Children at the Hinsdale Library Monday got a taste of an Old World art and entertainment. Dave Herzog, who has been making a living as a puppeteer for the past 45 years, calls marionettes “the most ...

A dance called “Oyster” sounds like it would have a salty tale to tell, but no. This evening-length contemporary piece from Israel, which arrives on Wednesday at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, is ...

UConn’s puppetry program is one of the greatest in the country, a fact that most people — even UConn students — don’t know. UConn is the only university in the U.S. that offers a Master of Arts degree ...

Watching a child encounter a marionette for the first time? It's a magical moment, for the little one isn't focused on the strings above the marionette's head, nor the human artist helping the figure ...

It was 1961, Bob Baker was looking for a place for him and his beloved marionettes to call their own. Handcrafted and each with its own distinctive “personality,” the Bob Baker Marionette Theater was ...

The overall story arc this year was one of a nightmarish beauty/scholarship pageant. Each contestant had her own dance and/or story. I recognized some dances from last year — the Gypsy’s, the can-can, ...