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 ...

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No matter how many times Brian Hull and his five person professional puppeteer team perform "String City: Nashville’s Tradition of Music and Puppetry," they can't help but dance and sing along ...

The exhibit also features hand-crafted puppets from Laika's 'Coraline,' 'ParaNorman' and 'The Boxtrolls.' By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor “It’s a Silent Fire”: Decaying Digital Movie and TV Show Files ...

The head is carved from wood. Mechanisms in the hollow head move the eyes and mouth. The main rod, made either of wood or bamboo, runs through the neck to the head, and the length varies. The hand ...

"The Lion King" is one of the Broadway’s grandest spectacles. Of course it qualifies as a spectacle financially, grossing over a billion dollars and becoming the fourth longest-running Broadway show ...