Bob Baker Marionette Theater Continues Season with BOB BAKER’S CIRCUS, 7/17-9/26

In honor of the Bob Baker Marionette Theater's 50th anniversary, the theater continues its special 50th anniversary season with "Bob Baker's Circus," opening July 17 and playing through September 26, 2010. The theater will also extend its Special Group Rate and Birthday Party Special through September.

The Group Rate offers a discount rate of $10 per ticket for an entire Group (minimum of 20 guests pre-paid, absolutely no refunds.) The Birthday Party Special offers a discount rate of $10 per ticket for an entire party. Price of party (including cake, ice cream, and paper service) is separate - please call the theatre for details. Minimum of 20 guests pre-paid, absolutely no refunds.

This special anniversary season at the theater features five of the theater's most beloved productions: "Fiesta," (which played January 19 through April 11),"It's A Musical World," (playing through July 11), "Bob Baker's Circus," "Bob Baker's Halloween Hoop-De-Do," and just in time for the holidays, "Bob Baker's Nutcracker". This is the first time the Bob Baker Marionette Theater has ever presented this many productions at the theater in one calendar year.

"Bob Baker's Circus," a true marionette extravaganza, is one of Bob's earliest productions at the theater, and was first introduced in 1961, the theater's second year of operation.

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater in downtown Los Angeles is the oldest of its kind in the United States and has been entertaining children of all ages since its inception in 1960. At that time, Bob Baker and his business partner Alton Wood turned a scene shop in Los Angeles into the family entertainment landmark that it is today.

Jennifer Steinhauer of The New York Times has described Baker's shows as "a staple of a Los Angeleno childhood. It is the cultural equivalent of the annual march by the nation's third graders to the neighborhood firehouse." On June 3, 2009, The Bob Baker Marionette Theater was declared an historic cultural monument by the city of Los Angeles.

 

"We have had fifty amazing years right here on First Street, and here's to fifty more!" says Bob Baker, commenting on the occasion of the theater's Golden Anniversary.

The 50th Anniversary season kicked off January 19 with "Fiesta," one of Bob Baker's most requested productions first presented at the theater in 1964, followed by "It's A Musical World," which first opened at the theater in 1978, and is currently plying through July 11. Following "Bob Baker's Circus", "Bob Baker's Halloween Hoop-De-Do" will arrive in time for Halloween 2010, and play October 1 through October 31. Another one of the theater's perennial favorites, "Bob Baker's Halloween Hoop-De-Do" first played the theater in 1963.

The season will come to a close with the holiday classic, "Bob Baker's Nutcracker," playing November 6 through January 16, 2011. This marionette version of the legendary ballet has been one of Bob's most requested holiday productions since it was first presented in 1965.

For more information or to order tickets, visit online at www.bobbakermarionettes.com or call the Box Office at (213) 250-9995.

Photo Credit: Bob Barker Marionette Theater

 

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