The Center for Puppetry Arts has opened a new family-show run of 'The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales' in Midtown, with performances scheduled through May 17. WSB-TV featured the show on its weekend cultural roundup and walked through the Center's adaptation of the Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith picture book.
The Center's family wing has built a long catalog of fractured-fairy-tale stagings, and 'Stinky Cheese Man' fits that tradition. The production uses a mix of rod puppets, shadow puppetry, and on-stage actors to work through the book's twisted retellings of classic tales like 'The Princess and the Bowling Ball' and 'Little Red Running Shorts.' Performances run weekends and weekday matinees through the closing date.
The Center for Puppetry Arts is one of Midtown's longest-running cultural anchors. It sits at 18th and Spring Street, two blocks from the Arts Center MARTA station, and pairs the family theater with the Worlds of Puppetry Museum that houses both Jim Henson and global puppetry collections. School groups can pre-book a workshop pairing with the matinee performances.
For families looking for an indoor option as Atlanta's pollen season peaks, the Center has been a reliable spring booking. Tickets and the full performance schedule are on the Center's website. The show is recommended for ages five and up, with the picture-book source material familiar enough to most kids to land the gags.
