# puppetry (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover puppetry. Page: Feed: --- ## [Speaking Out On The Royal Mile](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/22/speaking-out-on-the-royal-mile/) _2026-08-22 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ Short videos below of the buskers and flyererss I encountered on my trip along the Royal Mile. I was making my way to Edinburgh Castle, which featured the Crown Jewels and the oldest existing building in Edinburgh, St. Margaret’s Chapel, dating to 1130, but also a dog cemetery, begun in 1837. But that’s for a... ## [Funny Stuff: How Comedy Shaped American History and 100 Years of Laughter: American Comedy in the Twentieth Century](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/21/funny-stuff-how-comedy-shaped-american-history-and-100-years-of-laughter-american-comedy-in-the-twentieth-century/) _2026-08-21 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ I picked up these two recently published books about the history of comedy in America for something to read on my long flight to Edinburgh. This felt ironic, because neither book spends much time on theater, while at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest performing arts festival, comedy and theater are so thoroughly intertwined, it’s hard... ## [Broadway Poll Fall 2026: Which is your #1 and why?](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/20/broadway-poll-fall-2026-which-is-your-1-and-why/) _2026-08-20 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ Which of the eleven shows scheduled so far to open on Broadway between now and the end of 2026 are you most looking forward to? Why? And which do you want to know more about? Take the poll and let us know The shows are listed below chronologically by opening date Loading… ## [Theater Blog Roundup: Summer Theater Reading Lists and Summer Theater Outrages](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/19/theater-blog-roundup-summer-theater-reading-lists-and-summer-theater-outrages/) _2026-08-19 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ “Theater kid” revived as an insult; Superagent Ari’s takeover of ATG; AI taking over everything; a controversial casting choice; a eulogy for non-profit theater. There is no dearth of outrage and obsession among theater bloggers/substackers over events this summer. But this is also traditionally a time to relax and read. “Reading is one the most... ## [Broadway Week 2-for-1 Tickets On Sale Now](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/18/broadway-week-2-for-1-tickets-on-sale-now-4/) _2026-08-18 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ Tickets are on sale now for Broadway Week, 2-for-1 tickets to 25 Broadway shows, including some of the longest-running hit musicals and seven shows newly participating in this semi-annual discount program (which began in 2011): Just in Time, The Lost Boys, Paranormal Activity, The Rocky Horror Show, Schmigadoon, School Girls or the African Mean Girls Play,... ## [Lena Dunham, Carly Rae Jepsen et al adapting 10 Things I Hate About You for Broadway. Ari Emanuel’s $6 Billion Broadway Bet. Stageworthy News of the Week](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/17/stageworthynews/) _2026-08-17 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ The dog days of August are a good time to get away, which may explain why there was so much New York coverage of theater festivals this past week that were out-of-town, some just a little out of town, like The Festival in Kingston, N.Y. (Original RENT Cast Reunites at The Festival Day 2), some way out of... ## [MicroTheater at the Fringe, from ‘Cool’ Elon Musk to Oppressed Puerto Rico](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/16/microtheater-at-the-fringe-from-cool-elon-musk-to-oppressed-puerto-rico/) _2026-08-17 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ Elon Musk, the world’s first trillionaire, wants you to know he had humble beginnings. “My father was an Africana farmer, but he suffered great prejudice, bias, and hatred, and had to sell all his slaves on the cheap. Life was hard. The family had nothing, just a plantation.” “Elon Musk Is Cool AF” was one of... ## [Direct from Edinburgh Fringe (and online!): Doing Time with Lavinia + 9](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/15/direct-from-edinburgh-fringe-and-online-doing-time-with-lavinia-9/) _2026-08-15 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ Lavinia Draper would have reminded me of Carol Channing – an exaggerated show biz blonde with a theatrically raspy, half-spoken singing voice – if Channing had been a full-on floozy whose career highlight was understudying (but never getting to perform) in CATS. A character written and performed by New York-based solo artist Susan Companaro for more... ## [PicksInSix Review: West Side Story - Music Theater Works](https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2026/8/15/picksinsix-review-west-side-story-music-theatre-works) _2026-08-15 · Ed Tracy · PICKSINSIX - CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy_ Stellar Revival at Music Theater Works! PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Ronald Keaton To borrow from the barrister, it is nowadays considered a kind of 'settled literature' that the pedigree of “West Side Story” is thick and heavy with legend and quality. It allowed Jerome Robbins—a one-of-a-kind director, creator, and choreographer—to push dance toward its now familiar dominance in… ## [La MaMa ETC at 65](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/14/la-mama-etc-at-65/) _2026-08-15 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ La MaMa is anything but retiring in its 65th year, an anniversary that will be celebrated with a free block party on East Fourth Street the afternoon of October 18th. The season promises: .A revival of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge starring Sam Rockwell, Marin Ireland and Alfred Molina; an oratorio about the Epstein files, co-starring... ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zoo81RzgTMdp) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Watch Book of Mormon, Heated Rivalry, Heathers, Great Gatsby, Taiwanese Jazz Great Vincent Hsu in Bryant Park](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/13/watch-book-of-mormon-heated-rivalry-heathers-great-gatsby-taiwanese-jazz-great-vincent-hsu-in-bryant-park/) _2026-08-14 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ The casts from two Broadway and two Off-Broadway musicals performed in the final Broadway in Bryant Park concert of the summer. From Heated Rivalry, the Unofficial Parody Musical’s “Big Ass, Cold Heart” From The Great Gatsby’s “Roaring On” From Heather’s Candy Store The convert began with a long jazz riff by Taiwanese Jazz musician Vincent... [Listen](https://videos.files.wordpress.com/LmoAOEAi/book-of-mormon-2026-two-by-two.mp4) ## [PicksInSix Review: Windows - PrideArts](https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2026/8/12/picksinsix-review-windows-pridearts) _2026-08-13 · Ed Tracy · PICKSINSIX - CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy_ Living Room Drama: Peeping Tom Edition PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Perse Grammer From the moment we step into the Hoover-Leppen Theatre, the “Windows” world premiere—produced by PrideArts—has already begun. Olivia (Lucabella Sangin) lounges on the living room couch, staring at two colorfully lit windows. Behind her hang a dozen white window frames and a gauzy black drape, courtesy of… ## [International Puppet Fringe Festival 2026](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/12/international-puppet-fringe-festival-2026/) _2026-08-13 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ Short videos below sample the puppet parade and red carpet that launched the fourth International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC today, as well as six of the 18 puppet shows for adults that are being presented through Sunday. Word Play Champagne Dreams Shterna and the Lost Voice, by Magid Ensemble Mujeres a cuatro manos by Teatro... ## [An American Daughter Review](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/11/an-american-daughter-review/) _2026-08-11 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ The new production of the 1997 play “An American Daughter” has so much going for it that it takes a while to realize how much of a clunker it is. Written by the late Wendy Wasserstein (her third Broadway comedy after The Heidi Chronicles and The Sisters Rosensweig), it focuses on one Lyssa Dent Hughes (portrayed by Jean Lichty), a... ## [An American Daughter Review](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/11/an-american-daughter-review/) _2026-08-11 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ The new production of the 1997 play “An American Daughter” has so much going for it that it takes a while to realize how much of a clunker it is. Written by the late Wendy Wasserstein (her third Broadway comedy after The Heidi Chronicles and The Sisters Rosensweig), it focuses on one Lyssa Dent Hughes (portrayed by Jean Lichty), a... ## [etchicago@gmail.com](https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2026/8/10/picksinsix-review-the-notebook-broadway-in-chicago) _2026-08-10 · Ed Tracy · PICKSINSIX - CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy_ Love Notes: For Better Or Worse. PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Sarah Frances Fiorello The musical “The Notebook” has returned to Chicago, ready to meet all new audiences and be reacquainted—and reintroduced—with theatregoers who found themselves at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre’s pre-Broadway production in the fall of 2022. The musical, based on the book by Nicholas Sparks and subsequent… ## [Julianne Moore Off-Broadway. Heated Rivalry Album. Is Theater too too solid? Stageworthy News](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/10/julianne-moore-off-broadway-heated-rivalry-album-is-theater-too-too-solid-stageworthy-news/) _2026-08-10 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ Two of the plays that opened this past week dramatized the stories of two New York City architectural landmarks, one an imposing structure of granite, wrought iron and pine (the Brooklyn Bridge), the other an imposition of glass and steel (The Vessel) This same week, two recently built theater buildings that promote themselves as architectural... ## [Brooklyn’s Bridge Review](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/09/brooklyns-bridge-review/) _2026-08-10 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ The building of the Brooklyn Bridge is a remarkable story; in some ways a ghastly one. “Brooklyn’s Bridge,” an earnest and largely workmanlike musical, deserves respect for wanting to give some of the bridge s unsung heroes a chance to sing. Emily Roebling (portrayed by Sarah Joyce) is the central character, having wound up in effect in... ## [Poll: 5 Best Broadway Shows from a Movie?](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/08/poll-5-best-broadway-shows-from-a-movie-2/) _2026-08-08 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ A dozen shows currently on Broadway were preceded by a movie with the same or similar name: They are either direct adaptations of the movies (Aladdin), or parodies of them (Titanique) or inspired by them (Harry Potter, Moulin Rouge), or share the same source material, such as a book. (Ragtime, The Outsiders.) At least three... ## [Last chance to see 5 Broadway shows](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/07/last-chance-to-see-5-broadway-shows/) _2026-08-08 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ Three Broadway shows close this weekend. Two more close this month. I include details below links to the shows websites to get tickets, links to my reviews, number of Tony wins, and discount tickets (although it is probably too late for these) Cats: The Jellicle Ball BroadhurstOpened: April 7, 2026Closing: August 8, 2026Music by... ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ic7Ue8y2UBbi) _2026-08-08 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [Watch Broadway in Bryant Park Week 3](https://newyorktheater.me/2026/08/06/watch-broadway-in-bryant-park-week-3/) _2026-08-07 · New York Theater · New York Theater_ Below are video excerpts of the performances by the five Broadwaycasts who performed in the Broadway in Bryant Park midday concert today: MJ, The Outsiders, Operation Mincemeat, Two Strangers and Schmigadoon, as well as the long-running Off Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors, now starring Ethan Slater and Betsy Wolfe. from MJ The Musical... [Listen](https://videos.files.wordpress.com/6ANtJ2aT/the-outsiders-grease-got-a-hold.mp4) ## [PicksInSix Review: The Outsiders - Broadway in Chicago](https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2026/8/6/picksinsix-review-the-outsiders-broadway-in-chicago) _2026-08-06 · Ed Tracy · PICKSINSIX - CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy_ ‘The Outsiders’—Sound and Fury to Spare! PicksInSix® Review | Guest Contributor | Catey Sullivan By the time I read it in 1972, S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel “The Outsiders” was already a classic—the plaudit was in bold letters right on the cover blurb. At nine, I wasn’t entirely sure what that meant. But I did know that the coming-of-age story of poor vs. rich kids in Tulsa, Oklahoma stirred up… ## [PicksInSix Review: Avenue Q - Dunes Summer Theatre](https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2026/7/24/picksinsix-review-avenue-q-dunes-summer-theatre) _2026-07-24 · Ed Tracy · PICKSINSIX - CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy_ Dunes’ ‘Avenue Q’ Finds Its Purpose! PicksInSix® Gold Review | Ed Tracy There is no denying that you can do anything with a puppet in your hand and no better example on stage right now than the terrific revival of the 2004 Tony Award–winning musical “Avenue Q” playing at the Dunes Summer Theatre. The hilarious send up of the adult-themed Sesame Street is the inspiration of Robert Lopez and Jeff… ## [PicksInSix Review: Hair - Kokandy Productions - Chopin Theatre](https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2026/7/20/picksinsix-review-hair-kokandy-productions-chopin-theatre) _2026-07-21 · Ed Tracy · PICKSINSIX - CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy_ Kokandy’s ‘Hair’ – “Where do I go?” PicksInSix® Review | Ed Tracy “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical”—a Kokandy Productions revival of which you can experience yourself now at Chopin Theatre on West Division—represented a turning point in the social consciousness of a generation when it debuted on Broadway in 1968 following an Off-Broadway run in 1967. Many of us around to witness the… ## [PicksInSix Gold Review: Octet - Raven Theatre](https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2026/7/17/picksinsix-review-octet-raven-theatre) _2026-07-17 · Ed Tracy · PICKSINSIX - CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy_ Raven’s ‘Octet’: “Infinite In Both Directions!” PicksInSix® Gold Review | Ed Tracy It is easy to see why the brilliant Raven Theatre production of Dave Malloy's stunning a cappella masterpiece "Octet" so captivated audiences at the initial run earlier this year at the theater on North Clark that the Goodman Theatre has planted the show in the Owen Theatre for a run that has already been extended… ## [PicksInSix Review: SUFFS - Broadway in Chicago](https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2026/7/10/picksinsix-review-suffs-broadway-in-chicago) _2026-07-11 · Ed Tracy · PICKSINSIX - CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy_ ‘The Young Are At The Gates!’ PicksInSix® Review | Ed Tracy Political activism of any kind, especially the Suffragists Movement and the crusade for the right for women to vote, requires the kind of universal commitment and passion that is at the heart of Shaina Taub’s brilliant Tony Award winning musical “Suffs” directed by Leigh Silverman. Two factions—the wives, mothers and daughters of the… ## [PicksInSix Review - Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune - Dunes Summer Theatre](https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2026/7/7/picksinsix-review-frankie-and-johnny-in-the-clair-de-lune-dunes-summer-theatre) _2026-07-07 · Ed Tracy · PICKSINSIX - CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy_ ‘Frankie and Johnny’: After The Lovin! PicksInSix® Review | Ed Tracy The Dunes Summer Theatre’s 75th Anniversary Season continues through July 12 with a fine production of Terrence McNally’s “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.” It’s a two-hander, of sorts, where all four hands—and a lot more—are working overtime at the top in a small 1980s New York City tenement. The two lovers, Frankie (Kat… ## [PicksInSix Gold Review - Damn Yankees - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre](https://www.conversationswithedtracy.com/picksinsix/2026/7/2/picksinsix-review-damn-yankees-theo-ubique-cabaret-theatre) _2026-07-02 · Ed Tracy · PICKSINSIX - CONVERSATIONS with Ed Tracy_ Be Careful What You Wish For. PicksInSix® Gold Review | Ed Tracy There is nothing quite like the experience of sitting in the dark as the lights come up on opening night. It matters little what the show is, how big the theater is or whether or not it is a world premiere or a revival. There is no doubt that a similar thrill lies deep in the dark reaches of every performer on stage, in the pit…