WHERE EVERYTHING IS FISHY
SUMMER 2018 | artsLife 37
hat time is it? It’s time for — Bubble
Guppies! If you have a preschooler,
you’ve undoubtedly seen the
computer-animated Nickelodeon
TV show, which follows the adventures
Oona, Deema, Nonny and Goby — who live
underwater (in Bubbletucky) and interact
with non-hybrid sea creatures.
You can probably also sing the bouncy
earworm of a theme song: “Bubble Guppies,
Bub- Bub- Bubble Guppies, Bubble
Bubble Bubble Guppies!” The show ran for
-
tinues to delight young fans with an inventive
stage show.
So put on your water wings and jump into
a swimsational adventure with Bubble Guppies
Live! Ready to Rock, which drenches
the Walt Disney Theater on May 20. Showtime
is 2 p.m. and tickets are priced starting
at $20.
Infants up to 11 months of age, who sit on
a parent’s lap, are admitted free — but ad-
A VIP meet-and-greet package is available
for $95. It includes premium show seating and
a pre-show photo opportunity with two Bubble
Guppies Live! characters, Gil and Molly.
The live show consists of colorfully costumed
actors, most of whom wear large
fabricated heads that look like their TV counterparts.
They perform to a rock ‘n’ roll-style
soundtrack — even the dialogue is recorded
— and cavort on vibrant sets that will appear
familiar to viewers.
In fact, the live show faithfully replicates
the cartoonish look and the happily rollicking
vibe of the televised one — which has won
two Emmys, in 2011 and 2013, for Outstanding
Preschool Animated Program.
And not all the show’s fans are preschoolers.
Heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne guest
starred in 2015, voicing the character of slimespraying
Sid Fishy, a green blob of a creature
with a gold tooth and a red mohawk.
Bubble Guppies fans, you know the drill.
Every episode starts with pink-haired Molly,
who appears onscreen to announce that
“it’s time for …” She’s invariably interrupted
by blue-haired Gil, who sets up the theme of
the episode.
The subject might be starting school, moving
to a new house, losing a tooth, going to
the doctor or even anticipating a new baby
brother or sister. There’s always plenty of music
and interaction, as the characters ask questions
and pause for shouted answers from
young viewers. The importance of friendship,
curiosity, responsibility and problem-solving
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F E A T U R E D P E R F O R M A N C E
BUBBLE GUPPIES SOLVE MYSTERIES, LEARN
LESSONS IN A WONDERFUL, WATERY WORLD.