Santa Claus and Rudolph spent years in a toy basket, as decorations and as children's playthings, before they were recognized as the cultural icons that they are.
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The puppet styles employed in the center’s production of Rudolph are different from the TV classic, and include rod, body and blacklight puppets, often enhanced by projected moving images. Now they are on long-term loan to the Atlanta institution. That was before a detailed restoration that returned Rudolph’s red nose and half of Santa’s yak-hair mustache. That’s quite an uptick from when an “Antiques Roadshow” expert appraised them for $8,000 to $10,000 in 2005, after a family member of Barbara Adams, an employee of Rankin/Bass in the 1970s, retrieved them from the attic.
In a sale held in Los Angeles by Profiles in History auction house late last year, the figures went for $368,000, far eclipsing their estimated value of $150,000 to $200,000. It’s the kind of star treatment one would expect for King Tut’s tomb, reflecting how beloved the puppets are - and perhaps also how valuable. The 6-inch-tall Rudolph and 11-inch-tall Santa, handmade creations of Japanese puppet-maker Ichiro Komuro, command the entire gallery, set off by a backdrop painted with snowy trees. Guests reach the display at the end of a hall of blue-white shimmering material that makes you feel like you’re strolling amid North Pole icebergs toward Something Very Important. The wee figures are given big-star treatment, displayed inside an acrylic vitrine in a gallery a level below the theater.
Upping the nostalgia ante, the Center for Puppetry Arts also is presenting an exhibit of the Rudolph and Santa puppets from the 1964 Rankin/Bass Productions TV special, made in collaboration with animation wizard Tadahito Mochinaga and his MOM Film Studio in Tokyo. After taking last Christmas off due to the pandemic, “Rudolph” has returned to the puppetry center to light up the holidays for the 11th year with his bulbous red nose. “Rudolph” is to the Center for Puppetry Arts what “The Nutcracker” is for Atlanta Ballet and a thousand other dance companies: a provider of holiday jingle that bolsters the bottom line year-round. For me, and a lot of other people, the holiday season doesn’t feel complete without it it’s one of the reasons we bring it back to the Center each year.All of this and more plays a supporting role for the puppetry center’s main attraction, “ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” the puppet show based on the 1964 stop-motion animated Christmas television special. “Since I was a young boy, I’ve always looked forward to watching the TV special each Christmas. “Every person, no matter the age, can relate to this story its comforting and unchanging message celebrates the misfit in all of us,” director Jon Ludwig said. While narrowly escaping the grips of the Abominable Snow Monster of the North and braving perilous blizzards, the friends’ journey is sure to warm hearts as they learn the importance of being true to one’s self and accepting others along the way.
Based on the timeless 1964 stop-motion animated television special, this can’t-miss family favorite is filled with holly-jolly adventure.Īudiences will watch as Sam the Snowman narrates the beloved tale of unlikely friendship formed among Rudolph, Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius and all the magical misfit toys.
Lighting up Atlanta for its sixth consecutive year, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” will run from Nov. Embrace your inner misfit and join the most famous reindeer of all in joyful merriment at Center for Puppetry Arts.
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