We’re at the Garibaldina Society in Los Angeles—the oldest active Italian society in America—where attendees in quirky tulle ...

The 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is fast approaching, so get set for 12 straight days of incredible stories told by puppet artists and companies from around the world playing all ...

Vermont's internationally acclaimed Bread and Puppet Theater will return to the University of Connecticut for two outdoor afternoon performances of Aeschylus' tragedy The Persians on April 23 and 24, ...

Lying next to a giant Frankenstein monster’s head one night in 1996, under the stage at Steppenwolf Theatre, I was told by a man named Blair Thomas, “We are aware that we are making things that people ...

I’m proof of the power of puppets. Besides growing up with the Neighborhood of Make-Believe from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and the Muppets of Jim Henson’s magic, paper lunch bag puppet shows were ...

WE’RE BACK NOW AT 1123. THIS WEEKEND IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE FIRST STAGE THEATER’S PERFORMANCE OF FINDING NEMO. JOINING ME NOW IS ELIZABETH ANDERSON, THE FIRST STAGE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ...

Bob Baker Marionette Theater, May 29, 2019 (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) LOS ANGELES — This past May, a small team was busy putting the finishing touches on the ...

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster is Manual Cinema's offering in the 6th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. Credit: Rebecca J. Michelson The Chicago International Puppet ...

Orlando Family Stage has established a new fund for fans to continue to support the theater, even after they’ve shuffled off this mortal coil, as Shakespeare would say. The Next Stage Fund is a new ...