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An Off-Broadway show built around giant bubbles, smoke-filled bubbles, bubble tornadoes and lasers, with audience members sometimes pulled up to stand inside a bubble. It's an easy first theater outing for toddlers and preschoolers.
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Now playing through January 18, 2027
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Ages 2–12.
Tickets via website or Telecharge
Now playing through January 18, 2027
New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, 10019, in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan.
Yes. Gazillion Bubble Show is indoors, so it works on rainy or cold days.
Tickets are handled by Gazillion Bubble Show: gazillionbubbleshow.com, or call (800) 917-1882.
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