‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ headed to NYC stage

Some beloved creatures by children’s book author Eric Carle — including a certain hungry caterpillar — are headed to a New York stage next year.

Jonathan Rockefeller’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show will make its US premiere with 75 puppets acting out four Carle books — The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse, Mister Seahorse, The Very Lonely Firefly and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Performances begin on January 30 at the 47th Street Theatre. The show is targeted at children from ages 3-7. Tickets are $49.50-$65.50 (Dh181.7-Dh240.5).

The show debuted at the Sydney Festival in Australia in January.

Rockefeller is a co-founder of Rockefeller Productions, a company that combines film, theatre, animation, puppetry and television. He also co-wrote and produced the puppet-parody Thank You for Being a Friend.