Opera Philadelphia has devised a unique production of Puccini’s iconic “Madame Butterfly,” running this weekend and next: The title character is a puppet. As the story goes, a U.S. Navy officer named ...

“The Everywhere Classroom” book signing: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. Andi Almond will speak about and sign her new book “The Everywhere Classroom: How One Family ...

Centro Hispano was collaborating with Cattywampus Puppet Council at the same time to make paper mache puppets for the 2022 Big Ears Festival Parade. ... An elephant with butterfly wings.

Patricia Racette as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at the Metropolitan Opera, where the work has been staged by Anthony Minghella to incorporate Bunraku puppetry.

You’d never guess either of those things from Broadway’s “Life of Pi,” because the creators and puppeteers of the show use all manner of tools and tricks to make their animal puppets feel ...