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Since 1999, the not-for-profit Toy Museum of NY has provided family-friendly fun and educational live theater for all ages. An amazing historic toy collection performs as prop characters in every show. Over 15,000 school children each year have a wonderful time and teachers often book trips a year in advance.
CURRENT PRODUCTION:
THE HISTORY OF TOYS
"The History of Toys”, is a magical and highly interactive play that allows kids to experience the joy of toy play while cleverly instructing them to respect their toys and those of other children.
Queen Marlene is the host and master of ceremonies. As founder and curator of the museum, she is the person with the most toys. And the person with the most toys gets to be Queen. After a short film featuring Mark E, Marbles, a hand puppet that coaches the kids to clap and laugh as loudly and vigorously as they can, the actual play begins.
Joe, an employee of the Toy Museum of NY, and Rainbow Sprinkles, a squeaky voiced child who brings her toy penguin, Polly, to the museum to be repaired, are the main characters who travel through time by way of an old toy trunk that sits center stage. As they pass through the years, they encounter historical celebrities such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. Each of them introduces a toy from their era and how it references the particular history of each time. Learning abounds in this fast paced fantasy land.
VISIT - http://www.toymuseumny.org/tickets.html
CURRENT PRODUCTION:
THE HISTORY OF TOYS
"The History of Toys”, is a magical and highly interactive play that allows kids to experience the joy of toy play while cleverly instructing them to respect their toys and those of other children.
Queen Marlene is the host and master of ceremonies. As founder and curator of the museum, she is the person with the most toys. And the person with the most toys gets to be Queen. After a short film featuring Mark E, Marbles, a hand puppet that coaches the kids to clap and laugh as loudly and vigorously as they can, the actual play begins.
Joe, an employee of the Toy Museum of NY, and Rainbow Sprinkles, a squeaky voiced child who brings her toy penguin, Polly, to the museum to be repaired, are the main characters who travel through time by way of an old toy trunk that sits center stage. As they pass through the years, they encounter historical celebrities such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. Each of them introduces a toy from their era and how it references the particular history of each time. Learning abounds in this fast paced fantasy land.
VISIT - http://www.toymuseumny.org/tickets.html
Age Guidance: 5
Show Notes: No Intermission
Audience Advisory:
Shows are held in theatres throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. The Museum's toy collection is filmed in our studio space and shown to the students as a pre-show before the live performance.
Performance Schedule:
WEEKDAYS - 10:30 AM & 11:40 AM
October 17 & 18th
November 5, 7, 9, 21, 27, 28, 29th and 30
December 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20
Music
Arthur and Leslie Stead
Director
Marlene Hochman
Written by
Marlene Hochman
