The Bob Baker Marionette Theater, a Los Angeles staple, was recently at risk of shutting down due to COVID-19. The Bob Baker Marionette theater opened in 1963 as a way for kids and grownups alike to ...

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 ...

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Not long after he’s started working at Bob Baker Marionette Theater in the mid-’80s, Randal J. Metz recalls Bob Baker literally dropping an assignment into his lap: The puppetry legend and Metz’s boss ...

HIGHLAND PARK (KABC) -- Alex Evans is the Executive Director and Head Puppeteer at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Highland Park. "I saw a show and I fell in love. And 13 years later, I am still ...

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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 ...

How an 8-year-old puppeteer went on to found the city's longest running children's theater and created puppets that "freaked" out Elvis: "They were so realistic." By Degen Pener Deputy Editor ...

City Parks Foundation's Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre is proud to announce a virtual open house presented with Open House New York. Taking place on October 17 & 18, the open house will offer an ...

A terrifying whale, a delicate marionette made of ice and a collection of intricate figurines that travel across the terrain of human bodies were several of the sights on offer during the first week ...