See Rudolph and the Snow Miser at THE MAGIC SMOKING MONKEY HOLIDAY SHOW Beginning November 30th

Many TV specials from our childhood, like Rankin/Bass’ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1966), were based on popular Christmas songs. In 1974, Rankin/Bass produced yet another popular Christmas special, The Year Without a Santa Claus, based loosely on Phyllis McGinley’s 1956 book of the same name. Two supporting characters created specifically for the special, Snow Miser and Heat Miser, are unusual fictional characters in the annals of television; several of their fans have devoted entire websites to them, and even Snow Miser’s song was paid tribute in a scene from the 1997 film BATMAN AND ROBIN

Now those Rankin/Bass animated TV classics don’t stand a chance when St. Louis Shakespeare’s The Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre takes them on stage beginning November 30th. The uber-talented Smoking Monkeys adapt a cult film (or TV show) into an onstage farce once a year. PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, REEFER MADNESS, GLEN OR GLENDA, THE STAR WARS TRILOGY, THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES, and STUPEFY!: THE 90-MINUTE HARRY POTTER have all been the victims of sidesplitting, Pythonesque parody courtesy of The Smoking Monkeys in previous years. This time these lunatic thespians are calling their show ‘The Magic Smoking Monkey Holiday Show’. You can catch the craziness at The Regional Arts Commission (6128 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112)

The Magic Smoking Monkey site can be found HERE
http://www.stlshakespeare.org/pages/magic-smoking-monkey

Performances:
11/30 and 12/1 – 8PM show only
12/2 – 2PM show
12/5 and 12/6 – 8PM show
12/7 and 12/8 – 8PM and 10:30PM shows

Cost:
General Admission $15
Children 14 and younger $10

This year The Magic Smoking Monkey is partnering with Shriner’s Hospital to help make the holidays merry and bright for children in the St. Louis Area.  Bring a new, unwrapped toy to the box office with you on any night of the performance to be entered in a special drawing to win 4 tickets to a future Magic Smoking Monkey production.