Jim Henson modernized the age-old art of puppetry by using foam rubber to coat the puppets’ limbs. Previously, most TV puppets were made of carved wood. But Henson believed that foam rubber and cloth ...

Hi friends! The Over Our Head Players will be holding open auditions for the new, original production, “Salmon-A-Rama: The Sketch Comedy Puppet Musical That Your Children Won’t Understand”.

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Larry Engler, director of Poko Puppets, is bringing Disney characters to life for the Manatee Performing Arts Center’s production of “Frozen: The Musical.” Engler joined us in ...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - The new musical "fuzzy," having its world premiere at Barrington Stage Company, is tender, sweet and intimate in scale and emotion. An earnest, melodious plea on behalf of familial ...

PITTSFIELD — Sometimes you have to travel a great distance to discover, in the end, that what you were searching for is much closer at hand. It’s a lesson that, sometimes subtly, sometimes not quite ...

Tammy Faye Bakker and RuPaul were right: Everybody loves puppets. Combining playtime with creativity, puppets make children and adults alike feel as if the possibilities are endless to experience this ...

ANN ARBOR - In 1933 Jun'ichiro Tanizaki wrote a story called "Portrait of Shunkin," a fictional biography so believable in its dense, fragmented style that critics thought the mock documentary was a ...

Patrick Bristow breaks down how live improv and Henson-style puppetry come together in Puppet Up! – Uncensored, playing Feb.

John Cariani — familiar for his role as a forensics expert on "Law & Order" and as author of the widely produced play "Almost, Maine" — provides the voice and sometimes is the puppeteer for the title ...