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Pick of the Day: Clean Eats (in LA) 12/29

December 27, 2023

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If you’ve bore witness to clowning in LA over the last several years, you might have seen some of the most hysterical absurd performances that hinged on a celebrating the human experience (often via embracing failure in the face of the impossible). Also, if you’ve seen that, you’ve probably seen your fair share of nudity, things being stuck in several different holes, and other not so G, PG, or PG-13 rated things.

So, for one night, we are (yes, our very own Jake Kroeger is involved in devising this) challenging some of these oft-raunchy LA clowns to be innocent and not resort to ditching clothing or their “normal” and very funny graphic acts (and still funny for adults like Pixar does). Thanks to the clowning expertise of Natasha Mercado, she’ll live direct and make sure everything is family friendly, but not in the cheesy, corny, stereotypical “family friendly” way.

This Friday isn’t a school night, so take the whole family out (or see if they’ll be able to not go blue) for a clowning journey unlike any other aat 9:30PM at Lyric Hyperion, especially since it’ll be G-rated as all H-E-Double-Hockeysticks. Tickets are $15 right now and you best go get them here.

Pick of the Day: Bob Baker Day (in LA) 4/30

April 10, 2023

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If you’re in LA, you can clearly see we’re to our regularly scheduled programming of sunshine. So, with that in mind, you ought to look forward to one of the few family friendly things that we shout out here at TCB, the legendary Bob Baker Theater‘s Bob Baker Day, done annually at the gorgeous LA State Historic Park.

Every year, it’s an outdoor carnival filled with games, music, and, of course, puppets/marionettes. There’s always a very special line-up of very special guests and you’ll be thrilled to know that is still very much free to attend. Bob Baker Day runs from 10AM-5PM and is slated for Sun. Apr. 30th at, again, LA State Historic Park (located right next to Chinatown, just North of DTLA).

Get more details and updates at bobbakerday.com.

Pick of the Day: The Adventures of Sleepyhead (A Kid-Friendly Play) (in LA) 3/17-3/19

February 24, 2023

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It’s not often that we recommend transparently family friendly shows here, because, well, ones of true quality are quite rare. That’s not to say that don’t happen and The Bob Baker Marionette Theater is proof positive of that.

Also, there’s a new play coming from internationally acclaimed, brilliant clown Gemma Soldati that will be for kidd-oes and grown-ups alike called The Adventures of Sleepyhead next month. If there’s someone that can pull off that tricky balance of truly, deeply entertaining audiences inclusive of all ages, it would be the adept clowning instincts of Gemma. This play will dive into, with the audience very much being part of the experience, into where imagination comes from (almost sounds like it could be a Pixar movie?) and it will undoubtedly be a delight to see Soldati play with kids and their parents throughout the hour.

The Adventures of Sleepyhead is set to play at The Elysian on Fri. Mar. 17th at 7:30PM, then Sat. Mar. 18th & Sun. Mar. 19th at 2PM. Tickets are only $10 a pop and you ought to go get them here.