The Samurai’s Daughter is a heart-warming theatrical adventure inspired by the Japanese folktale Hime with the Big Hat. The story is brought to life through Japanese culture and traditional ...

Not long after he’s started working at Bob Baker Marionette Theater in the mid-’80s, Randal J. Metz recalls Bob Baker literally dropping an assignment into his lap: The puppetry legend and Metz’s boss ...

Outside the Bob Baker Marionette Theater in L.A.'s Highland Park, executive director and head puppeteer Alex Evans operates Happy the Birthday Dog puppet. The "Marionette Mobile" helped the company ...

On the Los Angeles County Fair asphalt, a mobile stage faces the Millard Sheets Art Center and the Clock Tower. At either end of the low flatbed truck, behind curtains, two puppeteers limber up with ...

Sometimes life is a cabaret at Hole in the Wall Puppet Theatre - complete with Liza Minnelli. The theater at 126 N. Water St. has long been known for its family fare, with marionettes exquisitely ...

Between the production of Avenue Q at Theatre Downtown (extended through October 29) and the upcoming Thanksgiving release of the new Muppet movie, I’ve had puppets on the brain lately. Which led me ...

The Great Arizona Puppet Theater will present The Big Bug Circus, a joyful original marionette production running November 6–23, 2025, at the theater’s downtown Phoenix location (302 W. Latham St.). A ...