Puppets
Screening Room
A Puppet Family’s Campout, Marked by Egomania and Infidelity
Daniel Robert Hope’s animated short “The Clearing” offers a playful take on marital psychodrama, which unfolds on a wilderness trip.
Afterword
Putting on Puppet Shows with an Edge
Discovering puppeteering changed Margo Lovelace—and the art scene in Pittsburgh.
A Critic at Large
The Transformations of Pinocchio
How Carlo Collodi’s puppet took on a life of his own.
On Television
Michelle Obama’s Lesson to Kids: You Are What You Watch
According to “Waffles + Mochi,” Obama’s food-travelogue series for kids, being good means absorbing good, organic things, like fresh mushrooms and politically astute children’s programming.
Flash Fiction
Citizen Punch
“He loves his audience. They love him. But he hates them, too. They’re people, and people are mostly disgusting.”
Odd Jobs
The Voodoo Operators of Broadway’s “King Kong”
Inside a custom control booth, a team of specialty puppeteers operates a twenty-foot-tall animatronic ape.
Dance
The Return of Basil Twist’s Underwater Puppet Show
In honor of its twentieth anniversary, “Symphonie Fantastique” is being revived for a twelve-week run.
The Boards
The Wingmen (and Women) of “Angels in America”
In a new Broadway production of Tony Kushner’s play, puppeteers conjure a heavenly being.
Dept. of Felt
Inside Julie Andrews’s Puppet Show
Andrews’s daughter and Jim Henson’s daughter team up to produce a children’s series for Netflix.
Dance
A Thrilling “Return of Ulysses”
The South African artist William Kentridge and the puppet-makers of “War Horse” breathe new life into Monteverdi’s opera.
Dance
Forgotten Futurist Puppet Shows
Dan Hurlin stages Fortunato Depero’s unproduced plays at Bard SummerScape.
The Pictures
Puppet Show
Culture Desk
When “Sesame Street” Meets “The Exorcist”
Dance
His Dark Materials
Culture Desk
Nouveau Puppet Show
Critic’s Notebook
House of Horrors
The Current Cinema
Battle Stations
The Boards
