Bob Baker Marionette Theater, May 29, 2019 (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) LOS ANGELES — This past May, a small team was busy putting the finishing touches on the ...
The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, a Los Angeles staple, was recently at risk of shutting down due to COVID-19. The Bob Baker Marionette theater opened in 1963 as a way for kids and grownups alike to ...
It was 1961, Bob Baker was looking for a place for him and his beloved marionettes to call their own. Handcrafted and each with its own distinctive “personality,” the Bob Baker Marionette Theater was ...
After community support brought The Bob Baker theater back from the brink of closure, the puppet theater is determined to ...
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It's going to be a star-studded New Year's Eve celebration at the Hole in the Wall Puppet Theatre on both New Year's Eve and the Eve of New Year's Eve (in other words, Friday and Saturday). Puppeteer ...
For 26 years, Rob Brock has been ensconced in a small theater on Water Street called the Hole in the Wall Puppet Theatre. If, as a child, you went there, you no doubt remember the place in all its ...
A terrifying whale, a delicate marionette made of ice and a collection of intricate figurines that travel across the terrain of human bodies were several of the sights on offer during the first week ...
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Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Puppet master Nicolas Coppola has more than ...
The black cat with the rhinestone collar. The hand-walking clown. The petunia that dances and sings. These beloved characters and 2,000 other puppets handcrafted by marionette mastermind Bob Baker are ...