NEW YORK – Having a personal portrait made is usually an occasion of dignity and a sign of accomplishment. Usually. But it's hard to be stately when your portrait comes with a hand hole, a plush nose ...

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In many a generation, and nearly everywhere in the world, puppets are a given. But if you’re only familiar with the old-school, fuzzy-wuzzy hand puppets that were once so popular in the U.S., or Miss ...

Elvis peeks out from behind a dinosaur that has a jack-o’-lantern bobbling in front of it. Round the corner, Freddie Mercury and Mr Bean hang out next to each other. This is not a fever dream, but the ...

The head is carved from wood. Mechanisms in the hollow head move the eyes and mouth. The main rod, made either of wood or bamboo, runs through the neck to the head, and the length varies. The hand ...

"The Lion King" is one of the Broadway’s grandest spectacles. Of course it qualifies as a spectacle financially, grossing over a billion dollars and becoming the fourth longest-running Broadway show ...