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Puppet Cleavage

2010-02-23T13:46:52Z

This image provided by NewSpace Entertainment on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 shows a promotional poster for the play "Avenue Q." Puppet cleavage has been ruled out for advertising posters in Colorado Springs, Colo. bus shelters. Lamar Advertising rejected posters for a touring production of the Broadway show b...

Puppet cleavage a no-no for Colo. bus shelter ads

2010-02-23T18:30:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Puppet showing cleavage a no-no for Colorado Springs bus shelter posters</div><div><p>Puppet cleavage has been ruled out for advertising posters in Colorado Springs bus shelters. Lamar Advertising rejected posters for a touring production of the Broadway show "Avenue Q" because they show the cleavage of a fuzz...

Jim Henson puppets at Mississippi museum

2010-02-23T08:48:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Sesame Street puppets created by Jim Henson on display at museum in his home state Mississippi</div><div><p>The kooky, fanged creatures drawn on the wall of the new exhibit in Mississippi let visitors know they're about to enter a world of magic created by mast...

Taking the Queue Out of Cuba

2010-02-23T13:14:13Z

It?s a funny thing isn?t it? You discover the most idyllic, secret, fascinating or unusual place in the world but unfortunately you are not usually alone! We all want to find the latest ?undiscovered paradise?, but the truth of the matter is that in today?s age of accessible travel, the world is a much smaller place and the secret places are becoming fewer and fewer. But take heart, on a Cuba holiday it?s possible to get creative and with a little effor...

Miss. art museum announces Jim Henson exhibit

2010-02-23T14:05:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Mississippi Art museum announces exhibit on 'Muppets' creator Jim Henson</div><div><p>In a scene that surely would have pleased Jim Henson, a group of children sang the "Sesame Street" theme song Friday to announce an exhibition of "The Muppet" creator's work in his native Mississippi.</p><p&a...

Giant puppets attract 1.5 million people in Berlin

2010-02-24T22:58:37Z

<div><p>More than 1.5 million people watched gigantic puppets parade in the German capital at the weekend as part of celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, organisers said Sunday.</p><p>Hundreds of thousands of people were out on Sunday to look at the towering mechanical marionettes.</p><p>The crowd was so packed on Saturday at <...

The Giants Arrive In Berlin

2009-10-03T15:17:27Z

BERLIN - OCTOBER 03: Two giant marionettes, who had been walked by performers from the French street theatre company Royal de Luxe to each other from east and west Berlin, rest united at the Brandenburg Gate as a ferris wheel and the street fest for German Unity Day are visible behind on October 3, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Royal de Luxe walked...

Giant Puppet Unveiled in Edinburgh

2009-09-23T12:02:09Z

Sep 22, 2009 - Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - Puppeteer ROSS MACKAY gives MAX WILSON (11) a lift to meet the Big Man Walking, as the 8-meter-high giant is unveiled in Edinburgh. The giant has been created by PuppetLab and Puppet Animation Scotland and will tour Scotland....

Giant puppets to tell tale of German reunification

2010-02-25T03:51:43Z

<div><p>BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - Giant puppets up to 15 meters (50 feet) tall will roam the streets of Berlin at the start of October to enact a fairytale based on German reunification.</p><p>French street theater company Royal de Luxe will perform "The Reunion of Berlin" between October 1 and 4 as the two puppet...

Hold final curtain: 'Avenue Q' moves to off-B'way

2010-02-25T08:00:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Hold that final curtain: 'Avenue Q' set to move to off-Broadway in October</div><div><p>Hold that final curtain for "Avenue Q."</p><p>The Tony-winning musical, which had its last Broadway performance Sunday night, will move to off-Broadway next month, said producer Kevin McCollum, w...

jessica alba

2009-09-12T09:46:20Z

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren after watching Ryan Gosling's Band 'Dead Man's Bones' at the Bob Barker Marionette theater. Los Amgeles, California - 11.09.09

Copyright 2009 EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - A mop-haired puppet Peter Pan cast his magic over rapt adult audiences as New York's Malibou Mines theater brought a spellbinding interpretation of the boy who never grew up to the New York. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)

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BELTANE FESTIVAL AT CALTON HILL

2009-08-28T13:25:46Z

BELTANE FESTIVAL AT CALTON HILL, EDINBURGH.PICTURE DAVID MOIR 30/4/2001.LARGE PAPIER MACHE PUPPETS WERE WALKING AROUND BEFORE THE FESTIVAL STARTED....

'Woyzeck' EIF 1980

2009-08-27T13:10:49Z

Puppets were used in a production of 'Woyzeck' at the Lyceum Theatre during Edinburgh Festival 1980....

'Avenue Q' reaches the end of its Broadway road

2010-02-26T15:20:29Z

<div id="subtitle">"Avenue Q' reaches the end of its Broadway road in September</div><div><p>"Avenue Q" will reach the end of its Broadway road in September.</p><p>The musical about the hopeful twentysomething residents of a very particular New York street closes Sept. 13 after a six-year run and 2,534 performances.</p><p>"Avenue Q," whic...

Broadway's "Avenue Q" to close after six years

2010-02-26T15:31:12Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Tony Award-winning musical "Avenue Q," which features singing puppets and adult-flavored comedy, will close in September after six years on Broadway, the producers said on Monday.</p><p>The quirky musical about a neighborhood of diverse New Yorkers pulled off an upset at the 2004 Tony Awa...

Japanese puppets teach language, meld cultures

2010-02-26T22:17:37Z

<div><p>Ominous in black robes and hoods, three artists move stealthily to manipulate unique charges: 4-foot Japanese puppets that are putting a new face on language instruction for college students in Missouri's heartland.</p><p>Their art is Bunraku, an ancient form of lyrical theater in Japan, and their sensei (teacher) is a former Mormon missionary-...

MANE ATTRACTION

2010-02-27T10:43:20Z

<div id="subtitle">‘The Lion King’ promises to be an emotionally gripping theatrical, technical triumph</div><div><p> The strange musical sound flows out of Buyl Zamma’s throat and chokes me with emotion. My eyes water as I sit awed by the opening number of “The Lion King.”</p><p>I wonder how the full-blown show will affect me if listening to a simple rehearsal with the singers and musicians in street clothes bri...