NEW YORK – Having a personal portrait made is usually an occasion of dignity and a sign of accomplishment. Usually. But it's hard to be stately when your portrait comes with a hand hole, a plush nose ...

Those reserved about the level of entertainment they might get from mere puppets should be reminded that the creativity within this profession has intensified in recent years. Watching ...

HONG KONG — Yeung Ching-yee lifts four strings between two chubby fingers, and an ancient Chinese lady half his height springs to life. Clad in a pink embroidered dress with blue collars, the figure ...

The production show at Wynn offers lumbering, elephant-like beasts, a benevolent guide that assembles itself from stones lying about on the stage, and a floating, life-sized whale controlled by a ...

A huge humpback whale is among the mysterious creatures inhabiting String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s “Ship of Fools.” Courtesy of String and Shadow Puppet Theater String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s ...