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 lights dim, the hall falls quiet, and somewhere behind the curtain, an entire world begins to breathe. “Hello, dear ...

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 ...

How an 8-year-old puppeteer went on to found the city's longest running children's theater and created puppets that "freaked" out Elvis: "They were so realistic." By Degen Pener Deputy Editor ...

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup boasts a robust variety of artists, including pop princesses, música urbana stars, moody male performers and a loveable troupe of marionette puppets ...

When you've been prancing, dancing, and entertaining generations of Southern Californians for decades, you might begin to wonder if novel moments and new horizons will ever begin to evaporate. Stream ...

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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 ...

Back in March of 2020, the day Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that all of California’s live entertainment venues needed to shut down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Alex Evans, executive ...

French puppet theater captures hearts and minds the way no technology does. Guignol is one of several characters that have endured for centuries. At the Théâtre des Marionnettes du Luxembourg in Paris ...

It's going to be a star-studded New Year's Eve celebration at the Hole in the Wall Puppet Theatre on both New Year's Eve and the Eve of New Year's Eve (in other words, Friday and Saturday). Puppeteer ...

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