The Pee-Wee Herman Show Leaves Broadway

The Pee-wee Herman Show plays its final performance at Broadway's Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

Written by Paul Reubens and Bill Steinkellner, with additional material by John Paragon, the stage production is a “re-imagined” version of Herman’s past theatrical outings. The original version of The Pee-wee Herman Show, aimed at adults, debuted at the Groundlings Theatre in 1981 before playing at L.A.’s Roxy Theatre for five months. The production later had a 22-city tour that included New York’s Carnegie Hall. The cult hit feature film Pee-wee's Big Adventure was released in 1985, followed by a sequel, Big Top Pee-wee. Reubens went on to play the character in a TV series aimed at children, Pee-wee’s Playhouse, from 1986 to 1990.