If you grew up in Los Angeles, chances are you celebrated at least one birthday at a magical little piece of history called The Bob Baker Marionette Theater. If you grew up in Los Angeles, chances are ...

“In my mind, this is the best room in L.A.,” says Alex Evans in an office above the main floor of the Bob Baker Marionette Theater, where he serves as executive director and head puppeteer. In this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bobo, Eartha Kitty, and Aloysius the Birthday Dog took their final bows at the original Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Echo Park last November and, after a brief run at the Pasadena Playhouse and a ...

Gayle Anderson takes us to a Halloween tradition! It’s the Hallowe’en Spooktacular at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. This an hour-long, family-friendly boo-sical revue featuring over one hundred ...

You wouldn’t ever cast the same actor to play these two different roles: “The Sound of Music’s” lovable, witty “uncle” Max Detweiler and “Alice in Wonderland’s” chatty, contrary Duchess. But because ...

The Bob Baker Marionette Theater will close its current location in less than two months, after dazzling kids and adults with hand-made puppets for the past 55 years. The late founder and namesake of ...

Los Angeles’ oldest children’s theater recently moved from downtown to Highland Park, and its 2,000 puppets came along too. “It's like a Disney cartoon come to life. It feels like anything's possible ...

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the entertainment industry to pivot and rethink how it does things. Like many venues, the iconic L.A. institution Bob Baker’s Marionette Theater had no idea how ...

Leaders at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater said that the company has no plans to stop presenting shows following the death Friday of Baker, who founded the beloved organization in 1962. But the ...

The Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre's original musical marionette production of Yeti, Set, Snow!, which debuted in 2018, is running through February 23 in New York’s Central Park. Yeti, Set, Snow!