Bob Baker: The Puppet Master (Holiday Style)

Filed under: Play — StyleGuide @ 8:38 pm

Part of living in L.A. is seeing your friends in bad plays.

It doesn’t all have to be so dismal.  Try Bob Baker Marionette Theater.  Since 1961, the theater has been entertaining audiences young and old with technically difficult and creatively executed marionette shows.

Now playing is The Nutcracker.  It’s the perfect time to beg or borrow a kid to take along as cover.  Or just come by yourself  — the performance I attended this weekend included a tribute to a 60-year-old man’s birthday.

This L.A. institution transports you to a simpler time, where wood and strings come to life and everything else fades into the dark.  

Plus there’s free ice cream and cookies after the show!

The best thing is you won’t have to search for nice things to say afterward. 

Price: $$ (tickets are $15)

Where:  1345 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, Ca 90026 

Call:  213-250-9995 (reservations required)

http://www.bobbakermarionettes.com/

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