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STAGE TUBE: Pee Wee Visits Conan at Radio City

By: Jun. 03, 2010
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On Monday, June 1, Conan O'Brien kicked-off the Radio City Music Hall stint as part of his 'Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television' tour. An ode to the life changing events of his past year, the show makes light of O'Brien's resignation from his position as host of The Tonight Show in January 2010 for Jay Leno. O'Brien's settlement with NBC bars him from appearing on television as the host of a program until September 2010, however is permitted to perform before a live audience in a concert setting. "Legally Prohibited" incorporates video bits from his past television segments, musical and comic performers, and cameo appearances by celebrities.

For Conan's final show yesterday, June 2, Pee Wee Herman himself made a cameo as the surprise guest of the evening.  BroadwayWorld brings you a clip of his cameo below.

As BroadwayWorld recently announced, Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) will bring his signature brand of hilarious mayhem to Broadway for a special six-week limited engagement of the acclaimed stage play, The Pee-wee Herman Show.

Based on Reubens' 1981 cult classic stage production, The Pee-wee Herman Show, with new elements from the ground-breaking CBS show "Pee-wee's Playhouse" added generously, this new production is written by Paul Reubens and Bill Steinkellner, with additional material by John Paragon. Directed by Alex Timbers (Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson), The Pee-wee Herman Show will feature music by Jay Cotton and the work of renowned puppetry artist Basil Twist. Direct from its acclaimed, sold-out run in Los Angeles, The Pee-wee Herman Show will begin its 48-performance limited run on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 and officially open on Thursday, November 11 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd street). The engagement will run through December 5.

Based on the Saturday morning television show that became a cultural phenomenon, The Pee-wee Herman Show reunites the one-and-only Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) with many of the original Playhouse cast of characters - including Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Pterri the Pterodactyl, Jambi the Genie, and Chairry - for an all new celebration of sophisticated silliness. An eye-popping 90 minutes of subversive humor and childlike wonder, The Pee-wee Herman Show charts a day in the life of our bow-tied hero, one of the most inspired comic personas of our time. Tickets went on sale Tuesday, June 1st at Telecharge.com or (212) 239-6200. The box office at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre will open at a later date.

Conan next plays Boston.  For tickets and more information, visit http://teamcoco.com/.

 

 

 







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