Hubba Hubba
Hubba Hubba was awarded a 2023 Creativity Grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.
Hubba Hubba was awarded a 2023 Creativity Grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.
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Created and performed by the Jim Henson Foundation grant award-winning Alex and Olmsted (Milo the Magnificent® and MAROONED! A Space Comedy) Hubba Hubba is a new show about romantic love that is “...equal parts awkwardness and side-splitting laughter” (Broadway World). Using puppetry and physical comedy, from the sublime to the ridiculous, Alex and Olmsted present love and all its quirks. Suitable for all ages!
70 minutes. No Intermission. All ages. Available for touring engagements. Tech rider available upon request. |
PRESS:
“...equal parts awkwardness and side-splitting laughter."
"You might expect sappy. It's not sappy. You might expect sentimental. It's not sentimental. You might expect predictable. It's not predictable. ...This team has an amazing mastery of their craft... each movement of each performer is so precisely choreographed that it resembles dance even when it isn't.”
- Broadway World
"Astounding."
“If you’d like to see something sweet, see Hubba Hubba. If you want to look at something technically beautiful, see Hubba Hubba. If you want to enjoy something you’ve never experienced before, see Hubba Hubba.”
– DC Theater Arts
"★★★★★"
“Alex & Olmsted’s approach to puppetry is sheer genius.”
- TheatreBloom
I saw this one for Valentine’s Day, of course. I think Alex and Olmsted are just about the best value for your entertainment money — they act, they sing, they dance, they puppet, they solicit suggestions from the crowd. Hubba Hubba is their literal love letter to each other, to the stage, and to the audience, too. A delightful, airy confection musing on love and desire that’s as easily consumable as a beautiful pink pastry. If I’m making this sound horribly twee, in different hands it could be, but with these two it really wasn’t. There’s a nice note of irony and self-deprecation with just a hint of side-eye that stops the whole thing from getting too saccharine. It was pretty perfect.
- The Bad Oracle, Medium, "The Five Best Shows I Saw in Baltimore This Year"
“...equal parts awkwardness and side-splitting laughter."
"You might expect sappy. It's not sappy. You might expect sentimental. It's not sentimental. You might expect predictable. It's not predictable. ...This team has an amazing mastery of their craft... each movement of each performer is so precisely choreographed that it resembles dance even when it isn't.”
- Broadway World
"Astounding."
“If you’d like to see something sweet, see Hubba Hubba. If you want to look at something technically beautiful, see Hubba Hubba. If you want to enjoy something you’ve never experienced before, see Hubba Hubba.”
– DC Theater Arts
"★★★★★"
“Alex & Olmsted’s approach to puppetry is sheer genius.”
- TheatreBloom
I saw this one for Valentine’s Day, of course. I think Alex and Olmsted are just about the best value for your entertainment money — they act, they sing, they dance, they puppet, they solicit suggestions from the crowd. Hubba Hubba is their literal love letter to each other, to the stage, and to the audience, too. A delightful, airy confection musing on love and desire that’s as easily consumable as a beautiful pink pastry. If I’m making this sound horribly twee, in different hands it could be, but with these two it really wasn’t. There’s a nice note of irony and self-deprecation with just a hint of side-eye that stops the whole thing from getting too saccharine. It was pretty perfect.
- The Bad Oracle, Medium, "The Five Best Shows I Saw in Baltimore This Year"
AWARD:
Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant - 2023
Maryland State Arts Council Creativity Grant - 2023
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
Photo by Leah Huete.
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Pro-Art at the Goodloe Center, Virginia, USA - February 2025
Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts, Tennessee, USA - June 2024 Santa Fe Playhouse, New Mexico, USA - April 2023 Baltimore Theatre Project, Maryland, USA - 2023 World Premiere |
Orignal poster by David Plunkert of Spur Design.
