At the end of the new Netflix documentary Being Eddie, Eddie Murphy receives a package he’s visibly excited to open. “Oh, I know what this is. Those are ventriloquist dummies,” he says, before ...

For children facing serious medical conditions, the hospital can be a confusing and scary place. Unfamiliar people, weird machines, and strange sounds can be startling and uncomfortable. Which is why ...

When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...

Kanjuro Kiritake, a Bunraku puppeteer, performs Japan's traditional puppet drama called 'Bunraku' at National Theatre in Tokyo OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Stuck at home for weeks while Japan was under a ...

AMES, Iowa – Generations of children have grown up watching Sesame Street and learning from its cast of puppets about issues such as bullying, diversity and divorce. Amanda Petefish-Schrag, an ...

As any designer who has worked on “Little Shop of Horrors” knows, it takes time to build a killer plant with designs on world domination. Well, time, or the cash to rent puppets to portray the green ...

Treat leather with a particular process, and it rolls thin as paper. Puppets made of it become translucent, their colored dye shining like stained glass. But it’s still durable — enough to hold ...