Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour Comes to New Jersey

Oct 25

Oct 25 Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour Comes to New Jersey

The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour is coming to town. It’s the latest live tour from “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” the classic television show in which a spaceship janitor and his homemade robot friends are subjected to a cruel experiment by mad scientists - meaning they are forced to watch the worst movies ever made until they go insane. Creator and original host Joel Hodgson (and company) will be doing two shows at the State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick on October 26. He spoke with us earlier this week about the history of the Peabody Award-winning “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” and about how the unique comedic art form he created continues to connect with audiences more than 30 years after the show premiered on a local TV station in Minneapolis, before becoming the first program picked up by Comedy Central. New episodes of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” are currently streaming on Netflix.

Christopher Benincasa

Christopher Benincasa is an Emmy Award-winning arts and culture journalist. He produced content for NJ PBS for a decade before co-founding PCK Media. Christopher currently works as a freelance producer, video editor, writer, and communications specialist for a diverse set of commercial, non-profit, and government clients. His work has been featured on various PBS stations, and in American Abstract Artists Journal, The Structurist, Paterson Literary Review, and JerseyArts.com.