![]() Guests reach the display at the end of a hall of blue-white shimmering material that makes you feel like you’re strolling amid North Pole icebergs toward Something Very Important. The wee figures are given big-star treatment, displayed inside an acrylic vitrine in a gallery a level below the theater. Upping the nostalgia ante, the Center for Puppetry Arts also is presenting an exhibit of the Rudolph and Santa puppets from the 1964 Rankin/Bass Productions TV special, made in collaboration with animation wizard Tadahito Mochinaga and his MOM Film Studio in Tokyo. After taking last Christmas off due to the pandemic, Rudolph has returned to the puppetry center to light up the holidays for the 11th year with his bulbous red nose. Rudolph is to the Center for Puppetry Arts what “The Nutcracker” is for Atlanta Ballet and a thousand other dance companies: a provider of holiday jingle that bolsters the bottom line year-round. It’s like the holiday set has escaped the theater and is gradually wrapping everything that isn’t moving in sparkly reds, greens and silvers.Īll of this and more plays a supporting role for the puppetry center’s main attraction, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the puppet show based on the 1964 stop-motion animated Christmas television special. Upstairs, kids and parents collaborate on Rudolph shadow puppets in the Create-A-Puppet Workshop. Santa and Rudolph puppets from the 1964 TV special are featured in a gallery exhibition that is part of the Center for Puppetry Arts’ “Christmas Town” special attraction.Īt one end of the lobby, there’s even a circa-1950s coin-operated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer amusement ride of the sort that sat outside sundry stores before insurance liability became such a buzz kill. ![]() Now through January 2, the Midtown funhouse has been transformed into “Christmas Town,” with giant snowflakes dangling from its atrium’s high ceiling, multiple Christmas trees sparkling with lights, and gift-wrapped presents stacked high. It’s hard to top the Center for Puppetry Arts. But, say you’re a theatergoer who wants to go walking in a Winter Wonderland, or the closest you can come to it in a city where every sled is gridlocked on a 70-degree fall day. With live chanting and shamisen music accompaniment.įamily Matinee only Children 12 and under $10All across snowy Atlanta (OK, not snowy, but one can wish), theater companies are staging A Christmas Carol or decking their halls with other holiday confections. This intricate program highlights the Awaji puppet’s elaborate theater sets and props, and the highly refined mechanisms that manipulate the facial expressions of the puppets. The company performs segments from classical dance pieces including Ebisu-Mai ( Dance of the Fisherman God) and Hidaka-gawa Iriaizakura, based on the famous folktale of a lovelorn woman and her transformation into a serpent, as well as an episode from the traditional drama Tsubosaka Reigen-ki about the double suicide of a blind masseuse and his wife, and the divine miracle that brings them back to life. Often referred to as the origin of bunraku puppetry, the Awaji performance traditions passed down for over 500 years share the ancient technique of three-man manipulation of puppets. Open to families with children’s tickets only.įor the first time in 10 years, Awaji Puppet Theater Company, designated an Intangible Folk Asset by the Japanese government, returns to New York with a stunning program. Pre-performance Demonstration for Children at 1:30 pm on March 7 before the Family Matinee by the artists. Pre-performance Lecture at 6:30 pm for all evening performances by puppet scholar Jane Marie Law of Cornell University and the artists, free to ticket holders. Please sign up in person (no phone calls) at the box office. ![]() A waiting list will begin one hour prior to curtain. Advance tickets for the performances on Thursday, Friday and Saturday are sold out, however a limited number of tickets may be available at the door.
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