The Pee-wee Herman Show
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 11, 2010
Closed Jan 2, 2011
Opened Nov 11, 2010
Closed Jan 2, 2011
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Running Time:
1hr. 30min.
1hr. 30min.
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http://www.peewee.com/broadway/
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Based on the Saturday morning television show that became a cultural phenomenon, The Pee-wee Herman Show reunites the one-and-only Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) with many of the original Playhouse cast of characters - including Miss Yvonne, Cowboy Curtis, Pterri the Pterodactyl, Jambi the Genie, and Chairry - for an all new celebration of sophisticated silliness. An eye-popping 90 minutes of subversive humor and childlike wonder, The Pee-wee Herman Show charts a day in the life of our bow-tied hero, one of the most inspired comic personas of our time.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
RE:Pee-wee - You owe it to yourself
Reviewing Pee-wee Hermans Show on Broadway, is somewhat akin to reviewing Mummenschanz. Playing at the non-traditional Stephen Sondheim Theater and directed by Alex Timbers Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson the stage is set, if you will, for an unorthodox experience. Mr. Timbers hand is evident in the use of strobe lights and spotlights in the audiences face a leftover Bloody Bloody affectation no doubt but he has mercilfully left the actors and script to its own device. The apron of the stage is dressed in cartoon figures that are completely unrelated to Pee-wee, as is the pre-show music and light show. But once the curtain rises? It is pure unadulterated Playhouse. This show is a modernized stage production of the very popular 1980s television morning show, complete with a return of several of the actors. Written by and starring, Paul Reubens, the show stays very true to its roots while embracing this very different format. This show is clearly not for everyone, and those expecting homage to the Pee-wee movies of the 1990s will be confused and disappointed. I dont think children would enjoy this show either I was very careful to NOT attend a matinee, so I can not attest to this firsthand. This show is for fans of Paul Reubens clever, funny and incredibly creative television show. However, you will not be paying a lot of money to just have a larger version of T.V. What is remarkable about this production is the "happening" of it all. From the moment Mr. Reubens came out in character prior to the curtain being raised, the 1,000 member audience responded as one. For anyone who ever experience Rocky Horror at its height, this will feel familiar to you. It is an incredible sensation to scream, simultaneously with 1,000 people, at the secret word. Forgive me, it simply is. There is also something very moving about the deep love that is shown to Mr. Reubens. He is a truly gifted man who has not always been treated so kindly.
Reviewed by Brenda_1054748
on Thursday, Dec 16th, 2010
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The secret word at The Pee-wee Herman Show, now at Broadway's Stephen Sondheim Theater, is "fun," and there's a lot of it to be had in this campy 90-minute bon-bon which caters to audience nostalgia.
However, those without much familiarity with Paul Reubens' famous creation -- from the original 1980 live stage show, the television series Pee-wee's Playhouse, or the big screen films Pee-wee's Big Adventure and Big-Top Pee-wee -- are apt to find themselves bewildered by this live stage show and its peculiar brand of humor.
Still, even those theatergoers with a passing familiarity with Pee-wee are sure to enjoy the repetition of such catch-phrases as "I know you are, but what am I?" and the[...]