There’s a pantsless clown with an erection running wild onstage. The prankster’s mad skills have patrons doubled over in laughter, an unexpected response, maybe, for a marionette show in the 21st ...

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 ...

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, a Los Angeles staple, was recently at risk of shutting down due to COVID-19. The Bob Baker Marionette theater opened in 1963 as a way for kids and grownups alike to ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Allie Mac Kay becomes a puppeteer at the Bob ...

Marionette maker Bob Baker has been building his whimsical puppets for decades and putting on shows with them on the outskirts of Echo Park — now, because of deteriorating finances, Baker has put his ...

Performances in N.Y.C. At this year’s Salzburg Festival, the German artist has designed marionettes for a troupe that usually performs “The Sound of Music.” At this year’s Salzburg Festival, the ...

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