For a time, the "p" word was one to be avoided. Call it "object theatre," perhaps. Just not puppets, lest quick judgments be made. But in 1981, at the birth of Handspring Puppet Company, founders ...

Few things have captured the imagination of theatergoers as much as the 120 pounds of bent cane, aluminum, leather, bicycle break cables and sheer fabric that three puppeteers bring to life as the ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Director Tom Morris uses the phrase "happy accident" to describe the success of his Tony-award-winning play "War Horse," whose central character was a puppet. "At the time, it ...

Grayson DeJesus rides Topthorn (left) and Michael Wyatt Cox rides Joey in a battle scene in "War Horse." (Photo courtesy of Brinkhoff/Moegenburg) Syracuse -- "War Horse" is many things _ a drama with ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... What do a national state of emergency, a hyena and a twig have in common with “War Horse,” the astounding play by Nick Stafford and the Handspring Puppet ...

Basil Jones knows exactly what the puppeteers in “War Horse” are feeling when the curtain rises on opening night. Jones, along with Adrian Kohler, founded Handspring Puppet Co., which designed, ...

The Lion King features co-puppet design by Julie Taymor and Michael Curry. There are more than 232 puppets in the show, including rod puppets, shadow puppets and full-sized puppets. The Lion King ...

It starts simply with just a pair of birds, suspended by long poles, crisscrossing in the air high above the stage at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Then you see him, young Joey, a lanky ...