Join us for a FREE sneak preview performance and discussion featuring entirely newly built puppets developed for our first fully original production in 40 years, Choo Choo Revue!
Join us for a FREE sneak preview performance and discussion featuring entirely newly built puppets developed for our first fully original production in 40 years, Choo Choo Revue!
Welcome to The Secret Circus! When feelings have been outlawed, a gregarious rock-n-roll ringleader and their circus friends establish an underground Big Top, a place for freedom and self-expression that’s welcome to all identities—person, animal, or marionette.
Original Book, Music, and Lyrics by Chanel Samson and Holly Anne Mitchell, featuring BBMT marionettes.
On June 29, join April Hava Shenkman, her husband Jared Whitham, & their son GATSBY for The Gatz Benny Show! The Whitham family invites some of their favorite performers and puppets to join them on stage, including this month's special guests Maria Bamford, Suzy Williams, and Count Smokula!
Every month, join our DJs for a look inside Bob Baker Marionette Theater‘s audio archives. Listen on dublab or catch the broadcast live playing right outside the theater’s windows!
Joining forces with Sid the Cat, BBMT’s live concert series, School House Rocks, is pleased to present playful puppets on stage with special guests Superet & Cat Matthews
Joining forces with Sid the Cat, BBMT’s live concert series, School House Rocks, is pleased to present playful puppets on stage with musical guest Caroline Rose. Join us on 7/24 or 7/26 for this extra special series!
Joining forces with Sid the Cat, BBMT’s live concert series, School House Rocks, is pleased to present playful puppets on stage with musical guest Caroline Rose. Join us on 7/24 or 7/26 for this extra special series!
Joining forces with Sid the Cat, BBMT’s live concert series, School House Rocks, is pleased to present playful puppets on stage with special guest Abby Sage!
Every month, join our DJs for a look inside Bob Baker Marionette Theater‘s audio archives. Listen on dublab or catch the broadcast live playing right outside the theater’s windows!
You may have searched every fairground and big tent from here to Eastport and back again but you've never seen a show -- or a movie!-- like Carnival Magic! First LA screening in 15 years!
Learn the joy of painting with Bob Ross … and David Arquette!
A Certified Bob Ross Instructor, David Arquette will lead a class in learning how to paint in the Bob Ross style. As a fundraiser for BBMT, bring joy into your life and create your own work of art, with David’s (and maybe some puppets’) help!
Joining forces with Sid the Cat, BBMT’s live concert series, School House Rocks, is pleased to present playful puppets on stage with special guest Molly Lewis!
Joining forces with Sid the Cat, BBMT’s live concert series, School House Rocks, is pleased to present playful puppets on stage with special guest Molly Lewis!
Every month, join our DJs for a look inside Bob Baker Marionette Theater‘s audio archives. Listen on dublab or catch the broadcast live playing right outside the theater’s windows!
Hollywood Entertainment and Moviepassed have come a long way in 5 years!
Join us for a historic video show-and-tell and birthday bash! A decadent evening of favorite clips, found footage, and lost and secret treasures with puppets, music, live comedy, and very special guests!
Joining forces with Sid the Cat, BBMT’s live concert series, School House Rocks, is pleased to present playful puppets on stage with special guests Cash & Skye!
Join us for the third installment of Retracks, an evening of audio storytelling covers and original performances featuring Sam Sanders, James Kim, CMD+Jazmine, Neena Pathak, Sarah Dealy, John Asante, Nichole Hill, and Fil Corbitt/The Wind.
Dance until the sun goes down! Part of Kids Club membership event series, dance off your worries at this all-ages dance party with puppets hosted by DJs Club Angel Stuff!
Co-presented with Living Earth, join us for an evening of music and marionettes from one of the most prolific sound artists on this planet, Chihei Hatakeyama.
Every month, join our DJs for a look inside Bob Baker Marionette Theater‘s audio archives. Listen on dublab or catch the broadcast live playing right outside the theater’s windows!
On March 8th, join Hollywood Entertainment and BBMT for Riddle of Fire, an RPG-fantasy-style coming of age story that forges its own alluring, exciting, idiosyncratic, and playful neo-fairytale style. This stylish adventure is perfect for older kids and families!
Hollywood Entertainment and esteemed moderator Jason Woliner (director of Paul T. Goldman, Borat 2, Eagleheart, Human Giant) are honored to host director/cinematographer Jay Hunter for a special event benefiting service industry workers impacted by the LA Wildfires.
Don your favorite overalls and join us for a Valentine Day’s Hoedown! On February 14th, celebrate love of all kinds at BBMT with a night full of fun, including a performance of Something to Crow About and line dancing with puppets!
Every month, join our DJs for a look inside Bob Baker Marionette Theater‘s audio archives. Listen on dublab or catch the broadcast live playing right outside the theater’s windows!
The LA Guild of Puppetry and Bob Baker Marionette Theater proudly present an evening with the puppeteers behind everyone’s favorite kid’s show — Pee-Wee’s Playhouse!
Experience THE puppet terror classic like never before as Hollywood Entertainment presents Cinématographe’s new 4K restoration of William Castle’s Shanks — a Los Angeles Premiere!
Get ready for unforgettable comedy and creativity with The Glorious Ladies of Puppetry and The Glorious Ladies of Groundlings! This puppet-powered improv extravaganza blends laughter and artistry in a family-friendly show for ages 7 and up.
Join the Banana Boys, Kurt Braunohler and Scotty Landes, as they host a live Bananas unlike anything you've ever seen or heard! Come watch as the strange news and stranger stories get acted out by marionettes in this once in a lifetime show!
This January, BBMT is thrilled to present The Buster Balloon Show! Join us for an inflatable extravaganza of vaudevillian entertainment featuring the human cartoon character that is Buster Balloon.
On January 18, join Nihil & BBMT for an evening of cartoons, music, and puppets featuringthe music of Ego Plum with musical host, Kali Kazoo.
BBMT is inviting fire-affected families to free puppet shows & more on Friday, January 17. Select your showtime (10:30 AM or 1:30 PM) and your seats and then join us for a BBMT variety puppet show spectacular. Each showtime will be followed by meet and greets with the puppets, and hands-on puppet activity. Snacks and water will also be available in addition.
Experience THE puppet terror classic like never before as Hollywood Entertainment presents Cinématographe’s new 4K restoration of William Castle’s Shanks — a Los Angeles Premiere!
Join our nearest and dearest friends from BBMT's creative community to celebrate the changing of seasons, the holidays, and the spirit of joy and wonder at the core of Bob Baker Marionette Theater! This fundraiser features Becky Stark and the Healing Force of the Universe Kids Choir, Tim Heidecker, Tanya Haden, and more!
Every month, join our DJs for a look inside Bob Baker Marionette Theater‘s audio archives. Listen on dublab or catch the broadcast live playing right outside the theater’s windows!
Joining forces with Sid the Cat, BBMT’s live concert series, School House Rocks, is pleased to present playful puppets on stage with special guest Gordi!
Every month, join our DJs for a look inside Bob Baker Marionette Theater‘s audio archives. Listen on dublab or catch the broadcast live playing right outside the theater’s windows!
On November 9th, be prepared to be absolutely astonished by magic and mind-reading by master magician/mentalist Bernie Shine.
