Heather and Daryll Taylor of Maritime Marionettes have delighted audiences around the world with their handmade marionette puppets, telling original and classic tales, and this Sunday they're coming ...

Puppets controlled by strings attached to sticks are called marionettes. Though some marionettes are complicated to control, you can actually make a super simple one using recycled toilet paper rolls ...

One hundred years ago, crowds in Austria were wowed by the meticulously carved faces and intricately tailored costumes of the puppets in the Salzburg Marionette Theatre. Today, the theater company ...

Puppet master Nicolas Coppola has more than one string to his bow. The founder and artistic director of Park Slope’s Puppetworks theater does not just produce puppet shows — he also designs and builds ...

Big picture: What’s the vibe of the place, what’s it like? Marionette puppetry is an ancient form of entertainment—they've even found wire-controlled puppets in Ancient Egyptian tombs—so it makes ...

The puppets are lovely and the painted perspective backdrops are luscious, but the first space is all wrong for the premiere of "Marionette Macbeth." A collaboration of Chicago Shakespeare and ...

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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 ...

"The mere fact that Bob Baker exists brings our community together," Brie Larson says of the historic Bob Baker troupe.

The Milanese artisans of Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company who create sets, bodies and tiny costumes will also serve as puppeteers in a performance at the New Victory Theater in Times Square, ...