It’s the damnedest thing: Justin Snyder, his long hair parted down the middle, his head thrown back as though communing with a higher power, the hood of his hoodie grazing the floor, his mouth working ...

The Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre was halfway through 'The Enchanted Forest” when the pandemic dragon reared its fire-breathing snout and shut down the 2020 Young Artists' elementary school tour. Company ...

The new San Francisco Opera production will likely appeal to children of all ages with its tactile, immersive world and ...

Stage and set designer Bill Fosser worked on Hollywood hits like Home Alone, The Sting and Ordinary People. “He was indeed a genius,” recalls actor Tony Mockuss. “He had the eye.” But the apple of ...

The title role of Madame Butterfly in Opera Philadelphia's production is represented by a puppet, voiced and manipulated by Karen Chia-ling Ho. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

For those so inclined, there are few Seattle theater productions more anticipated than the Northwest Puppet Center’s annual baroque marionette opera. Yes, that’s right, puppet opera. And this year’s ...

The project started with one of those proverbial lightbulbs going off over someone’s head. “Three years ago, I was working on a painting that involved puppets, and I was listening to opera,” Erin ...

Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly has become a warhorse of the operatic repertoire in the century since its 1904 Milan premiere. American companies stage the tragic love story more frequently than ...

Strange and innovative performances in theater, dance, clowning, puppetry, opera, video, cabaret and other media will take place this weekend at seven official venues in the Marigny and Bywater, as ...

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