Stage and set designer Bill Fosser worked on Hollywood hits like Home Alone, The Sting and Ordinary People. “He was indeed a genius,” recalls actor Tony Mockuss. “He had the eye.” But the apple of ...

The title role of Madame Butterfly in Opera Philadelphia's production is represented by a puppet, voiced and manipulated by Karen Chia-ling Ho. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

It’s the damnedest thing: Justin Snyder, his long hair parted down the middle, his head thrown back as though communing with a higher power, the hood of his hoodie grazing the floor, his mouth working ...

For those so inclined, there are few Seattle theater productions more anticipated than the Northwest Puppet Center’s annual baroque marionette opera. Yes, that’s right, puppet opera. And this year’s ...

3 Review: MARY POPPINS THE MUSICAL at Impact Arts Summer Stock Austin 4 Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Summer Stock Austin ATLANTIS: A PUPPET OPERA is now onstage at The VORTEX theatre. Presented ...

A puppet opera artist rehearses at an art institute of the puppet opera in Ruicheng county, Shanxi province, August 6, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua] Ruicheng puppet opera, popular in Ruicheng county and other ...

The project started with one of those proverbial lightbulbs going off over someone’s head. “Three years ago, I was working on a painting that involved puppets, and I was listening to opera,” Erin ...

“My brother and I were always kind of strange children growing up,” says Justin Snyder, who collected puppets with his brother Shayne. The brothers also studied music early in school and developed a ...

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It’s the damnedest thing: Justin Snyder, his long hair parted down the middle, his head thrown back as though communing with a higher power, the hood of his hoodie grazing the floor, his mouth working ...