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The first musical from this fabulously inventive puppeteer ensemble may be the troupe's most charming production yet. Brightly gripping, and written and directed in a classic fabulist style, it's replete with innovative marvels of illusion.
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Hollywood Fringe Review: Theater of the Absurd with ‘Punch and Judy’ and ‘Lamprey: Weekend of Vengeance’
Two extreme comedies – one classic, one contemporary – make their notably explosive debuts at this year's Fringe.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Pinocchio,’ Created by Teatro Del Drago
The centuries-old traveling show is brought to life in a charming production at San Antonio's AtticRep.
Read More »Review (LA): ‘The Last Temptation of Paula Deen’ and ‘God of Abraham’ at the Hollywood Fringe
A comic celebrity profile and a surreal sketch show wrapped up the Fringe's final weekend.
Read More »Interview: Brian Henson – Host of SyFy’s ‘Jim Henson Creature Workshop Challenge’
Brian Henson, Chairman of the Jim Henson company and noted creature creator and performer takes a few minutes to talk Farscape and his new show on SyFy.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Glee’ – ‘Puppet Master’
Maybe they'll do better with Christmas next week?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The God Projekt’
Inventive puppetry propels this story of an aging God who conceives a new project: to re-create mankind.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Basil Twist’s ‘Dogugaeshi’
Most shows have backdrops. But what happens when the backdrops are the show?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): SAGA
The wizardly puppetry of Wakka Wakka is back, this time with a fiery tragicomedy about horses, hubris, and the Icelandic bank crisis.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): Avenue Q at the Met
The Tony Award-winning musical comes to the Met Theatre in Hollywood with a gleefully entertaining production.
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