Make way, ghosts of holiday shows past: it’s a new year for Chicago theater, and as usual, the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is kicking it off with a bang. Now in its seventh ...

A new exhibition will showcase the work of a man described by George Bernard Shaw as "the chief living puppet master". Waldo Lanchester was well known for work with the Lanchester Marionettes ...

The 88-year-old watched from a chair as acrobats, robot-operated puppet elephants, jugglers and dancers on roller skates took to the stage at his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall.