Puppets and Puppetry

Beyond Avenue Q

Taiwanese Surf Rock Puppetry?! Yes, Please.

Concord, in Cypress Park, is not your typical performance venue. Lining the hallway as you enter the space are wooden shelves covered in colanders, plates, pots, peanut butter, dried beans, hot sauce and the like, sorted and labeled: "Joshua" "Collective" "Marco" etc. Long fluorescent bulbs hang fr ... More >>

Seth & Ed's Puppet Show

Concord, in Cypress Park, is not your typical performance venue. Lining the hallway as you enter the space are wooden shelves covered in colanders, plates, pots, peanut butter, dried beans, hot sauce and the like, sorted and labeled: "Joshua" "Collective" "Marco" etc. Long fluorescent bulbs hang fr ... More >>

Nerdy Nerd Nerdfaced Nerdery: Chris Hardwick and Peter Levin Launch Nerdist Channel on You Tube

Nerd. What was once a word used to assert adolescent alpha male dominance over the guy who would eventually become your boss is now a nearly complete empire run by the once-oppressed. Unlike the Habsburg, Incan or Qing, this one has its own channel on YouTube, complete with Weird Al , Neil Patrick ... More >>

Who's Hungry Puppet Theater Adds Show

Who's Hungry, a series of experimental puppet plays about hunger, proved so popular when it opened last week that another show has been added. The short-running play, which uses puppetry to weave together the oral histories of five homeless and hungry Angelenos, debuted to a packed house. For this ... More >>

The Saddest Puppet Show on Earth

Who's Hungry, a series of experimental puppet plays about hunger, proved so popular when it opened last week that another show has been added. The short-running play, which uses puppetry to weave together the oral histories of five homeless and hungry Angelenos, debuted to a packed house. For this ... More >>

Fairy Tale Theatre 18 & Over

Who's Hungry, a series of experimental puppet plays about hunger, proved so popular when it opened last week that another show has been added. The short-running play, which uses puppetry to weave together the oral histories of five homeless and hungry Angelenos, debuted to a packed house. For this ... More >>

Your Holiday Heart on a String

Who's Hungry, a series of experimental puppet plays about hunger, proved so popular when it opened last week that another show has been added. The short-running play, which uses puppetry to weave together the oral histories of five homeless and hungry Angelenos, debuted to a packed house. For this ... More >>

Top 5 Ridiculous But Awesome Christmas Shows In L.A.

​Need a break from all the credit card-maxing, house-lighting, bad party-attending and general seasonal stressing? Why not try something outside of the gift box this year? Here, five festive, somewhat freaky holiday haps in town that are anything but cookie-cutter Christmas confections. 5. Ch ... More >>

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Review

​Need a break from all the credit card-maxing, house-lighting, bad party-attending and general seasonal stressing? Why not try something outside of the gift box this year? Here, five festive, somewhat freaky holiday haps in town that are anything but cookie-cutter Christmas confections. 5. Ch ... More >>

Tony Dominguez's Rock Opera La Muerte Vive With Ginormous Dia de los Muertos Puppets

Simone PazTony Dominguez, maker of giant Dia de los Muertos puppets​ Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head. He senses its depth.As ... More >>

Bob Baker's Halloween Hoop-Dee-Do

Simone PazTony Dominguez, maker of giant Dia de los Muertos puppets​ Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head. He senses its depth.As ... More >>

Chinese New Year Festival

Simone PazTony Dominguez, maker of giant Dia de los Muertos puppets​ Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head. He senses its depth.As ... More >>

Stuffed and Unstrung

Simone PazTony Dominguez, maker of giant Dia de los Muertos puppets​ Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head. He senses its depth.As ... More >>

Ice Age Encounters

Simone PazTony Dominguez, maker of giant Dia de los Muertos puppets​ Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head. He senses its depth.As ... More >>

A VERY OTTER CHRISTMAS

Simone PazTony Dominguez, maker of giant Dia de los Muertos puppets​ Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head. He senses its depth.As ... More >>

Bob Baker's Nutcracker

Simone PazTony Dominguez, maker of giant Dia de los Muertos puppets​ Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head. He senses its depth.As ... More >>

Bob Baker's Halloween Hoop-Dee-Do

Simone PazTony Dominguez, maker of giant Dia de los Muertos puppets​ Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head. He senses its depth.As ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Something to Crow About, Waiting fr Lefty and more

Simone PazTony Dominguez, maker of giant Dia de los Muertos puppets​ Tony Dominguez is a 3-D kind of guy. Most people look at a photo and see it only in two dimensions. Dominguez looks at a flat image and sees its geometry in three. He can spin it around in his head. He senses its depth.As ... More >>

Stage Raw: Waiting for Lefty

NEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Neighbors, at the MatrixNEW REVIEW GO WAITING FOR LEFTY ​Photo by Thomas MikuszThis dynamic 1935 one-act launched the career of playwright Clifford Odets, became an important social document, and solidified the reputation of the Group Theatre. Seeing it now, ... More >>

PUPPET LOVE

NEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Neighbors, at the MatrixNEW REVIEW GO WAITING FOR LEFTY ​Photo by Thomas MikuszThis dynamic 1935 one-act launched the career of playwright Clifford Odets, became an important social document, and solidified the reputation of the Group Theatre. Seeing it now, ... More >>

Road-Going Puppet Shows Presented For Your Stuck-In-Traffic Viewing Pleasure

laxart.org​You're stuck in traffic on the 110 freeway, checking your phone for text messages, listening to the road reports on radio, but otherwise bored to death. Never fear, Superclogger is here. The roving, summer-long installation presents a puppet show from the back of a "nondescript" pic ... More >>

Stage Raw: Getting Our Fringe On

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's Theater Feature on Camelot and Baal. GETTING OUR FRINGE ON I've heard it said at numerous receptions and parties that the reason L.A. has so much bad theater is because it has so much bad theater - that less would be more. Fringe Fe ... More >>

Stage Raw: Trauma Dolls

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's cover story on Pee-wee Herman; this week's Stage feature on An Oak TreeTRAUMA DOLLS ​Photo courtesy of Highways Next Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30, at 8:30 p.m. Highways presents (Un)Concrete Musique, a trio of of multimedia m ... More >>

Bob Baker Marionette Theater's Fiesta

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's cover story on Pee-wee Herman; this week's Stage feature on An Oak TreeTRAUMA DOLLS ​Photo courtesy of Highways Next Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30, at 8:30 p.m. Highways presents (Un)Concrete Musique, a trio of of multimedia m ... More >>

Bob Baker's Holiday Spectacular

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's cover story on Pee-wee Herman; this week's Stage feature on An Oak TreeTRAUMA DOLLS ​Photo courtesy of Highways Next Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30, at 8:30 p.m. Highways presents (Un)Concrete Musique, a trio of of multimedia m ... More >>

MASTER OF PUPPETS

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's cover story on Pee-wee Herman; this week's Stage feature on An Oak TreeTRAUMA DOLLS ​Photo courtesy of Highways Next Friday and Saturday, January 29 and 30, at 8:30 p.m. Highways presents (Un)Concrete Musique, a trio of of multimedia m ... More >>

Matthew Modine Can’t Save the Alpacas

Can anyone save Matthew Modine?

Dead Man's Bones To Host Month-Long Residency at Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Dead Man's Bones to become master of puppets at a month-long residency at Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Over the Weekend: Burning Man Meets Hollywood, Mustache Circus, Shaun of the Dead Outdoor Screening, Swimming with Sharks Pool Party

Now in the final stretch of summer, each weekend we scramble to take in as many decadent hotel pool parties and outdoor film screenings as possible before the long days and warm nights end and we're forced back indoors to get our drink on at crummy dive bars. This weekend we went Swimming with Shark ... More >>

Kabinet Theatre: The Wandering Marionettes Usher In LA's Burner Wave

Shannon CottrellThe Wandering Marionettes Present Kabinet Theatre​ Out on the courtyard of Hollywood nightclub Boardner's, a crowd circled the central pond, chatting as wax from the large, white candles slowly dripped and hardened to form organic designs. Scattered between the party-goers were ... More >>

LOCALS ONLY

Shannon CottrellThe Wandering Marionettes Present Kabinet Theatre​ Out on the courtyard of Hollywood nightclub Boardner's, a crowd circled the central pond, chatting as wax from the large, white candles slowly dripped and hardened to form organic designs. Scattered between the party-goers were ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Bob Baker!

Shannon CottrellThe Wandering Marionettes Present Kabinet Theatre​ Out on the courtyard of Hollywood nightclub Boardner's, a crowd circled the central pond, chatting as wax from the large, white candles slowly dripped and hardened to form organic designs. Scattered between the party-goers were ... More >>

A Grand Guignol Children's Show

Shannon CottrellThe Wandering Marionettes Present Kabinet Theatre​ Out on the courtyard of Hollywood nightclub Boardner's, a crowd circled the central pond, chatting as wax from the large, white candles slowly dripped and hardened to form organic designs. Scattered between the party-goers were ... More >>

POSTPONED!! Forget the Whales -- Save the Puppets!

Shannon CottrellThe Wandering Marionettes Present Kabinet Theatre​ Out on the courtyard of Hollywood nightclub Boardner's, a crowd circled the central pond, chatting as wax from the large, white candles slowly dripped and hardened to form organic designs. Scattered between the party-goers were ... More >>

Pulling Strings

Shannon CottrellThe Wandering Marionettes Present Kabinet Theatre​ Out on the courtyard of Hollywood nightclub Boardner's, a crowd circled the central pond, chatting as wax from the large, white candles slowly dripped and hardened to form organic designs. Scattered between the party-goers were ... More >>

The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr. Punch

Shannon CottrellThe Wandering Marionettes Present Kabinet Theatre​ Out on the courtyard of Hollywood nightclub Boardner's, a crowd circled the central pond, chatting as wax from the large, white candles slowly dripped and hardened to form organic designs. Scattered between the party-goers were ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Becky Stark and Ron Rege as The Mystical Unionists

This should be a cool opening. It features singer Becky Stark and drummer/comic artist Ron Rege (both of Lavender Diamond) as The Mystical Unionists. Here, this is from the press release of the opening at the Hope Gallery, a joint project of the Family bookstore, and the record label Teenage Teard ... More >>

Sara Lov, Silverlake Lounge, 4/12

Photos by Timothy Norris Puppet show! Cool! Why don't more bands have interesting opening acts like this, I thought, as The Cinnamon Roll Gang set up shop behind a tall orange curtain between Patrick Park and Sara Lov's sets. The answer to my question came pretty quickly. Painfully loud, I saw ... More >>

Post-modern Circus

Photos by Timothy Norris Puppet show! Cool! Why don't more bands have interesting opening acts like this, I thought, as The Cinnamon Roll Gang set up shop behind a tall orange curtain between Patrick Park and Sara Lov's sets. The answer to my question came pretty quickly. Painfully loud, I saw ... More >>

Concrete Folk Variations, Chapter One: Death of a Sugar Daddy

Photos by Timothy Norris Puppet show! Cool! Why don't more bands have interesting opening acts like this, I thought, as The Cinnamon Roll Gang set up shop behind a tall orange curtain between Patrick Park and Sara Lov's sets. The answer to my question came pretty quickly. Painfully loud, I saw ... More >>

The World According to Sesame Street

Photos by Timothy Norris Puppet show! Cool! Why don't more bands have interesting opening acts like this, I thought, as The Cinnamon Roll Gang set up shop behind a tall orange curtain between Patrick Park and Sara Lov's sets. The answer to my question came pretty quickly. Painfully loud, I saw ... More >>

Jim Henson's Fantasy Film Collection: The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Mirrormask

Photos by Timothy Norris Puppet show! Cool! Why don't more bands have interesting opening acts like this, I thought, as The Cinnamon Roll Gang set up shop behind a tall orange curtain between Patrick Park and Sara Lov's sets. The answer to my question came pretty quickly. Painfully loud, I saw ... More >>

Sandow's Inferno

Birk and friends bring Dante to paper, stage and screen at the same time

Stuff

The sculptures of Lynn Aldrich, the paintings of Dennis Hollingsworth and the puppets of Anaphoria

Insane Clone Posse

The sculptures of Lynn Aldrich, the paintings of Dennis Hollingsworth and the puppets of Anaphoria

From Down Under to Iberia

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Less Is More?

The Eighth Annual Common Ground Theater Festival

How Clean Was My Valley

Edited by Kateri Butler

Zoo Story

Disney’s peaceable kingdom comes to L.A.