The Samurai’s Daughter is a heart-warming theatrical adventure inspired by the Japanese folktale Hime with the Big Hat. The ...

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 ...

Bob Baker Marionette Theater has been an L.A. institution for 60 years. Although it was forced to move in 2019 from its original location in downtown L.A., which had been designated a historic ...

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 ...

For 26 years, Rob Brock has been ensconced in a small theater on Water Street called the Hole in the Wall Puppet Theatre. If, as a child, you went there, you no doubt remember the place in all its ...

Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Puppet master Nicolas Coppola has more than ...

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 ...

Vít Hořejš is sitting alone behind a beat-up laptop at his crowded dining table, grumbling to himself before fully acknowledging our presence. “You’re the first ones here,” he says, and gestures ...

This story discusses major plot points for "Five Nights at Freddy's 2," currently playing in theaters. Costume designer Whitney Anne Adams' first order of business for "Five Nights at Freddy's 2"? A ...

MODESTLY disclaiming any attempt to write an ambitious work on the marionette, the author has written, nevertheless, what is probably the best kind of book for American readers. For hers is the first ...