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Eleventh Hour has learned Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) will be back in his gray suit with red bowtie performing a live stage show beginning this January in Los Angeles with a possible option to take the show on the road for a national tour.  In the meantime, Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles will be the spot for the scheduled four week run starting January 12.

The live stage show will be modeled after the Saturday morning CBS television series, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse and will return many of the characters from that show which ran from 1986-1990.  Those characters include: Genie, Chairry, Cowboy Curtis, Miss Yvonne and Magic Screen.

Prior to the morning TV series, Reubens developed the Pee-Wee character in 1980 and began The Pee-Wee Herman Show as a nightclub-like stage show with more of an adult theme.  That show later led to Reubens starring in the movie Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure in 1985.

Reubens spoke about the revamped live stage show saying, “People are going to see a brand new show, full of incredible, incredible puppets, characters, live action, costumes, a plot, music and Club Nokia.”

The upcoming stage version will be kid friendly unlike Reubens 80s stage show.  Considered a PG rating, the show is acceptable for families with children over the age of 10.

For additional information about the stage show click here.

Matt Suttner hopes the playhouse gags such as: Marry It jokes, Secret Word (Ahhhhhh!), Can I?, and Connect the Dots are revived with the upcoming show.