. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show will embark on a UK Tour, opening at the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield on Tuesday 1 October, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the book.
Jonathan Rockefeller brings a new show to New York featuring the star of page and screen: Paddington. This new fun-filled comedy, Paddington Gets in a Jam, is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, and will begin a strictly limited 12-week run from December 13, 2019 through March 6, 2020.
Marcus Pfister's award-winning, colorful book The Rainbow Fish comes to life with enchanting puppetry at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre in Malibu on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The Frist Art Museum presents Eric Carle's Picture Books: Celebrating 50 Years of a?oeThe Very Hungry Caterpillar,a?? an exhibition of more than one hundred original artworks by one of the most acclaimed and beloved illustrators of our time. Drawn from the Collection of Eric and Barbara Carle and organized by The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, the exhibition will be on display from October 18, 2019, through February 23, 2020.
BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, the longest operating performance venue in lower Manhattan, presents a brand new slate of family programming for the 2019-2020 Season, including the very talented clown Jamie Adkins on Saturday, November 2, an adaptation of the Eric Carle's classic Very Hungry Caterpillar on Saturday, February 29, and more!
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Eric Carle's beloved book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Jonathan Rockefeller's stage adaptation The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show has reached over one million people in over 2,000 performances.
Chicago Children's Theatre's launches its 14th season with the Chicago premiere of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, a bright new version of Eric Carle's timeless children's book about an insatiable caterpillar that munches its way to become a full-fledged butterfly.
The colorful characters of Eric Carle's books come to life on stage, gaining gentle movement, soothing voices, and quirky personalities, given to them by some of America's most talented puppeteers. Their puppets are grander than life size, and captivating to watch interact with each other. The actors/puppeteers talk to us about how they bring Eric Carle's magic to non-English speaking audiences.
The Kimmel Center Cultural Campus announces the returning Family Discovery Series for the upcoming 2019-20 season, a selection of programming curated to appeal to burgeoning arts lovers.
