Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster
Prices & Notes
Limited complimentary tickets for infants under age one are available through the Box Office: 970-221-6730.
Show Description
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the original tour date for Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster which was scheduled to take place on November 11, 2023, at The Lincoln Center has been rescheduled for May 4, 2024.
Leonardo is a terrible monster. He tries so hard to be scary, but he just… isn’t. Then Leonardo finds Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Will Leonardo finally get to scare the tuna salad out of someone? Or will it be the start of an unlikely friendship? The plot thickens when this pair meets Kerry and Frankenthaler, an even scaredier-cat and her monster friend. Kerry and Sam need to make a big decision: will they just be scaredy cats or can they become friends?
Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster uses hundreds of illustrated paper puppets, book pages, two-dimensional props, furry monster puppets and songs to bring Mo Willems’ books to life. Manual Cinema wanted to recreate the experience of holding one of Mo’s book pages, which are big, bold, colorful and full of visual rhythm, with a playful use of scale. Like all Manual Cinema productions, you’re invited to watch the big screen like a traditional movie or to watch the artists below as they create the story in real time. (There is no wrong way to watch the show!)
Thank You Sponsors!
Show Description
Due to circumstances beyond our control, the original tour date for Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster which was scheduled to take place on November 11, 2023, at The Lincoln Center has been rescheduled for May 4, 2024.
Leonardo is a terrible monster. He tries so hard to be scary, but he just… isn’t. Then Leonardo finds Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Will Leonardo finally get to scare the tuna salad out of someone? Or will it be the start of an unlikely friendship? The plot thickens when this pair meets Kerry and Frankenthaler, an even scaredier-cat and her monster friend. Kerry and Sam need to make a big decision: will they just be scaredy cats or can they become friends?
Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster uses hundreds of illustrated paper puppets, book pages, two-dimensional props, furry monster puppets and songs to bring Mo Willems’ books to life. Manual Cinema wanted to recreate the experience of holding one of Mo’s book pages, which are big, bold, colorful and full of visual rhythm, with a playful use of scale. Like all Manual Cinema productions, you’re invited to watch the big screen like a traditional movie or to watch the artists below as they create the story in real time. (There is no wrong way to watch the show!)
Thank You Sponsors!
