Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train Live: Buddy’s Big Adventure

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its Target Storybook Series with Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train LIVE! – Buddy’s Big Adventure on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 12pm and 3pm. Recommended for ages three and up, the popular Emmy® Award nominated PBS KIDS series comes to life for this interactive “pre-hysterical” musical. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at BrooklynCenter.org or by calling the box office at 718-951-4500 (Tue-Sat, 1pm-6pm).

Little Buddy is a proud Tyrannosaurus Rex living happily in the Pteranodon family nest. But, what exactly makes Buddy a part of this family and just what will happen when he gets bigger and can’t fit in the nest anymore? Buddy wants to know, so the Pteranodons decide to hop aboard the one and only Dinosaur Train and set off on an adventure. Utilizing lush projected backgrounds and vistas, magical special effects that fill the theater, a full sized replica of the Dinosaur Train, unique hybrid puppeteered costume characters, and an engaging live host, these Dinosaur pals and their adventures will truly seem larger than life.

The production is produced by Mills Entertainment and Gables Grove Productions, directed by Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia, and features Lindsey Bristol (Dr. Janet/Don), Cat Greenfield (Swing), Vicki Oceguera (Tiny/Dr. Janet u.s.), Maggie Ronck (Mrs. Pteranodon), Vincent Rostkowski (Buddy), Kelley Selznick (Swing), Xalvador Tin-Bradbury (Mr. Conductor), and Darnell Wickham (King).

About PBS KIDS television series, Dinosaur Train Created by Craig Bartlett, the PBS KIDS animated television series Dinosaur Train embraces and celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains while encouraging basic scientific thinking and skills. Each episode includes animated segments with live-action sequences featuring a paleontologist who brings to life the show’s natural science and natural history curriculum for preschoolers, giving specific facts about dinosaurs and comparing their features to animals of today. The series has been airing on PBS Kids since September of 2009. The Dinosaur Train television series is a big hit for young viewers; consistently ranking in the top ten children’s programs for ages 2 to 5 according to Nielsen.

About The Jim Henson Company

The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 50 years and is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and digital animation. Best known as creators of the world famous Muppets, Henson has received over 50 Emmy® Awards and nine Grammy Awards Recent credits include the Emmy® nominated Sid the Science Kid, and Dinosaur Train as well as

Wilson & Ditch: Digging America and Pajanimals. Features include The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, MirrorMask, and Unstable Fables and television productions include Fraggle Rock and the sci-fi cult series Farscape.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts’ presentation of Jim Henson’s Dinosaur Train LIVE! –Buddy’s Big Adventure is sponsored by Target.