Legendary Puppet Theatre
It is nice to see the Bob Baker Marionette Theater is sold out for the Halloween Spooktacular and the specialty Halloween shows. This is the longest running marionette theater in the United States, and an institution in the LA arts scene. Opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1963, they have moved to a new home in Highland Park. I had attended a show that was advertised as the last of the puppet shows many years ago and was sad to see it’s long run ending. Was so happy to see the revitalization, with a move into the new theatre.
The Halloween Spooktacular was a fun show and good for both adults and children. (we went to a weekday evening show and it was mostly adults.) The show has an overall vintage feel with songs like Sheb Wooley’s The Purple People Eater with a cute one eyed, one horn purple flying purple people eater! A great evening of fun songs and cute and spooky marrionettes.