Our Special Effects series continues this month with a look at puppetry, in one of the most well-known shows to bring it to the stage in recent years: War Horse. Although some may argue that puppets ...

Heroes, monsters and a magnificent sun goddess come to life in “Poro Oyna: the Myth of the Aynu,” a show of puppet theater, live music and special effects making its United States premiere at the ...

Here are two wildlife facts you won’t learn in “Life of Pi“: Orangutans are quiet, and zebras stay silent when they’re attacked. The solution, then, was to take the limited array of orangutan noises ...

“They built a puppet for Episode I: The Phantom Menace but made the mistake of trying to update Yoda,” Maley shared at the For the Love of Sci-Fi convention. “They re-sculptured him and made him out ...

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 ...