Spencer Lott, a Lawrence native and current Kansas University student, stages puppet shows for children, including a recent event at KU Bookstore. Zoe Smith holds 7-month-old Ebben Smith, of Lawrence, ...

Full puppet nudity is just one reason this puppet show is not for children. "Avenue Q," the Tony Award-winning Broadway show, is stopping at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on Friday. Although the show pays ...

When you say the acting is wooden at this summer’s Target Family Theatre Festival, you’re paying some of its performers a compliment. Some of them are wooden, along with felt, and yarn, and more. They ...

“Sewn Together,” the new album by desert outlaws the Meat Puppets, is a bit like a declaration of liberation. It’s the second full-length release from the veteran band, formed by brothers Curt and ...

For the 38th year, Peter Schumann's Bread and Puppet Theater will return to Theater for the New City December 2-13 with two new works, one for adults and one for children. The adults' show will be "To ...

Children see and play with all sorts of puppets: Finger puppets, hand puppets, sock puppets, marionettes and even Muppets. But what about Japanese Bunraku puppets? This type of puppetry is an ancient ...

Combining religion and politics can be tricky enough, but add a little “sexy thing” music to the mix, and what you get is a traveling puppet show ministry that hails from Rockford. Let’s start with ...

Pady Blackwood was a Renaissance puppeteer. Jim Henson called him “one of the most gifted and innovative artists in the field of puppetry.” During Blackwood’s 60-year career, he made puppets come ...

The Actors' Theatre's next production will be a comedy spiked with whimsy. Next week the company will start its run of Shakespeare's "As You Like It," but the classic comedy will come with a twist.