Alternaversal, the production company responsible for the “100 percent Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000on Netflix, has announced its nationwide tour of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) LIVE: Time Bubble Tour, with the first 27 of an expected 80 nationwide dates, taking the tour through spring 2022. The long-running series (34 years old next Thanksgiving!) has also garnered the Peabody Award for Broadcast Excellence and multiple Emmy award nominations.
The “Time Bubble Tour,” supervised by series creator Joel Hodgson, will launch in October of 2021 in York, PA, and feature the beloved returning cast of the 2019 “Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour,” Emily Marsh, Conor McGiffin, Nate Begle, and Yvonne Freese, along with the world’s only movie-riffing robots, Tom Servo, Crow, and GPC. The show features the film Making Contact and will include all the tour signatures: hilarious riffing, wisecracking robots, and silly sketches. The show will be directed by Tim Ryder, an alumni of the Second City Mainstage cast and writer and performer from the MST3K TV series.
“I’m thrilled to announce that the MST3K live show is back on the road for audiences to enjoy together again, especially after a year that’s been tough on all of us. I’ve learned to never underestimate the power of hanging with friends and watching a cheesy movie while bots yell stuff at the screen,” said series creator, Joel Hodgson.
Making Contact (1985) is the Roland Emmerich directed film that Emily and the Bots will riff, featuring animated toys and an evil ventriloquist dummy in an overcrowded childhood during the eighties.
Tickets to the first wave of tour stops go on sale on Friday, July 9 at 12 Noon Eastern with the exception of the performance in Chicago. Ticket on sale date information for the Chicago performance on December 11 will be announced at a later time. For a complete list of currently available tickets and additional information, visit mst3klive.com.
FIRST WAVE TOUR DATES:
10/30/2021 – York, PA – The Pullo Center
11/2/2021 – Cleveland, OH – Mimi Ohio Theatre
11/4/2021 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
11/6/2021 – Rochester, NY – Auditorium Theater
11/7/2021 – Washington, D.C. – Warner Theater
11/10 & 11/11/2021 – Boston, MA – The Wilbur
11/12/2021 – New Haven, CT – Shubert Theatre
11/15/2021 – Milwaukee, WI – The Pabst Theater
11/16/2021 – Kalamazoo, MI – State Theatre
11/20/2021 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Theater
11/21/2021 – Indianapolis, IN – Clowes Memorial Hall
11/23/2021 – Des Moines, IA – Hoyt Sherman Place Theater
11/24/2021 – Omaha, NE – Orpheum Theater
11/26 & 11/27/2021 – Minneapolis, MN – Pantages Theatre
11/28/2021 – Cedar Rapids, IA – Paramount Theatre
12/11/2021 – Chicago, IL – CIBC Theatre
12/18/2021 – Seattle, WA – The Moore Theatre
12/20/2021 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield Theatre
12/22/2021 – Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at Ace Hotel
12/26/2021 – San Diego, CA – Balboa Theatre
1/15/2022 – Dallas, TX – Winspear Opera House
2/5/2022 – New York City, NY – Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center
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