LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pee-wee Herman, the nerd in the grey suit with red lipstick and the distinctive "heh heh heh" laugh, has come out of retirement after almost two decades, and the critics think he's still funny. "The Pee-wee Herman Show" has been brought back to life in a new stage show that opened in Los Angeles this week ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A funny thing happened to Paul Reubens on the way to his twilight years: He rediscovered the child within. After an absence of almost two decades, the actor is re-creating his inspired comic creation, the silly but sly-like-a-fox Pee-Wee Herman, a moppet diva trapped in a man's body. The mid-1980s Saturday-morning show "Pee-Wee's Playhouse ...

The star may be Pee-wee, but his new live stage show is absolutely huge. "The Pee-wee Herman Show," opening next month in downtown Los Angeles at Club Nokia theater, cost millions to mount. It boasts 11 actors, 20 puppets and marks the show's first production since ...