For more than 30 years, Puppetworks has delighted Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood with performances of The Tortoise and the Hare, Pinocchio, Aladdin and, during the holidays, retellings of stories ...

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Collodi, Italy, birthplace of the beloved wooden puppet, honors its literary roots with parks, art and global recognition.

While some puppets are enjoying success on the stage, the intricate skills required for long-string marionettes mean they are ...

Recent Culture2Go columns have announced happy Orlando arts news, but this month we memorialize recently departed individuals and institutions. Jack Lowe, 67, passed away June 17. The Army veteran and ...

This is no lie: Pinocchio is one of the most popular characters in children’s literature. It’s true, the little wooden puppet with a penchant for lying has become an Italian icon and now the subject ...

When deciding on its next live-action remake, Disney went back in the vault to its second animated film classic: 1940’s “Pinocchio,” the fairy tale musical about a puppet brought to life who wants to ...

BRATTLEBORO -- The National Marionette Theater will perform "Pinocchio" on Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the second of the Brattleboro Recreation and Parks Department’s T.G.I.F. performances at the Living ...

When Pierce Freelon first encountered Tarish Pipkins, or the puppeteer known as Jeghetto, he was too taken aback by Pipkins’ contraptions to take notice of their maker. “I saw a little person going in ...