Support the Bob Baker Marionette Theatre!

Help support the Bob Baker Marionette Theatre to ensure it doesn't go out of business!

Bob Baker Marionette Theater

1345 W. 1st Street

Los Angeles, CA 90026

http://www.bobbakermarionettes.com/

Watch their cute 30 second promo video here.

The Bob Baker Marionette Theatre is the longest running children's theater in Los Angeles, running continuously since 1961. The theatre is celebrating their 47th year, but they're also in jeopardy of going out of business due to the economy. I hope that more people will take their kids here over the holidays to enjoy the show and support the theatre. It's a piece of LA history and a magical place for kids. It would be a tragedy if they had to close their doors. I would like to see this theatre open for many more generations.
We went there last year on Christmas eve to see the Nutcracker show. It was whimsical and so much fun! You couldn't help smiling and feeling like a kid watching the show. And my daughter who was 2 at the time was mystified by all the beautifully made marionettes. We will be going back again to watch the show this year and hope you'll join us in supporting the theatre!

They also do birthday parties at the theatre, and they'll travel to your location as well. Something to keep in mind for Astrid's 4th birthday party.

Click on the link below to see more photos of the theatre and read my write up from last year:

Christmas Eve - The Bob Baker Marionette Theater in LA

Los Feliz 3 - Mommy & Me Wednesday Matinee

(Pictured above: My kid all smiles after watching her first movie.)

Los Feliz 3
1822 Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027,
http://www.losfeliz.com/online/losfel3.htm

The Los Feliz 3 movie theater offers "Mommy & Me Matinee" every Wednesday at 10:30 A.M.

Admission
$4.50 for adults. Children under 4 are free.

Top 3 Reasons to Go

1. You can see a movie without having to get a babysitter. (And if your kid is old enough - it's pretty awesome to share that "first time at the movies" experience with them.)

2. You don't have to wait until your kid is old enough to know what movies are playing, and begs and pleads for you to take them to see some annoying Disney movie. In other words, you pick the movie YOU want to see.

3. You won't annoy anyone if your kid makes noise, because everyone in the theater has a kid and understands how it is. In fact your kid can even walk around and play in the aisles if they want to.

Best movie to see
My daughter and I saw Juno. It was the ideal movie for a "mommy & me matinee" because there wasn't a lot of action, and the plot wasn't complicated - so when I looked away from the screen to attend to my kid, or when another kid in the movie theater was crying, I didn't miss anything.

The cheapest movie you ever saw could turn into the most expensive
Wednesdays between 12:00 and 3:00 there's street cleaning, so just just make sure you don't park on that side of the street, to avoid getting a $50 parking ticket.

Bob Baker Marionette Theatre

Bob Baker Marionette Theatre

1345 W. 1st Street

Los Angeles, CA 90026

http://www.bobbakermarionettes.com/

Reviews

Voted "Best Puppet Show" 2007 by Los Angeles Magazine.

Voted "Best of LA" 2007 by LA Parent's Magazine.

Tickets

General admission for the show is $15 each for adults and children. Children under 2 are free. Reservations are required. (See website above.)

Description

The theatre is the oldest, longest running puppet theatre in America. Bob Baker, the proprietor, has been doing puppetry for 72 years, starting when he was 8 in 1932. Offering puppet shows & commercial puppets including the Disney line of collectible marionettes. The theatre seats approximately 250/300. Adults sit in chairs, children sit on the floor around a "magic circle" where the marionettes are brought out to them. Ice cream is served after the show.

Promo Video
Watch their cute 30 second promo video here.

Can't wait!

Years ago when I worked in Downtown LA and lived in Silverlake, I took a shortcut using Glendale Blvd., (which intersects 1st Street), and passed right by the theatre. It perked my interest and I've always wanted to go. Now that my daughter is old enough, and the Christmas holiday is around the corner (they're performing the classic Nutcracker until the end of January), we purchased our tickets for the Christmas Eve show.